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Rahul Gandhi’s body double? False claim by Himanta Biswa Sarma after India Today’s misleading tweet

Abhishek Kumar15th February 2024

India Today North East on January 22 tweeted a picture of a bus in which a man in a white T-shirt can be seen sitting next to the driver waving…

Old video from Haridwar viral as visuals of Haldwani violence and Muslims demonstrating against UCC

Abhishek Kumar14th February 2024

A video is being circulated on social media depicting a crowd of people who appear to be from the Muslim community. A police car is also seen parked. The video…

Haldwani violence: Video of scuffle in MP falsely shared with communal slurs

Oishani Bhattacharya14th February 2024

A video of a policeman being surrounded and heckled by a mob is being widely shared on social media with the claim that the clip is from Haldwani, Uttarakhand and…

Rahul Gandhi did not say 50+15=73, doctored video viral

Shinjinee Majumder13th February 2024

A video of Rahul Gandhi making a mathematical miscalculation is viral online with users ridiculing the Congress leader for the apparent mistake. In the video, he is heard saying, “How…

To report or not to report: The ‘Ujjain thook kand’ exposed mainstream media’s anti-Muslim bias, yet again

Oishani Bhattacharya13th February 202413th February 2024

Eighteen-year-old Adnan Mansoori from Ujjain was granted bail on December 15, 2023, after spending over five months in jail in a case registered against him for allegedly spitting on participants…

Flag row in Karanatka’s Mandya: How ANI misled its audience by using state BJP chief’s erroneous statement

Abhishek Kumar10th February 202411th February 2024

The village of Keragodu in the Mandya district of Karnataka was at the centre of a controversy recently over the hoisting of a saffron-coloured Hanuman flag on a 108-foot flagpole…

No, Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not thank Rahul Gandhi, fake Global Times tweet viral

Abhishek Kumar10th February 2024

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra started from Manipur on January 14 and will conclude in Mumbai on March 20. In this context, a screenshot supposedly of a tweet by…

Video of BJP’s Lavingji Thakor cleaning temple premises shared with false claims

Abhishek Kumar10th February 202410th February 2024

In the run-up to the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram Mandir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for a cleanliness campaign at religious sites across the country. Following…

Squint Neon: A sordid saga of anti-Muslim hate & online harassment of interfaith couples on X

Shinjinee Majumder9th February 202413th February 2024

“It was the second time I had a panic attack in my life. It felt like I was losing something important. I had heard so many wrong things about me…

Darbhanga land dispute falsely reported as case of forced religious conversion, viral with communal spin

Abhishek Kumar9th February 20249th February 2024

An incident from Muria village in the Bhalpatti police station area of Bihar’s Darbhanga has been making headlines. Two locals, Rajdhan Devi and Vicky Kumar, have claimed that they hail…

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Video of Dhaka eviction drive falsely claimed as BJP bulldozer action against ‘Bangladeshis’ in Bengal