Politics

Viral videos of naked protest by women on the streets are not from Iran

Kalim Ahmed15th October 202217th October 2022

A video of a group of women demonstrating in their bare bodies in front of a life-size figure that appears to be dressed like police in riot gear is viral…

Clash between two groups over idol immersion in Bilaspur falsely viral with communal spin

Kinjal14th October 202214th October 2022

A video of a clash in which a group of people are seen pelting stones and sticks at a truck is being circulated widely on social media. It has been…

Morphed image: 2017 Times Now graphic edited to show Rahul ahead of Modi

Kinjal3rd October 2022

Arun Reddy, the social media coordinator of the All India National Congress Committee, tweeted a screengrab taken from the Times Now news channel on September 26. The image features a…

Iran Hijab row: Turkish TV drama scene shared as man dancing at daughter’s last rites

Abhishek Kumar3rd October 2022

On September 13, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini from Tehran for not wearing her hijab according to official dictates. Mehsa Amini died three days later, allegedly in police…

No, viral video doesn’t show Rahul and Cong leaders inebriated during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Abhishek Kumar1st October 2022

A video of Rahul Gandhi and some other Congress leaders coming out of a restaurant is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the politicians were…

Did Rahul refuse to perform ‘aarti’ to Hindu deity Durga? Clipped video shared with false claim

Abhishek Kumar1st October 2022

In the middle of the Navratri festivities, a 23-second video of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. Due to the poor quality of the…

Analysis of Saam TV clip of PFI protest reaffirms no pro-Pak slogans raised

Shinjinee Majumder & Indradeep Bhattacharyya28th September 202228th September 2022

On September 23, a day after Popular Front of India (PFI) offices across the country were raided by multiple law-enforcement agencies, a protest by PFI activists in Pune created a…

From Dharm Sansad to hate speech PIL: The curious case of Ashwini Upadhyay

Indradeep Bhattacharyya27th September 2022

Last week, as advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay stood in the Supreme Court arguing for his own petition on hate speech, he must have remembered that not-so-distant afternoon at…

Girl seen with Rahul Gandhi in viral pic is not the one who had shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’

Abhishek Kumar26th September 2022

An image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media, in which he can be seen with a girl. BJP leaders and supporters have claimed that the girl…

PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised

Mahaprajna Nayak & Shinjinee Majumder25th September 202225th September 2022

On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…