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Fake Twitter account posing as ‘Har Har Shambu’ song fame Farmani Naaz viral

Kinjal8th August 20228th August 2022

Recently, singer Farmani Naaz’s cover of the song ‘Har Har Shambhu’ has become quite popular. Abhilipsa Panda sang the original version of the song and both versions of the song…

Fact-check: Christians praying to Hindu deity for peacefully building church?

Aritraa Dey4th August 20225th August 2022

A photo of a woman in a catholic nun outfit offering prayers to a photograph of the Hindu deity Ganesha is viral on social media. It appears to be a…

Protest march against IAS district collector in Kerala viral with false communal spin

Shinjinee Majumder3rd August 20224th August 2022

A video of a protest march in Kerala is viral with the claim that it is of Muslims opposing the appointment of the new “Brahmin” district collector of Alappuzha. It…

Fact-Check: Muslim youth with a knife threatens a Hindu woman for marriage in Indore?

Abhishek Kumar1st August 2022

A video of a man threatening a young woman with a knife while another stands behind her crying is viral on social media. She tries to reason with the perpetrator…

Old video of Muslim man dying by suicide during Kanwar Yatra viral with communal spin

Archit22nd July 202222nd July 2022

[Disclaimer: Video contains self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.] A 20-second clip of a Kanwar procession is viral on social media. In the clip, a man jumps in front of a…

UP police debunks claim that Hindus offered namaz at LuLu Mall

Archit21st July 202222nd July 2022

On July 10, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated LuLu Mall in Lucknow. The grand opening witnessed a footfall of over one lakh people. Two days later, on July…

Scripted video of Hindu man marrying his two daughters believed to be true

Abhishek Kumar15th July 2022

A video of a middle-aged man in wedding attire standing alongside two brides in a temple is circulating widely on social media. Both women claim that the man is their…

No, video of boy reciting Azaan in school is not from Jharkhand

Shinjinee Majumder14th July 2022

A clip of a primary school student rendering Azaan is going viral. Social media users have claimed that it is from a village in Jharkhand where 75% of the population…

Fact-check: Did an ‘Islamic mob’ attack constable Sandeep after Kanhaiya Lal’s murder?

Abhishek Kumar12th July 2022

On June 28, 2022, tailor Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered by two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The attackers made a video of the incident and shared it on social…

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

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Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links