false claim suggests sunni central waqf board to build ‘babri hospital’, appoint dr kafeel khan air india crash: malappuram collector terms news of 40 passengers testing covid positive “fake news” fake twitter account impersonates kashmiri woman nadia beig who cleared upsc exam old image from bihar shared as man in kolkata standing on indian national flag video from karachi shared as boy rescued from manhole during heavy rains in mumbai video from south africa shared as man cuddling with cheetah in pipleshwar mahadev temple chennai skating boy misidentified as ‘jamal mallik’, fictional character from ‘slumdog millionaire’ no, sushant singh rajput’s ex-manager disha salian is not in this photo with sooraj pancholi video from china shared as vehicles driving on potholed road in mumbai cctv video of unrelated incident shared as haryana bjp mla thrashed moscow’s forest soccer field shared as football ground in ukhrul, manipur delhi doctor’s arrest in kidney transplant racket viral with false covid angle congress leaders falsely share photo of luxurious aircraft as pm modi’s boeing 777 plane video from morocco viral as muslim mob stealing goats along maharashtra-gujarat border actor disha patani’s photo with aditya thackeray shared as ‘rhea chakraborty’ photo of hindu deity ram on new york’s times square billboards is manufactured coronavirus: old video of crowded kr market in bengaluru shared as recent tricolour farewell of rafale in france? old video of italian republic day celebrations viral old video of brazilian jets shared as mid-air refueling of rafale jets delivered to india media outlet hindustan shares 9-year-old image from bangladesh as bihar floods old video of hyderabad temple viral as pandal decorated for ram mandir bhumi pujan video of youth forced to drink urine in rajasthan viral with false ‘dalit oppression’ claim mock drill video shared as terrorist caught by delhi police in gaffar market old video of dhol tasha group viral as indians in spain celebrating ram mandir construction old videos from west bengal shared as bjp leaders attacked in bihar during poll campaigning ramayana stamps released by pm modi in 2017 shared as recent old video from south africa shared as monkeys inside hospital in india video from 2019 showing flooded nalanda college, patna shared as recent old image of water-logged lane in punjab shared as delhi to target cm kejriwal old image of muslim students studying hinduism viral as “altering” hindu scriptures goat “arrested” for not wearing mask in kanpur? bizarre media misreports sp’s azam khan did not remark on ram mandir: news track live, swarajya misreport death of a priest by suicide in up communalised on social media coronavirus: photos, videos viral with false “organ trading of dead bodies” claim old images falsely shared as indian fighter jets shot down by nepal no, nanavati hospital does not recommend lemon, turmeric for covid “treatment” old photos falsely shared as muslim youths desecrating shivling in up’s azamgarh fake audio advising against covid tests viral in the name of maharashtra mla geeta jain ad agency with bjp connection handles social media for maharashtra election commission video of truck crashing into helicopter in brazil viral as amritsar old image from pakistan shared as condition of school in india cctv footage of man stabbed to death in delhi’s madipur shared with false muslim angle video from haryana falsely shared as caste-based violence in up video of patients crowding cancer hospital in patna shared with false claims priyanka gandhi shares old images of assam, bihar flood as recent prathap nm, hailed as ‘drone scientist’, passes off german and japanese drones as his own fact-check: was the bridge that collapsed in bihar part of rs 264 crore sattarghat project? india today, tribune fall for fictional story of teacher bullied online, share it as ‘news’ who doesn’t claim asymptomatic patients cannot spread covid, isolation is still advised congress leader acharya pramod shares old image as ‘brahmans’ burning bjp flags fake tweet depicts sambit patra comparing pm modi with turkish warrior ertugrul multiple fake twitter accounts made in the name of gujarat constable sunita yadav edited video of ‘three-eyed’ baby believed to be true on social media russia’s sechenov university has not ‘completed’ covid vaccine clinical trials; media misreports calls from ‘+140’ numbers will not empty bank accounts; mumbai police video viral with false claim ‘japan tv’ did not air animated clip of modi-xi fight; india today ‘so sorry’ video viral ians falls for fake account of sara pilot attacking ashok gehlot via tweets fact-check: was urdu replaced with sanskrit on dehradun railway station signboard? scene from 2017 movie viral as actual shark attack on helicopter old video of amitabh bachchan thanking nanavati hospital staff viral as recent old image from bihar shared as pothole-filled road in rahul gandhi’s constituency wayand old video from bangladesh viral as rss members harassing woman in india idol desecrated in a temple by up youth shared with false muslim angle yang jianli said 100 chinese died in galwan? republic tv, kapil mishra share unverified news video verification: nsg training video viral with baseless claim of ‘chemical attack drill’ video from patna school falsely shared as dav public school, hyderabad whatsapp will be “off” between 11:30 pm-6am? false claim viral using india tv fact-check fact-check: did pm modi induct prathap who claims to make drones from e-wastes into drdo? old video from syria viral as indian helicopter shot down by nepal ians, media outlets fall for fake twitter account of sushant singh rajput’s father pm modi’s visit to leh army hospital wasn’t a manufactured photo-op viral photo does not show bharat biotech’s vp taking first dose of covid vaccine ‘covaxin’ no, bjp leader vikas dubey is not the same ‘vikas dubey’ accused of killing 8 up cops old photos of girl murdered in rajasthan shared with false muslim angle murder of rss worker by alleged bjp member in tamil nadu shared with false claims fact-check: did japan deploy missiles to counter chinese threat after india-china conflict? old video from rajasthan falsely shared as dalit boy and girl stripped naked, thrashed in up video of apache helicopters flying over lake havasu in arizona, us viral as pangong, ladakh homeopathic drugs such as arsenicum album 30, promoted by ayush, do not boost immunity against covid video from russia shared as fatal truck accident in mysore road, kengeri old video shared as custodial torture of jeyaraj and bennix in tamil nadu’s tuticorin news18 broadcasts 2016 video from malaysia as chinese man beats pakistani driver in karachi video from pakistan shared as patients lying in beds outside hospital in hyderabad and mumbai ‘revathi from karnataka’ is not ias topper; recurring misinformation viral again old video viral as coronavirus-infected dead bodies dumped in sea in mexico old message of blood donation drive revived as ‘plasma donation’ in the wake of covid-19 shahrukh khan removed from jio ads? – how a web of imposter accounts amplified misinformation home remedies by ayurved parameshwar arora: are they effective in curing coronavirus? no, patanjali’s coronil has not been ‘approved’ by ayush ministry coronavirus: mock drill video from pune shared as real social media fires fictional “dr mujahid hussain” from ayush ministry over coronil controversy two-year-old video falsely shared as amit shah’s convoy attacked in bihar during campaigning coronil lacks scientific basis as a cure for covid-19 based on evidence shared by patanjali old images, fake lists and accounts falsely portray chinese soldiers ‘killed’ in clashes with india fake tweet: sitaram yechury referring to chinese president xi jinping as his “boss” pakistani fb pages share old, manufactured video as plight of indian soldiers in dispute with china photos of cpi(m) leaders morphed to portray them holding placards in support of china congress handles share photo of indira gandhi addressing jawans in leh as galwan valley morphed: image of pm modi bowing to chinese president xi jinping old video shared as scores of indians running to block illegal chinese construction along lac three-year-old news of ex-serviceman’s wife gifting ’56-inch’ brassiere to pm modi revived images from 2019 shared as coffins of indian army soldiers who died in galwan old video of bsf jawans injured in road accident shared as slain indian army soldiers three-year-old video shared as hyperbaric oxygen therapy given to injured indian soldiers fake account: truth behind ‘chinese journalist’ thanking rahul gandhi on twitter fake list of 56 chinese soldiers who ‘died’ in galwan valley created using wikipedia page four-year-old image on thai blogs shared as indian soldier injured in india-china clashes no, this is not martyred col santosh babu’s daughter paying tribute to her father image of aimim members burning nepalese flag falsely shared as saffron and indian flag pib ‘fact check’ blunders again: incorrectly declares up stf advisory on chinese apps as “fake news” india-china dispute: old image from nigeria shared as slain indian army soldiers in ladakh false claim of india ‘capturing’ chinese side of pangong lake published by dubious website india-china dispute: video from may shared as recent amit malviya shares photo from 2017 to portray gandhi family’s china visit in 2008 times now falls for fake whatsapp forward listing names of 30 dead chinese soldiers video of mock drill in bhagalpur central jail shared as jail official infected with coronavirus india-china dispute: 43 chinese soldiers killed? media outlets and journalists mislead indian journalists quote chinese casualties based on unverified source aaj tak shares fake ‘last’ tweets of late actor sushant singh rajput, later deletes report fake tweet portrays rahul gandhi addressing late actor sushant singh rajput as “cricketer” video of exercise machine moving in jhansi park viral, linked with “ghosts” bjp spokesperson sambit patra: propaganda powered with misinformation mp congress falsely claims mp govt assigned women excise officers for sale of liquor delhi riots ‘fact-finding’ report accepted by amit shah replete with false, unsubstantiated claims chinar corps-indian army, media share old video as recent ceasefire violation by pakistan along loc fake prescription viral in the name of sir ganga ram hospital debunked by the hospital congress leader shashi tharoor shares 2017 image to show ‘atmanirbhar india’ no, a maulvi did not perform priyanka gandhi’s wedding rituals photos from 2002 of cow and leopard in gujarat revived as recent incident in assam fact-check: videos of unrelated pest attacks linked with asian giant hornet spotted in us verification: ram guha’s tweet quoting philip spratt’s 1939 writing on gujarat and bengal viral: fake zee news graphic claims total lockdown from june 15 old tampered video showing barack obama tossing away melania trump’s gift resurfaces video from west bengal shared as people disregarding social distancing in mumbai bus old images of cow injured in explosion in rajasthan shared as recent incident from himachal pradesh times of india shares 2017 video of police brutality in china as recent based on social media claims false media reports claim jyotiraditya scindia removed ‘bjp’ from his twitter bio fact-check: video of elderly man stripped naked and beaten is from bangladesh video of vizag gas leak falsely linked with hornet attack and coronavirus outbreak video from gujarat shared as upper caste men in up assault dalit woman for drawing water from well goair fires the wrong person based on hateful tweets from a dubious twitter account pib’s 3 out of 4 ‘fact-checks’ on deaths in shramik trains are unsubstantiated video shot ahead of 2019 elections falsely viral as sunny deol thrown out of gurudwara false claim viral about arrest of amzath ali and thamim shaikh in kerala elephant death case irresponsible media reports spark anger against muslims and kerala in elephant death case no, this is not an image of chinese soldiers helping indian army men injured in avalanche video of maradona lookalike in 2015 movie shared as actual footage of the footballer video of protests outside ohio statehouse over george floyd’s death shared as white house viral: fake quotes by world leaders offering support to india over tensions with china no, pm modi did not claim 1 crore coronavirus patients have been treated for free in india fact-checking pib fact check: did family of mother who died in shramik train claim she had long-term illness? video traced back to 2014 shared as recent clash between indian and chinese soldiers verification: speech targeting muslim community by kanpur medical college principal times now airs old videos during broadcast on recent india-china border tensions video from surat shared with false claim that muslim man was forced to lick hindu’s spit video from mumbai’s kem hospital shared as dead bodies piled up in delhi hospital solicitor general tushar mehta quotes false whatsapp forward in supreme court video of landslide from indonesia shared as india photo of family’s suicide in rajasthan in 2017 viral as hindus murdered in pakistan audio clip based on facebook post from 2017 attributed to journalist ravish kumar old images shared as forest fires in uttarakhand old video of swarm of blackbirds outside texas supermarket viral as saudi arabia video from bihar shared as up incident where man refused to eat food cooked by dalit old image shared as roads dilapidated in bangladesh due to cylone amphan fake tweet portrays rahul gandhi suggesting odd/even method to reopen schools false claim that pm modi was appointed the ‘chairman’ of who – a position that does not exist gopalganj case: opindia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit fact-check: did rajasthan govt halt buses transporting students to up for rs 19 lakh fuel dues? video of pm modi’s recent visit to west bengal morphed with ‘chowkidar chor hai’ slogans pakistani man’s beard, eyebrows shaved for molesting minors, video viral in india no, mohan bhagwat did not say he has lost faith in religion – manufactured clipping viral video of man pushing a mini ferris wheel welded to his bike is at least 2 years old photos of rahul gandhi’s interaction with migrant workers shared with false claim video from pakistan shared as people flouting lockdown for eid in hyderabad and delhi old video shared as recent confrontation between indian and chinese troops no, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in tamil nadu unrelated video falsely claimed as hospital murders patient to show surge in coronavirus deaths video of dtc personnel complaining about lack of social distancing in delhi bus is from march old video from china shared as zee news employee assaulting doctor in hospital congress’s surjewala shares 2012 image from nepal as ‘new india’, deletes later did up govt issue order restricting samaritans from helping migrants workers? bjym’s abhijat mishra falsely claims illegal bangladeshis attack bihari family in west bengal sp leader abu azmi’s supporters did not chant ‘pakistan zindabad’, video viral with false claim bjp mp arjun singh shares video of bleeding muslim men as hindus attacked in west bengal gopalganj case: boy drowns in river, opindia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque video of mother sitting between train carriages with infant is from bangladesh fake message claims labourers working between 1990 to 2020 will get ₹1.2 lakh benefits fact-check: did tn govt direct temples to pay rs 10cr to fund 5,450 tonne free rice to mosques? old, unrelated video shared as brutality on hindus in west bengal video of attack on doctor in up’s aligarh shared with misleading narrative images of hindus attacked in pakistan falsely linked with communal clashes in west bengal’s telinipara false quote attributed to who claims no vegetarian has been affected by coronavirus clip of a street play on social distancing viral with false communal angle viral photo of armed men is old and does not show rss members video from march 20 viral as muslims recently offering namaz in public in delhi’s patparganj images of leather goods covered in mould in malaysian mall viral as shoppers stop, india video of migrant workers protest in hyderabad shared as ahmedabad media misreports linking bareilly violence to jamaat not taken down a month after police clarification fake twitter account of gilgit-baltistan appears, home ministry calls it out congress members, journalists share image of rohingyas as migrant workers amid lockdown old images falsely shared as female bjp politician consumes alcohol after liquor shops opened photos of woman injured in up for resisting molestation viral since 4 years fake message attributed to icmr lists 21 dos and don’ts post lockdown suresh chavhanke shares at least 5-year-old image as telangana govt’s free gift during ramzan old video of dmk leader assaulting woman resurfaces as attacking doctor photos of sadhu injured in personal dispute in vrindavan shared with false bangladeshi angle video of suicide incident from gujarat falsely associated with financial crisis during lockdown unrelated image shared as the minor girl who was gang-raped in rajasthan’s tonk “red is green, green is red”? – sambit patra shares clipped video to mock rahul gandhi old video from surat shared as cop taking money from migrants walking home on rail tracks abp asmita airs week-old video from kolkata as visuals of the recent attack on police in ahmedabad opindia’s article on ‘yellow journalism’ is a work of plagiarism viral message falsely claims mumbai and pune to be under military lockdown, cm debunks rumour fake tweet portrays amit shah saying he has bone cancer fake poster: alt news logo misused to claim rape-accused not associated with aimim video from pak viral as air india flouts social distancing norms, overcharges passengers fir against sudhir chaudhary no badge of honour, ‘jihad chart’ lifted from dubious page ians falls for satire on pakistani pm imran khan reading covid-19 chart upside down porn clip shared on social media falsely associating it with jmi activist safoora zargar video of stale food thrown by migrant workers shared with false narrative moneycontrol, news18 misquote economist abhijit banerjee on upa policies, former clarifies unrelated image, pornographic photo shared to target jmi scholar safoora zargar photo from 2018 passed off as showering of flower petals during recent tribute to corona warriors no, nursing staff in rajasthan’s jhalawar did not resign due to misconduct by jamaatis old video from pakistan viral as muslim women caught shopping during lockdown in india false claims about safoora zargar’s marriage and pregnancy viral on social media dainik jagran, punjab kesari misreport youth in punjab throws notes laced with spit news18 misreports scuffle between police and locals in kurla as cops manhandled after namaz 2018 image of muslims offering prayers in up shared as recent from tamil nadu fact-check: tv9’s exclusive report on a ‘secret underground tunnel’ in nizamuddin markaz images from myanmar viral as social distancing in mizoram vegetable market no, this video doesn’t show north korean leader kim jong-un’s funeral viral video is not rishi kapoor’s video on the night before he passed away, media misreports no, rss goons did not attack hindu woman for preparing sehri for kashmiri muslim girl akali dal’s manjinder sirsa shares video from surat as lockdown violation in delhi’s daryaganj tarek fatah shares video of 2012 mardan church attack in pakistan as recent no, delhi health minister is not interacting with maulana saad in this photo video of hit-and-run case in up shared with false communal angle aimim leader waris pathan did not threaten cops to open mosques amid lockdown, 2016 video viral fact-check: did a 26-member muslim family test positive in delhi’s jahangirpuri? video of sanitation worker attacked in mp falsely shared as bjp goons attack muslim youth march 23 video from maharashtra shared as muslims gathering at mosque in ahmedabad amid lockdown old video falsely shared as muslims spitting on relief food during lockdown twitter handles impersonating arab personalities criticise india over islamophobia bjp member surendra poonia falls for ‘oranges banned in cyberabad’ satire zee news publishes 2015 story with false communal angle, claims human faeces served to non-muslims cctv footage of man sexually assaulting children is from pakistan false quote suggests japanese nobel laureate tasuku honjo said coronavirus is man-made disabled muslim man hounded for accidentally dropping currency, accused of spreading coronavirus old video falsely viral as sadhus take out procession in maharashtra after palghar lynching old video falsely viral as us students sing indian national anthem to thank india for hcq delhi police clarifies no ban on azaan after video of policemen imposing a ban goes viral four-year-old fake news about qatari princess caught with seven men resurfaces on social media false claim suggests kurnool mla hafeez khan forced nurse to wash imam’s feet fake order attributed to tourism ministry claims restaurants, hotels to remain closed till oct 15 video from bijnor viral with false allegation that elderly muslim vendor sprinkled urine on fruits arnab goswami’s video alleging attack doesn’t predate the attack; false claim by congress members old image claimed to be shot at different locations shared amidst lockdown did germany send £130 billion bill to china for ‘coronavirus damages’? tv9 gujarati shares video with false claim that chinese nationals banned in australian supermarket was switzerland’s matterhorn mountain lit up in tricolour after india supplied hcq tablets? old video: pak warship brushing against ins godavari falsely viral as recent event off gujarat coast palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social media videos viral with false claim of poor slum dwellers and muslims hoarding food in meerut video of currency notes in indore falsely viral as ‘muslim conspiracy’ to spread coronavirus video of mentally unstable woman viral with false claim of attempting to spread coronavirus news24 shares old broadcast of namaz at jama masjid multiple times to portray mass gathering false claim suggests bandra mass gathering accused vinay dubey’s father is muslim old, unrelated photo shared as family commits suicide in surat due to hunger during lockdown video from mumbai viral as cops lathicharge deaf-mute man in ahmedabad’s behrampura old video of tiktok user shadab khan falsely shared as him showing how to spread coronavirus old, unrelated image from malaysia shared as migrants stranded in gujarat due to lockdown old video shared as the recent incident where police was attacked during lockdown in aurangabad old map of india shared to praise pm modi on tackling coronavirus abp news v/s rubika liyaquat: 180-degree turn on communalising migrant crisis near bandra station india tv uses 2017 video to falsely claim islamic preacher provoked jamaatis to ‘spit’ video of women spitting inside houses in rajasthan’s kota given false muslim angle no, delhi health minister did not say no one from nizamuddin markaz tested positive for covid-19 pakistani mufti provoking people to flout lockdown shared to target indian muslims abp news quotes icmr study to praise lockdown, icmr says no such study published video of fruit vendors in indore shared with false anti-muslim angle dead man alive: republic’s coverage of a coronavirus patient from mp gets several facts wrong image of muslims offering namaz on rooftops in groups is from dubai mock drill video from bihar’s hajipur jail shared as cop suffering from coronavirus old video of assault due to personal enmity in up viral with false communal narrative alt news video verification: muslim vegetable vendor assaulted in badarpur, delhi up police’s mock drill video shared as ‘corona jihadis’ arrested during lockdown false: rahul kanwal’s claim about trump suggesting early access of covid-19 vaccine to india morphed aaj tak graphic falsely claims pakistan pm’s wife and driver tested positive for coronavirus video from pak falsely linked with hindu man’s alleged murder by muslim men in rajasthan ratan tata rubbishes viral message about coronavirus attributed to him on social media old video from ahmedabad shared as birds flocking in chandigarh amidst lockdown video viral with false claim that muslims scatter notes on the road to spread coronavirus video of man selling relief material at grocery shop is from pakistan union min vk singh cites fake whatsapp forward about ‘who lockdown protocol’ on national tv video from ecuador showing coronavirus victims in body bags shared as new york old video of shop looted in south africa shared as recent in view of coronavirus lockdown death of health worker in mp falsely communalised as attack by muslims in up communal attack in bawana shared with false claim of muslim man injecting fruits with spittle no, this video doesn’t show people in brazil and switzerland following pm modi’s ‘9pm-9min’ appeal old video of journalist rubika liyaquat dancing edited with offensive background score theatrical video of policeman beaten by priest shared as real viral audio clip blaming kejriwal for exodus of migrants workers falsely attributed to harish salve old video where salon attendant applies saliva on customer’s face falsely shared with muslim angle old video of dead immigrants on libyan beach shared as covid-19 infected dead bodies thrown into the sea morphed newspaper clipping claims tablighi jamaat’s maulana saad donated rs 1 crore to pm cares fund old video of black friday sale viral as people in us flouting social distancing to grab essentials dcp noida refutes ani on linking quarantine setup in sector 5 harola with tablighi jamaat old video from pakistan falsely viral as tablighi jamaat member roaming naked in isolation ward video from feb misrepresented as fire near solapur airport after pm’s 9pm-9min event viral audio falsely claims muslim vendors have sprung up in surat to spread coronavirus disaster management act does not prohibit coronavirus posts on social media media misreport: tablighi jamaat members defecate in open after being refused non-veg food old video from philippines shared with false claim of muslim man spitting on bread old video falsely shared as mother-daughter duo caught selling drugs in shaheen bagh fact-check: is govt monitoring calls and social media to track political and religious content? viral whatsapp forward of ‘who lockdown protocol’ is fake old video of texas teen spitting in tea bottle falsey viral as spreading coronavirus infection video of muslims exiting quarantine centre: not vinayaka temple but residential lodging prince charles’s coronavirus wasn’t cured with ayurvedic, homeopathic treatment news18 misreports saarc and other nations join pm modi-led effort to switch off lights, light candles video from pakistan falsely viral as muslims punished in india for flouting lockdown old video from mexico viral as americans looting malls due to fear of coronavirus viral audio: false conspiracy theory about modi govt introducing ‘vaccine’ to kill muslims old video falsely viral as rahul and priyanka gandhi flouting coronavirus lockdown old video of racist heckling falsely viral as muslim man spits on passenger in new york metro indians do not have genetic protection against coronavirus, published research incorrectly interpreted video of man rubbing currency notes on his face falsely correlated with video of man beaten by police video of muslim vendor’s unhygienic handling of fruits falsely linked with spreading coronavirus old clip of train transporting trucks viral as pm modi’s initiative to deliver essential items during lockdown police action on temple priest flouting lockdown in mp falsely communalised video verification: locals in indore’s tatpatti bakhal area pelt stones at health workers morphed india today graphic falsely claims pm modi extends lockdown till may 4 theatrical clip shared as incident where cop was beaten in up sarpanch’s house for enforcing lockdown old video falsely viral as muslim man spitting on food at indian restaurant in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic no, us and uk have not selected pm modi to lead a coronavirus task force coronavirus: video of an undertrial in mumbai falsely viral as nizamuddin markaz attendee spitting at cop fake message claims dadar police register case against 52 people for misinformation on coronavirus video of sufi ritual falsely viral as mass sneezing in nizamuddin mosque to spread coronavirus infection old images shared to portray health minister dr vardhan apathetic about coronavirus pandemic old, unrelated images shared as migrant workers beaten during coronavirus lockdown coronavirus: old photos of bank robbery in venezuela shared as italians discard wealth on streets photos, video of baby who died due to birth defect viral as newborn talking after birth old video from peru falsely shared as mass prayers offered in italy in light of coronavirus pandemic old image from spain shared as italian boy commits suicide after family dies due to coronavirus coronavirus: old images from kolkata and pakistan falsely shared as curfew violation in west bengal coronavirus: old video from mexico shared as spanish police action on curfew violators photo of up police punishing lockdown violators shared as mistreatment of migrant workers video of 2019 protest in azerbaijan shared as spanish police excess during covid-19 lockdown old, unrelated video shared as muslims licking utensils to spread coronavirus infection coronavirus: old prank video shared as man scaring off people in goa during lockdown old video from myanmar falsely shared as chinese monks sprinkling cow urine amid covid-19 pandemic video from 2015 shared as woman commits suicide in us due to coronavirus infection no, this woman is not a radio host broadcasting sanskrit verses in spain every morning no, foreign nationals from italy, iran weren’t hiding in patna mosque to avoid coronavirus testing old video of interfaith service viral as donald trump offers islamic prayers amid coronavirus pandemic no, korean drama ‘my secret, terrius’ did not ‘predict’ covid-19 morphed news graphics falsely claim amit shah contracted coronavirus old video of dead bodies in mecca during hajj shared as coronavirus victims news from 2019 viral as azim premji donates rs 50,000 crore during coronavirus pandemic no, deers did not turn up on ooty-coimbatore road as covid-19 lockdown restricts human activity no, indian army has not built 1000-bed quarantine facility for coronavirus patients viral audio falsely claims 59 positive coronavirus cases in nagpur images of aftermath of earthquake in croatia shared as coronavirus patients in italy covid-19: photo from malaysia shared as indonesian doctor who died treating patients covid-19: video of pak patient in uk shared as pak doctor who died after treating patients scene from 2007 sci-fi miniseries viral as mass graves of coronavirus victims in italy covid-19: viral video of patient gasping for breath is not from india no, dr ramesh gupta’s zoology book does not mention a cure for novel coronavirus photo from 1985 where mother in protective gear holds her baby given coronavirus spin covid-19: video of belgian man rubbing saliva-ridden hand on metro train handrail viral in india unrelated incident from brazil viral as italian police arresting man during covid-19 lockdown image of couple at barcelona airport shared as italian doctors infected with coronavirus old, unrelated images shared as mass deaths due to coronavirus digitally created horror video shared as attack on italian church by islamic forces old image of brazilian president shared as italian pm breaks down due covid-19 pandemic image of covid-19 test kit shared as newly developed ‘coronavirus vaccine’ by roche coronavirus: old video from china viral as people embracing islam, reading namaz in public no, putin has not left 800 lions on russian streets to ensure lockdown during covid-19 pandemic coronavirus: video from indonesia shared as wet food market in china’s wuhan fake notice attributed to delhi police claims rs 11,000 fine for breaking ‘junta curfew’ on march 22 old video of counter-terrorism mock drill at singapore airport viral with coronavirus spin old image shared as ramdev overdosed on cow urine to avoid coronavirus infection coronavirus: malaysian govt’s ‘restricted movement order’ shared as notice by pmo india video of covid-19 patient from london shared as surat woman who recently tested postive hostage rescue drill video at senegal airport viral with coronavirus spin social distancing is imperative but 14-hour ‘janta curfew’ will not break the cycle of infection sci-check: lifespan of coronavirus outside the human body on different surfaces viral audio falsely claims who has recommended india lockdown from april 15 to june 15 mysterious apocalyptic planet spotted in the sky? no, old hoax video viral no medicine will be sprayed in the air to kill coronavirus; fake message viral no, amul will not shut its milk chilling centres from march 21 due to coronavirus no, saddam hussein did not say us had threatened iraq with coronavirus in 1990 coronavirus: mock drill video by punjab police viral as real fake audio clip attributed to dr devi shetty advises against getting tested for coronavirus old video falsely viral as goats infected with coronavirus in ajmer’s bakra market media misreports: amitabh bachchan did not share image of his hand with ‘home-quarantine’ stamp no, vitamin c and lemon-infused hot water do not protect against coronavirus or cancer video of hindu monk beaten for misbehaving with child shared with false communal narrative no, trump has not announced launch of coronavirus vaccine by swiss drugmaker roche no, bank accounts will not be blocked due to failure of submitting npr documents places most affected by coronavirus not situated on latitude 40°, misleading image viral public tv falsely claims muslim youths in karnataka refuse coronavirus testing for “religious reasons” fake messages claiming himalaya founder funds terrorists viral on social media police action during hong kong protest shared as crackdown on coronavirus patients in china no, beef flavoured maggi is not being sold in india thorough hand-washing with an ordinary soap is effective in killing coronavirus (covid-19) no, dean koontz’s 1981 novel did not ‘predict’ coronavirus emerging from china sci-check: do masks help to prevent the spread of coronavirus? coronavirus: ministry of health debunks fake notice viral as clarification on state holidays first muslim woman sp in maharashtra? no, image of women’s day celebration viral yes bank crisis: false message claims congress-linked companies are top willful defaulters sci-check: coronavirus advisory falsely attributed to unicef viral on social media old video from pakistan shared as fruit-seller in lonavla spraying red paint on litchi delhi riots: times now misreports man firing at muslim mob as attack on police old pornographic video viral as shaheen bagh old images of weapons seized in punjab, gujarat shared as delhi riots old video from saudi arabia viral as 20 lakh people convert to islam in china old image from j&k viral as police brutality in delhi sudarshan news broadcasts fake news about woman murdered in tahir hussain’s house chinese reading quran after ban lifted in view of coronavirus? old video viral meats pieces thrown by muslims outside temple in up’s hathras? police debunks false claim no, arvind kejriwal didn’t admit of having family ties with rss; clipped video viral minor girl’s death in mp falsely linked with delhi riots and tahir hussain old video of bjp members shared as aap’s sanjay singh thrashed aap mla with shoes twitter account with provocative tweets falsely claims to be al jazeera correspondent old video of up police lathicharge on anti-caa protesters shared as delhi police yet another clipped video viral to falsely portray harsh mander as instigating violence aaj tak’s fact-check that alcohol, weed don’t cure coronavirus infection viral with misleading claim old video of cop beating woman in gwalior shared as delhi police brutality was srinagar’s shankaracharya temple lit up for maha shivratri celebrations after decades? clipped video shared to claim harsh mander instigated violence in jamia speech aap offers monetary relief to only muslim victims of delhi riots? dainik jagran clipping morphed old images from syria, bangladesh shared as delhi riots video of infant and woman’s dead bodies dug out from ground is unrelated to delhi riots delhi police supporting stone-pelters? congress members share video from up shaheen bagh women getting paid? no, this is a video of relief distribution to delhi riot victims muslim shop sells biryani laced with birth control pills to hindus? fictional news viral muslim girl raped by hindu mob in delhi? pak propaganda website runs fake news suresh chavhanke falsely claims muslim community in paris torched railway station old, unrelated video of arms hidden inside cans of ghee falsely linked to delhi riots no, this isn’t justice murlidhar with sonia gandhi when she filed nomination papers photo of rescue op viral as cops helping mob carry petrol bombs to aap’s tahir hussain’s residence unrelated video of mob violence in mp viral as delhi riots verification: aap councillor tahir hussain’s video appealing for police help old, unrelated images shared as hindu women attacked during delhi riots old photograph of up police personnel throwing a stone shared as delhi police mock drill video of chinese swat team tackling coronavirus victim viral as real photos of 2018 incident of girl beheaded in mp revived with false communal angle old video shared as delhi police releasing ‘chemical’ gas inside muslim homes in jafrabad old video of mob pelting stones at police in ahmedabad shared as delhi riots delhi riots: jafrabad shooter’s name is not anurag mishra, unrelated man’s images circulated old video viral as anti-caa protesters block inderlok metro station area in delhi fake message about dcp amit sharma’s death during delhi riots goes viral verification: video of mosque vandalised, set on fire is from ashok nagar in delhi video verification: delhi cops beating injured men, forcing them to sing national anthem video of bus driver beaten up in maharashtra shared with communal angle amid delhi riots delhi violence: man seen with bjp’s kapil mishra is not the jafrabad shooter old video of police excess in pakistan falsely shared as atrocities on hindu women delhi violence: jafrabad shooter falsely identified as part of pro-caa mob mohan bhagwat did not say nationalism means hitler, fascism – media misreports coronavirus: image showing sulphur dioxide forecasts falsely linked with mass cremation in wuhan no, ratan tata has not announced that jnu students will not be recruited by tata group fictitious list of names viral as accused in naval spy racket how indian media fooled the nation about a massive discovery of gold reserves no, a ‘yogi’ wasn’t found alive in meditative state 300 years after his burial indian politicians on a spree of denying on-record statements: alt news compilation video viral as non-muslims offering namaz after coronavirus outbreak in china is baseless truth behind photo of man carrying wife during 1971 bangladesh liberation war old, unrelated image viral as condoms found in shaheen bagh photo of wall painted ahead of trump’s ahmedabad visit morphed and shared online jamia violence: student from video of police lathi-charge not the man seen in arson video image from 2017 viral as aamir khan recently met turkish president erdogan india today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on jamia police violence – alt news investigation jamia violence: media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand jamia violence: student beaten in police lathicharge is not the one who torched bike jamia violence: student in the cctv footage is not the one injured in jamia shooting false claim suggests 40 out of 62 aap mlas are accused of rape is classification as ‘developed nation’ by us good news for india? – a fact-check muslim family beats hindu man to death in a train? incident given false communal angle amit shah makes false claim that no bjp leader said protestors in shaheen bagh will rape women how twitterati followed by pm modi spread misinformation about deepika padukone’s ‘chhapaak’ car bomb explosion in iraq revived as cctv footage of pulwama terror attack chinese police ‘shooting down’ coronavirus patients? manufactured clip viral video of hawker carts demolished in odisha now shared as ahmedabad old video from us viral as jain community in surat hire helicopter to rescue bird fake tweet portrays aap mla amanatullah khan saying ‘islam will win across india’ did bjp lose 36 seats by a margin of less than 2000 votes in delhi assembly elections? rahul gandhi blames pm modi for ‘unemployment of eagles’? edited video viral did manoj tiwari ask modi-shah to not campaign in delhi ahead of polls? fake letter viral misleading reports claim shaheen bagh empty post aap win in delhi election coronavirus: no, this video of bats removed from a rooftop is not from china old video from rajasthan shared as muslims chanting slogans of islamic supremacy amid delhi polls no, this video doesn’t show people infected with coronavirus in china screaming for help old, unrelated photos viral as zee news office attacked for insulting delhi voters amit malviya: how the ringmaster of bjp’s propaganda machinery weaponises misinformation coronavirus in broiler chicken? h5n1 bird flu outbreak in china falsely linked with cov video of hawker carts demolished in odisha shared as up cannabis kills coronavirus? vivek agnihotri shares scientific misinformation via meme manjinder sirsa shares report on pakistan’s punjab to target capt amarinder singh no, china did not seek court’s approval to kill over 20,000 coronavirus patients pm modi quotes ‘faking news’ in parliament to target former j&k cm omar abdullah media analysis: ani’s skewed coverage of caa protests abroad people lying on the road as part of an art project in germany falsely linked to coronavirus bjp’s sambit patra falsely claims aap leader amanatullah khan wants to create ‘sharia’ did up couple lock elderly mother at home to join anti-caa protest at shaheen bagh? fact-check ‘magic blankets’ video revived, now targeting bjp ahead of delhi elections ayush ministry’s claim that unani practices can prevent coronavirus infection is false old video of chinese pres xi jinping visiting mosque shared as recent amid coronavirus outbreak old videos shot during african swine fever outbreak viral amid cornonavirus pandemic fictional bjp mla ‘anil upadhyay’ revived, now with false claim that he was thrashed by women did modi govt claim it has no plans to implement nationwide nrc? media misreports old video of pregnant woman injured in up police lathicharge viral amid caa protest truth about “sting” claiming shaheen bagh women were paid rs 500: alt news-newslaundry joint investigation video of indonesian meat market viral as epicentre of coronavirus outbreak in wuhan, china old image from pakistan shared as shaheen bagh protesters burning indian flag abvp claims jnu student kamlesh mandriya was attacked by left, mandriya refutes and blames abvp aap gives ‘magic’ blankets to different-abled? video viral with false claim video of suicide attempt in tamil nadu viral as lic employee taking his own life in gujarat incorrect voter information of jamia shooter circulated to suggest he’s not a minor old video of ex-malaysian pm viral as chinese pm praying in a mosque amid coronavirus outbreak old provocative speech by muslim cleric shared amid anti-caa protests jamia firing: a water bottle used as an excuse to raise doubts about student’s injury old incident of land-grabbing viral as caste violence in up’s gorakhpur caa protests: video of irfan pathan’s visit to kolkata shared as shaheen bagh no, homeopathic drug ‘arsenicum album 30’ cannot prevent coronavirus infection, as claimed by ayush ministry old video of aap workers thrashing man who slapped kejriwal revived with misleading claim old case of land dispute shared as iskcon temple in bangladesh attacked fake list viral to show majority aap candidates for delhi elections are muslims video of bjp members hoisting bjp flag to the indian national anthem is from 2018 old video from j&k viral as hindu women thrashed in pakistan video of parasite removal from a person’s lip falsely linked with coronavirus video of rahul gandhi’s slip-up during a speech viral, trimming out part where he self-corrects old video shared as hindu women pose as muslims to disrupt anti-caa protests in lucknow fake ministry of health ‘advisory’ about coronavirus viral on social media fake newspaper clipping shared to claim delhi cm kejriwal accused of rape in 1987 old video viral as rajput women with swords standing up against muslim women of shaheen bagh gautam gambhir targets aap with video of a school under renovation video of russian rocket viral as failed launch test of pakistan’s ghaznavi missile media misreport: lawyers kapil sibal, indira jaising, dushyant dave wrongly linked with alleged pfi support for caa stir video related to chhattisgarh elections shared claiming bjp bribing voters in delhi journalist arfa khanum’s speech on caa shared with distorted interpretation by bjp office-bearers anti-caa protesters at lucknow confess taking bribes? no, clipped video viral tarek fatah – a case study of unrelenting divisive misinformation video of vhp leader viral as naseeruddin shah’s brother supporting caa amit shah asks people to boycott aaj tak before delhi elections? old video viral bjp mla ‘karni singh’ toppled ambedkar’s statue? old video, false claim old, unrelated video viral as bjp leader inayat hussain assaulted for supporting caa, nrc old video from mp viral as women caa protesters fighting over distribution of money jnusu president aishe ghosh faked head injury? screenshot of old broadcast shared with false claim old video from manipur shared as women receiving cash in the backdrop of caa protests false message blamed muslim community for mangalore bomb scare caa protests: morphed image claims shaheen bagh protesters paid rs 500 per day rss member’s photo falsely shared as mangaluru airport bomb suspect aditya rao robbery attempt communalised as kali idol vandalised in bengal’s siliguri photo of kanhaiya kumar falsely shared as celebrating death of 76 crpf soldiers in 2010 video from 2018 falsely viral as indian constitution burnt by rss members old video from rajasthan viral as eviction in assam after nrc implementation no, pm modi’s wife jashodaben did not attend anti-caa rally at shaheen bagh man accused of sexual harassment of minor girls falsely claimed to be muslim photo of nehru, indira gandhi shared with false portrayal of her father-in-law being “yunus khan” old video from bengal viral as bjp leaders thrashed in ne during caa/nrc campaigning no, woman criticising government is not atal bihari vajpayee’s niece video game footage shared as us anti-missile defense batteries taking down iranian missiles caa protests: old video from mp shared as up police thrashing stone-pelters video from brazil shared as “muslim infiltrator” killed by french police old image of bjp mp manoj tiwari with jama masjid’s imam bukhari shared ahead of delhi polls morphed poster falsely claims ‘burqa, hijab’ dress code for caa protest in mumbai fake rs 2000 notes seized from rss supporter ketan dave in gujarat? false claim viral photo of dalit activist kancha ilaiah shared as elderly student at jnu nazi symbol shared as hindu symbol ‘swastika’ disrespected on anti-caa poster bjp mla ‘anil upadhyaya’ talking about caa? no, videos yet again viral with fictitious name fictitious politician ‘anil upadhyaya’ makes a comeback, now as bjp mla criticising caa/nrc tarek fatah tweets movie clip as pakistani mother denying polio vaccination to her children did rahul kanwal say chanting ‘vande mataram’ is anti-national? clipped video, misleading claim abvp jnu secretary denies masked woman in viral video associated with abvp, visual evidence disagrees morphed tweet of shehla rashid calling for boycott movie of movie on kashmiri pandits viral video from 2015 of traffic cops beaten by a crowd shared with communal narrative no, indira gandhi did not force sitaram yechury to resign as jnusu president during emergency alt news probes abvp’s link with jnu student exposed in india today sting video from 2018 shared as 88 bjp mps request rajnath singh to roll-back caa, nrc bjp mla himanta biswa posts cropped photo of anti-caa rally in assam to portray poor turnout video from 2008 viral as female students of jnu abusing during protests delhi police probe or abvp investigation? dcp releases images shared earlier by abvp mirror image used to portray jnusu president aishe ghosh faked her injuries investigating the masked woman photographed during jnu violence old video viral as “communists” in kerala attack pro-caa rally by bjp-rss old, unrelated video shared as caa support rally by sadhus, agoras in haridwar does ‘chhapaak’ portray acid attack convict as a hindu named ‘rajesh’? no, false claim old video from rajasthan falsely shared as hindu women assaulted by muslims in pakistan video game footage viral as us forces taking down iranian major general qassem soleimani morphed photo viral as abvp assam protesting against caa, nrc muslim student from jnu falsely blamed for ‘masterminding’ violence at the university jnu violence: abvp, bjp office-bearers falsely claim sfi activist ‘faked’ injuries old, unrelated images viral as sex toys, condoms found inside jnu campus video of abvp member assaulting aisa student shared by journalists as left parties attacking abvp no, umar khalid did not raise “hinduo se azadi” slogan at gateway of india, mumbai image of symbolic ‘one eye bandaged’ protest shared as caa protesters faking injury no, photo of mother breastfeeding baby through a fence is not related to nrc video from hyderabad viral as police arresting people in assam after nrc pak pm imran khan shared old, unrelated videos as ‘pogrom’ against muslims in india 2013 video from bangladesh viral as police brutality after assam nrc fictional story: muslim boy elopes with ‘hindu jain’ girl, muslims terminated from jobs, girl returned audio superimposed on 2015 image falsely suggests modi govt jailed muslim women old video falsely shared as posters of hindu deities burnt during caa protests pak users falsely claim canada deports indian students for submitting fake ielts results old video of sp leader mavia ali shared as that of congress leader naseemuddin siddiqui no, the elderly man pelting stone in kanpur is not muslim cleric from muzaffarnagar caa protest: video of jabalpur police vandalising vehicles shared as up police no, danish kaneria is not among pakistani players offering namaz in this photo video from sri lanka shared as muslims beaten in a detention centre in assam caa protests: old video from pakistan shared as cow slaughtered on indian flag in hyderabad caa protests: video from pakistan shared as up police beating women no, anti-caa protesters did not chant ‘pakistan zindabad’ in lucknow rally old video of railway station vandalised in bangladesh shared as kolkata video of leopard attacking dog in nashik, maharashtra shared as gujarat pak users share video of bull festival as cows unleashed on indian policemen freight train traversing the famous ‘tehachapi loop’ in us viral as china-germany train route meme shared as pro-modi cartoon on caa and nrc published by european newspaper newsx posed journalists as students during a debate on anti-caa protests alt news investigates the attack on a temple in phulwari sharif, bihar during anti-caa protests video from 2011 viral with false claim that muslim man wore sikh turban during anti-caa protest image from 2016 shared as muslim man hurling stones in recent spate of caa protests fake account impersonates nita ambani, tweets in support of pm modi and amit shah poster of caa-nrc event morphed with photos of burhan wani, afzal guru caa protest: photo of rajasthan bjp mla falsely shared as rss man impersonating delhi cop viral video: no, adolf hitler had not said, “hate me, but don’t hate germany” no, jamia student protester aysha renna did not tweet in celebration of pulwama attack pm modi’s speech on caa/nrc: a combination of falsehoods and half-truths did a protester ask for “muslim rashtra” in anti-caa protest attended by priyanka gandhi? morphed image viral caa protest: old video from rajasthan shared as elderly man beaten up by muslim youth in delhi no, policemen did not protest against caa and nrc fake bbc hindi tweet shared to claim ndtv ob van torched in lucknow anti-caa protest paresh rawal faulters at geography, forgets india-myanmar share 1,643 km border false claim: muslim woman masquerading as hindu during anti-caa protest caa protest: 2015 video of bangladeshis caught with fake indian passports in kuwait revived caa protest: police lathicharge video from lucknow shared as brutality by ahmedabad police man holding viral placard falsely compared with a twitter user with muslim identity photos of 2016 maratha agitation passed off as gatherings in favour of caa image from 2018 shared as policemen injured during anti-caa protest video from kuwait showing mock drill shared as attack on sultan of oman caa protest: no, bengaluru cop did not threaten to punch historian ramachandra guha video from 2017 of eviction from forest area in assam viral in the context of nrc no, girl with rahul gandhi is not jamia student who opposed police lathi-charge no, rbi is not scrapping rs 2000 notes; news18 fact-check viral with false claim old photos from pakistan shared as weapons seized from jamia milia campus was aap mla amanatullah khan part of a mob that torched buses on december 15? – a fact-check sourav ganguly’s claim daughter’s instagram story on caa protests “not true” is false images of detention centres in the us shared as assam photo of smriti irani greeting bjp leader hukumdev narayan yadav shared as ‘rape guru’ did abvp member ‘bharat sharma’ pose as delhi cop during clashes in caa protests? – a fact-check photo from 2016 viral as toddler injured by muslim protesters during caa agitation in west bengal old image from egypt shared as male protester of jamia milia detained in a burqa unrelated video from 2017 shared amidst caa protests with a communal spin old photo shared as police crackdown on jamia milia islamia students over caa protest old image of assam cm shared as him escaping his house during anti-caa protest no, amu students did not raise the slogan “hinduon ki kabr khudegi” photo from bangladesh shared as toddler injured during anti-cab protests in west bengal photo from 2018 traced to dominican republic shared as detention centre in assam unrelated images of burning trains, injured woman shared amidst anti-cab protests how multiple twitter handles changed their religion overnight to support cab old images of vandalism shared in the wake of citizenship amendment act protest image from bangladesh shared as protest in mumbai against citizenship amendment act old video shared as girl found in mangalore with a group of tamil beggars rahul gandhi did not say “women should be raped”, as claimed by union minister smriti irani video from jharkhand shared as police lathicharging woman over cab protest no, advocates are not exempted from paying toll fees photo from mp shared as hanuman idol found at allotted site for mosque in ayodhya dainik bhaskar misquotes congress leader jyotiraditya scindia as supporting citizenship amendment bill video from 2015 shared as bangladeshis illegally entering india after passing of cab old mock drill video from jharkhand viral as police firing during cab protests in assam video of assault from pakistan falsely shared as hindu girl beaten up opindia misreports kapil sibal’s speech in parliament on citizenship amendment bill crazy sex run by irish sheep after consuming viagra? indian media falls for satire cctv video of suicide from cairo tower, egypt viral as burj khalifa, dubai no, man criticizing judicial system in viral video after hyderabad rape is not justice srikrishna israeli policeman strangling palestinian child to death? old video, false claim no, this is not amit shah touching the feet of nithyananda trucks loaded with onions blocked by mamata banerjee govt to keep prices inflated? – alt news fact-check image of boy with acid burns viral as child punished for wearing ayyappa necklace in tamil nadu school no, this is not an image of the juvenile convict of the nirbhaya rape case no, the lady receiving award in viral video is not hyderabad rape victim old video from rajasthan falsely shared as poor women lifted and raped clipped image of e-paper shared with false claim of rbi scrapping rs 2000 note after dec 31 no, sending sms to 9969777888 will not enable police to track your location image from 2017 shared as woman raped and beheaded in saharanpur, uttar pradesh misleading claim: ‘1091’ & ‘7837018555’ are pan-india helpline numbers for women home-drop service media misreports image from 2015 as photograph of hyderabad encounter false claim suggests all hyderabad rape accused hailed from muslim community video from brazil showing man assaulting young girl shared as rajasthan modi govt introduces new law awarding death penalty for rape? clipped video, misleading claim digitally-created artwork showing a hurricane shared as powers of ‘buddhist god’ no, hyderabad rape accused are not minors given fictional hindu identities by police personal dispute in gujarat given communal spin on social media and by gstv images shared to claim mob justice stopped rape incidents in nagaland – fact-check false claim: new section 233 of ipc enacted by modi govt to combat crimes against women parties, politicians tweet image of us navy ship to commemorate indian navy day november 2019: misinformation around jnu protest, ayodhya verdict and more no, rs 2000 notes will not be scrapped and replaced with new rs 1000 notes old video of public execution of rape convict in yemen shared as dubai old video shared to claim norway police attacked imam opposing quran burning did it take 19 photographers 62 days to capture this bird? fact-check old images shared as devendra fadnavis visiting mazaar after maharashtra elections video of qaumi ekta week shared with a communal spin after maha polls unrelated video shared as hyderabad rape and murder accused thrashed by police image of man suffering from bubonic plague shared as hands burnt for burning quran false claim: bal thackeray’s sister is sharad pawar’s daughter supriya sule’s mother-in-law fact check: is this congress mla anil upadhyay praising pm narendra modi? how hyderabad vet’s rape-murder was communalised by right-wing handles and outlets on social media unrelated image, true incident: woman’s skeleton found by son in mumbai house in 2017 old photos of uddhav and aditya thackeray shared as visit to ajmer dargah after govt formation viral message claims ‘nirbhaya’ helpline number launched for women safety. what is the truth? uddhav thackeray paying tribute to sonia gandhi? no, photoshopped image shared false claim: dog meat seized at nashik railway station image of narasimha idol in iskcon, wb viral as 32,000 year old idol found in germany images from karnataka, wb shared as babri masjid photos from british library archive new york restaurant to serve human flesh? no, this is satire katta news: who is breaking stories on maha politics? alt news source verification movie still shared as image of 26/11 martyred cop tukaram omble cadbury products contaminated with hiv? old image from nigeria used to share false claim video of baby suffering from rare genetic disorder shared as ‘demon’ baby born in assam tree grows through car overnight? no, it is an art installation old students’ protest against rss shared as recent jnu students’ protest invention of bicycle credited to ancient india based on misleading photos video from west bengal showing man electrocuted atop train shared as secunderabad video from pakistan shared as smart attendance system installed in delhi govt school media misreport that aatish taseer moved supreme court to challenge oci cancellation kanhaiya kumar’s image morphed with map showing indian states as part of pakistan old photo of baba ramdev with cancer patient shared to portray him as a womaniser dengue cannot be cured or prevented with homeopathic treatment eupatorium perfoliatum video of bjp critic warning journalist about reporting against govt shared as bjp leader’s threat image of upscale pg accommodation shared as jnu hostel room how misinformation is being used to undermine jnu students’ protest: alt news compilation fact check: is this 45-year-old congress leader and jnu student abdul raza? no, gautam gambhir did not say cricket commentary is more important than pollution meet image of injured woman from muharram procession shared in the backdrop of jnu students’ protest two year old image of woman arrested for protest in hyderabad shared as jnu student old photo of protest over nirbhaya case shared as clampdown on jnu students photo of 30-year old jnu student shared as 47-year old student moinuddin old image of cpi leader annie raja shared as jnu student detained by police random images of young women picked off the internet circulated to discredit jnu students’ protest no, tirupati balaji has not declared donation of rs 100 crore for constructing ram mandir fact-check: can you pick up a 40 tonne truck with 2,000 drones? 43-year-old student protesting fee hike? jnu master’s student misidentified in viral image old news on discovery of mosque during delhi metro construction shared as recent unrelated photos passed off as images of babri masjid from british library’s archive lawyer prashant patel falsely claims his tweet calling for genocide as morphed video of woman brutally thrashing her daughter is from kathua, j&k old video of murder in maharashtra shared on pak social media targeting rss coconut oil cannot protect against dengue viral infection image of pakistani flag at immigration centre, katarpur corridor shared as gurudwara darbar sahib photoshopped: image of ndtv india report targeting shahrukh khan over burj khalifa fact-check: did pm modi write a congratulatory letter to cji after ayodhya verdict? fact-check: eid milad celebrated in kashmir’s hazratbal with the same fervor as past years? unrelated photos shared as boy in gujarat hospitalized due to pubg addiction ‘last prayers’ at demolished babri masjid? no, this is delhi’s ferozshah kotla mosque #100daysofkashmirsiege: video from bihar shared as kashmiri muslim child tortured to death did mahua moitra violate model code of conduct as alleged by bjp? video of self-immolation in morocco shared as power bank explosion in kerala satirical piece on ranu mondal calling for church land in ayodhya shared as real fake quote claims kapil sibal said he will die if ram mandir is inaugurated bruce lee playing table tennis with nunchaku? no, old nokia ad viral coin featuring lord ram issued by east india company? no, it’s a fantasy creation video of child’s dead body transported in ice box viral with false kidnapping rumours worldwide no, this is not the richest man in kuwait buried with gold no, alka lamba did not sport congress election symbol on her t-shirt old image from gaza showing bullet-ridden building shared as kashmir old video from thailand shared as airport employee stealing from baggage of haj pilgrims false claim: bomb blast inside mosque in bihar’s sasaram, 100 bombs found false claim: muslim parties want to declare belgium an islamic state after recent elections spoof on imran khan by indian artist shared as pakistani artist mimicking pak pm video of islamic flags hoisted in punjab shared as pakistani flags fake: viral message warning of social media surveillance over ayodhya case old video of sandstorm viral as clouds settled on the road images of up imam injured by robber falsely shared as attacked by ‘sanghis’ promo of video game shared as robot developed by japan old photographs of chhat puja in delhi shared as recent october 2019: mainstream media at the forefront of misinformation fake quote from parody account ascribed to rape-accused kerala bishop resurfaces videos from oman showing tidal waves lashing coast shared as marine lines, mumbai video game footage falsely shared as us forces taking down islamic terrorists two-year-old times now clip with fake isis ‘rate card’ for non-muslim girls resurfaces old video of aaditya thackeray visiting ajmer sharif shared as recent after maharastra polls old image of rohingya refugee girl falsely shared as the girl collecting oil in ayodhya old video from bangladesh shared as west bengal forest department official killing deer pib rubbishes reports of pm modi and russian president attending jallikattu in 2020 old video recently shared as indian and pakistani armies exchanging sweets old video of gujjar protest in jammu shared as muslims beaten up by police in kashmir trump tweets morphed image of dog injured in baghdadi raid digitally-created video viral as ‘robot’ used by us to take down is chief baghdadi photoshopped image shared as floating lanterns over varanasi ghats up govt approved estimated budget of rs 1.33 cr not rs 133 cr for ‘deepotsav’; media misreports website impersonates official epfo portral, ‘offers’ rs 80,000 benefits video from pakistan falsely shared as armed robbery of hindu family ani shares old video of firecracker explosion in maharashtra as telangana man murdered for bursting crackers? click-bait reports given communal colour on social media neither mumbai nor japan; digital creation shared as fireworks display photoshopped news18 graphic credits pm modi for death of is leader baghdadi no, honda is not giving away 300 free activa scooters this diwali image of govt hospital in mp shared as delhi govt school old video of maratha protest shared as angry public in assam chasing police after nrc top sportswomen made to push identical tweets to laud pm modi on ‘women empowerment’ fake quote on mohalla clinics attributed to bjp mp manoj tiwari; aaj tak logo misused video of mock drill from germany shared as gun attack in amsterdam video from up shared as police manhandling woman and father after hike in traffic fines images of gwalior fort shared as jain temple discovered upon demolition of mosque in karnataka old mock video from jharkhand shared as police firing at students opposing privatisation old video shared as bjp mp manoj tiwari visiting mosque after haryana election result old video of village drama from rajasthan shared as muslims sacrifice boy as ritual news18 joins social media in sharing false news: old video claimed as ‘live murder’ in meerut no, assam cm sarbananda sonowal does not have six children; misinformation by ndtv rahul gandhi tweeted clipped video of bjp haryana candidate alleging vote-rigging ians, ndtv use old photo to claim bjp’s pankaja munde wept after electoral loss; delete later no, this is not us congresswoman ilhan omar at a training camp of a somali warlord video of raid viral as unhygienic tata salt manufactured and sold to consumers sudarshan news and its history of dangerous, communally-divisive misinformation edited video shared as chinese martial artists performing to the song ‘jai ho’ no, rrb has not reduced ntpc posts from 35,277 to 10,648; fake notice shared old video shared as cross-border firing between indian and pakistani army along loc video of an aircraft hijacking drill in mexico shared as real on social media sudarshan news runs fake news claiming asaduddin owaisi danced after kamlesh tiwari’s murder fake quote of ravish kumar over murshidabad triple murder shared on social media old video shared by pak social media users to falsely claim white flag raised by indian army old photo used by pak social media users to falsely depict slain indian army men screenshots of aaj tak fact-check shared to claim rbi has scrapped rs 2000 note video shared with false claim that man sets his own car ablaze over rs 35,000 fine video of biker knocked by speeding car in brazil shared as bengaluru no, india has not repaid all its world bank loans in 6 years of pm modi’s governance no, pm modi isn’t bowing to gautam adani’s wife in this photo fact-check: hdfc bank insures rs 1 lakh deposit per account holder did abu dhabi crown prince chant ‘jai siya ram’? old video, false claim viral message falsely claims rbi has introduced new rs 1000 note has india’s global hunger index ranking fallen from 55 in 2014 to 102 in 2019? a fact-check no, this is not tmc mp nusrat jahan performing dhunuchi dance on durga puja how the murshidabad triple murder was given a political, communal colour old video of earthquake in mexico shared as recent old video of congress mla clipped to suggest he said ‘pakistan zindabad’ old misreport shared as bjp killed its own worker in west bengal satirical image of chinese president xi jinping in indian attire shared as real clipped video viral with false claim that rahul gandhi wants to leave india and settle abroad image from bangladesh shared as murshidabad triple murder accused karti chidambaram shares misleading photos to portray pm modi’s beach cleaning effort as staged media claims ‘pakistani conspiracy’ behind trending #gobackmodi. what’s the truth? no, this is not bjp mp bhanu pratap singh criticising his own govt for pmc bank fraud protest video from indonesia shared as kashmir by fb page imitating bbc news union min jitendra singh, ani, pti falsely claim 14-year-old girl wrote a book on article 370 narendra modi vs manmohan singh on foreign visits: fact-checking amit shah’s claim mock drill video from vidisha, mp shared as terrorists captured by security forces old video of ex-defence minister’s wife performing puja on ins vikrant shared as “baptism” video of unidentified drunk man shared as bjp leader sudhanshu trivedi old video from pakistan shared as tamil girl found at nagpur railway station pm modi supporter poses as muslim woman using mehbooba mufti’s daughter’s photo on twitter september 2019: misinformation around chandrayaan-2 and mva; media misreports add to the clutter movie still shared as photograph of mahatma gandhi’s assassination no, rbi is not going to discontinue rs 2000 currency notes; false message viral clipped video from movie shared as swami vivekananda’s famous speech in chicago fact-check: did darul uloom deoband slam tmc mp nusrat jahan for celebrating durga puja? old video from bihar falsely shared as woman assaulted by rss workers old video from guatemala of woman set ablaze by mob shared as india no, this is not pm modi’s mother hiraben dancing murder-accused brutally beaten in bihar; police deny communal angle old incident of congress mla attacked by mob viral as hindu woman beaten by muslim husband sports drink commercial shared as cameraman beating athletes in race did bjp mp vijay goel say people from up-bihar should be banned from delhi? old, misleading report unrelated photographs shared as images of submerged city of dwarka photos of malnourished man clicked during kenya drought shared as former sudan minister photoshopped image showing narendra modi with chhota rajan shared on social media video of women’s gang nabbed for extortion shared as child-kidnappers arrested in gujarat media misreports: promotional video on balakot airstrikes broadcast as “real” footage old photos from kashmir shared as recent to portray normalcy in region media misreports that pak pm was called ‘welder from bronx’ by american anchor video of elderly man dancing falsely shared as former pm morarji desai playing garba video from saudi arabia viral as dps school, rajbagh teacher torturing baby no, shivraj singh chouhan did not plaster different arms in the morning and evening photoshopped image showing mahatma gandhi with a woman shared on social media did bjp mla torture a man tied upside-down? no, old video from maharashtra viral video from cuba shared as kids in convent school in india dancing provocatively photoshopped image showing books on modi and hitler placed together shared on social media video from gujarat falsely shared as man commits suicide in surat due to financial crisis old video from pakistan falsely shared as elderly hindu couple mistreated by pak police old image altered to portray indian muslim family tuned in to imran khan’s un speech video of crocodile rescued from streets of vadodara, gujarat shared as patna, bihar ani makes absurd claim about imran khan’s wife based on photoshopped screenshot sponsored page on kashmir in the new york times shared as front page reportage social media users foxed by video of trump lookalike ‘groping’ a woman old image photoshopped to depict imran khan surrounded by global political leaders incident of mob assault in bihar shared with false, communal narrative photo of charred corpses from tanzania shared as bokaro steel plant fire tragedy somnath bharti shares old video of bjp corporator thrashing a cop with misleading narrative mangaluru mall scuffle misreported by sections of media as assault on muslim youth video of scuffle at mangaluru mall shared with false, communal narrative did rahul gandhi cut manmohan singh’s birthday cake? old, unrelated video viral two-year-old case of girls sexually exploited in up madrasa shared as recent using morphed clipping old video of mother torturing her twin daughters in saudi arabia viral in india no, rbi will not permanently shut down nine banks; false message viral old report of bjp gujarat govt’s demolition drive that erased 50 temples shared as recent video from pakistan shared as arms seized from motorcycle by j&k police old video of officer arrested for stealing notes from govt mint shared as recent old video of maulvi beaten in pakistan for molesting a girl viral in indian social media shashi tharoor tweets photograph of former pm nehru in ussr as usa photoshopped image of amit shah-mamata banerjee meeting shared on social media social media claims that up will be divided into three states. what is the truth? video of 2019 world drill championship viral as indian-origin man joining us army fake audio claiming to be lakshmi mittal’s commentary on indian politics viral on whatsapp news18, cnbc awaz misreport india-us joint army exercise as howdy modi preparations old video of burqa-clad man caught outside mosque falsely shared as rss man apprehended photo of jawaharlal nehru shared with false narrative that he was slapped in 1962 media misreports us congresswoman tulsi gabbard as ‘indian-origin’ video of woman emoting to a song edited and shared with false, communal narrative video of self-immolation from up shared as dalit man set ablaze by police and bjp leader images of pakistani citizen wearing gold jewellery falsely shared as tirupati balaji priest video of woman knifed by a man in jharkhand viral with a communal angle photoshopped image viral as architectural marvel of ancient india old video of youth allegedly assaulted by up police viral after new traffic rules video from chhattisgarh showing police thrashing biker shared with false claim video of policemen beating a woman depicts an incident from haryana last year old video of mexico gas plant explosion shared as attack on saudi arabian oil refinery chinese dance video edited and passed off as indian performance on hindu devotional song media outlets fall for ips officer’s false claim about pak baby smuggled in a bag to dubai old video from pakistan viral as indian army brutality on kashmiri muslims gorakhpur police warning against false child-lifting rumours clipped and shared online old video of police excess in up shared as recent after implementation of new traffic rules old video from up shared as youth protesting against unemployment beaten in mp old image from muharram procession passed off as indian army’s atrocities on kashmiris selling fear for youtube views: staged child-lifting videos viral media misreport rto inspector involved in bengaluru accident as ‘drunk’ ians falls for parody account of raghuram rajan, several media outlets follow suit old video of brawl between policemen shared as recent dispute over traffic penalties viral: fake quote of ravish kumar calling isro ‘brahmanical’ and ‘anti-minority’ video of violent clash in 2009 shared with false claim targeting bjp digitally created images shared as ‘first photographs of earth’ sent by chandrayaan-2 lions spotted in junagadh, gujarat shared as thane, maharashtra unrelated video falsely shared as policemen thrashing civilian for not wearing helmet unrelated video from gujarat shared as cops beaten for collecting illegal fines fake wikileaks list on top black money holders in swiss bank viral on social media old incident from gujarat viral as recent in the backdrop of muharram hw news ran photoshopped image of an old aaj tak promo, clarified later video of car explosion at a petrol pump in brazil shared with false claim in india blog imitating india today attributes fake quote to wb cm mamata banerjee august 2019: misinformation centered around j&k, child abduction rumours old video from karnataka shared as assault on traffic police over steep penalty dashama idols placed near sabarmati bank mistaken as ganesh idols, old video circulated with false narrative photoshopped promo of abp news over chandrayaan-2 shared on social media video of scuffle between men in khaki uniform viral with misleading narrative mentally unstable man beaten by mob in himachal over false child-lifting rumours digitally created artwork shared as hurricane dorian from the coasts of florida unrelated video from rajasthan shared as police atrocity after new traffic penalties physically-challenged man beaten to death in up on false child-kidnapping rumours clipped video of ravish kumar’s 2013 program circulated with a misleading narrative, journalists join in video of scorpions from ahmedabad, gujarat shared as rajasthan old images of leopard attack in maharashtra shared as recent incident in gujarat’s polo forest theatrical video shared as youth uprising in punjab against army in kashmir mock drill video shared as explosions recovered in maharashtra’s ahmadnagar bus stand video of 2018 california wildfire viral as amazon forest blaze did traffic signal in mumbai ‘cross the road’ in heavy rains? no, video from china viral is burning of american flag unlawful in the us? gautam gambhir shares a fake quote old image of pm modi in davos photoshopped to portray imran khan hiding at g7 four men dressed as women thrashed by mob in haryana over false child-kidnapping rumours video of anti-reservation rally in nagpur shared as protest against modi govt child organ trade rumour: photo from syria shared with provocative audio clip old images from kashmir shared amidst recent unrest after dilution of article 370 video labelled as ‘terrorist infiltration’ in kashmir traced back to police academy in pakistan old video from delhi shared as clash over nrc between police and army personnel in assam old images shared to depict indian govt brutality in kashmir video from sri lanka shared as muslim man in india forced to drink alcohol and cow urine video of hindu ritual shared as “cows forcefully made to run over muslims in india” old satirical video shared as north korean leader kim jong-un executing corrupt official photograph from 2013 shared as brutal crackdown by indian govt in kashmir unrelated photos passed off as brutality by indian government in kashmir no, kerala college did not raise pak flag; media publishes misleading reports madhu kishwar tweets photoshopped image of amul ad targeting gandhi family woman makes false child-kidnapping, organ trade claims using old image from ghana image photoshopped to portray abu dhabi crown prince in saffron robes drunk man dressed as woman falsely believed to child-lifter and beaten in jodhpur old cartoon photoshopped to portray the new york times as critical of congress video of woman narrating plight of kashmiris to rahul gandhi shared with false claim two men dressed as women beaten over false child-kidnapping rumours in himachal drunk man falsely accused of child-lifting by a woman in punjab video from meerut shared as delhi incident of murder over headphones old video from pakistan shared as atrocities on kashmiris image of forest department building shared as church on tirumala hills, andhra pradesh old video from himachal pradesh shared as felling of apple trees by govt in kashmir video of assamese girl beaten up by father viral on social media with false claims drunk man taken hostage by mob over false suspicion of child-kidnapping man forced to say on camera he is a child-kidnapper, video used to stoke rumors pak media broadcasts 2010 dantewada maoist massacre video as recent incident in kashmir media misreports a video shoot as woman leaving behind her child while talking on phone video from pakistan shared to falsely depict indian police brutality on kashmiris imran khan’s party shares old videos from kashmir to portray recent unrest gruesome video of man’s tongue and hands cut off is not from india; no communal overtones family searching for their missing son falsely accused of child-lifting and beaten in up gory, disturbing videos shared to stoke false rumours of child-kidnapping old video of protest in haryana shared on pak social media as police brutality on kashmiris old video from up viral as devotees at andhra’s tirumala temple manhandled by christian police old images shared to show international monuments lit up in tricolour on 73rd i-day video of lady singing krishna hymns shared as daughter of mohammed rafi false claim: bhagavad gita made compulsory in primary schools in the netherlands old video of father kidnapping his own kids shared to fuel false child-kidnapping rumours police rescue woman falsely accused of child-kidnapping; video viral to fuel rumours no, these images don’t depict child-kidnapping gangs lifting children to sell kidneys news from 2010 shared as canadian govt refusing visas to indian army personnel video from 2009 shared as attack on indian army convoy by ‘angry locals’ images of people falsely accused of child-kidnapping shared to fuel the rumour mentally challenged woman falsely accused of child kidnapping held hostage by mob old video of youth allegedly beaten by indian army men viral in the backdrop of article 370 child kidnapping rumors: minor girl falsely accused and harassed by mob old, unrelated video shared as indian army’s brutality in kashmir photos of luxury hotel in srinagar shared as bungalows owned by kashmiri politicians multiple fake accounts impersonating indian/pak army officers spread fake news mentally-challenged man beaten on false child-lifting suspicions; video viral to stoke rumours article 370: derogatory poster on pm modi used in london protest attributed to amu students video of teenager falsely accused of child-lifting shared to add fuel to the rumour video from pakistan viral as woman lured in “love jihad” abused by muslim husband school skit promoting india-bangladesh brotherhood shared with hate-filled narrative no, pm modi didn’t ask citizens to buy only india-made products this diwali pak minister shares edited clip to falsely depict atrocities in kashmir no, this is not the nephew of up deputy cm keshav maurya assaulting a sikh driver italian air force celebrating italy’s republic day viral as indian independence day celebration at trafalgar square hoax: mha has not asked citizens to avoid purchasing products made in china alleged ‘human shield’ incident from 2018 being shared in pak social media as recent mock drill videos viral as mumbai under high alert of terrorist attack times now tries fact-checking: declares indian parody handle as “pakistani propaganda” youtube channel ‘live tv’ shares old clip as protest in srinagar against dilution of article 370 article 370: modi, rajnath singh effigies burnt abroad? no, old video from mizoram rahul gandhi’s video during ls polls shared as him surveying ongoing floods video of a man mixing dirty water in ‘milk’ is not from india meteorological department calls out mainstream media reports on flood alert in bangalore no, petrol pumps in kerala didn’t refuse petrol to army for flood relief operations photoshopped tweet of bill gates supporting animal sacrifice on eid shared on social media old image from andhra shared on pak social media as brutality against kashmiri women video of speech delivered by kashmir university professor shared as maharaja hari singh’s granddaughter did bbc, al jazeera, reuters fabricate reports of unrest in kashmir? old video shared as residents in pok burning pakistani flag after india’s move on article 370 old video shared as akhilesh yadav arrested for protesting govt’s move on article 370 old, edited video passed off as giant snake seen near mysuru after heavy rain morphed screenshot of mirror now used to claim animal slaughter banned in kashmir ani, india tv portray photographs of mosque in jammu as eid prayers in srinagar video of mentally-challenged man falsely accused of child-lifting shared to stoke rumours no, this is not mumbai police commissioner warning about terrorist attacks 2018 kulgam blast video shared in pak social media as kashmiris massacred in recent unrest happy kashmiri woman? bjp mp vijay goyal tweets poster carrying image from old blog post did rahul gandhi pay last respects to sushma swaraj’s entire family? photoshopped tweet viral what’s the truth behind viral video of two women beaten, kicked around in mud by mob? video from bangalore viral as kashmiris taking out rally in j&k chanting ‘bharat mata ki jai’ article 370: old mock drill video from jharkhand viral as 30 kashmiris shot dead july 2019 round-up: child abduction rumours return with vengeance article 370: pak minister shares burhan wani funeral video as kashmiris protesting against indian govt video of building in bangladesh gutted in fire shared as infinity mall, mumbai video of mentally-challenged woman circulating with false accusation of child-lifting article 370: old bjp rally video shared as kashmiri children singing ‘hindustan hamara hai’ old video of sun halo shared on social media as ‘full rainbow’ spotted in gujarat j&k: protest against mob lynchings in delhi shared as ‘show of strength’ rally by muslims no, jalandhar police did not lathi-charge air force aspirants; no reported deaths due to electrocution did arnab goswami say “kill thousands” after dilution of article 370? no, old clip shared on social media false claim that central govt has taken control of mosques in kashmir viral with old, unrelated images old video of funeral procession shared as protest in kashmir after repeal of article 370 provisions old video from patna shared as kashmiris lathi-charged by police false claim: dog meat recovered from ashoka hotel in kolkata horrific road accident video from zimbabwe circulating as ajmer, rajasthan dam on china’s yellow river shared as pawna dam in pune no, j&k flag has not been removed from the state civil secretariat building old video of syed ali shah geelani under house arrest shared as recent pak journalist tweets old and unrelated images to depict recent upheaval in j&k media shares image of cracked road from maharashtra as nippani, karnataka viral image of cow being skinned is not from india image of indian army handing over a 7-yo pakistani child’s dead body shared with a false claim old video of indo-us joint military exercise shared as ‘live encounter in kashmir’ no, unnao rape victim has not passed away gujarati media broadcasts maharashtra’s hatnur dam as vadodara’s ajwa dam false claim, unrelated photos: weapons seized from a madrasa in rajkot, gujarat cnn news18 makes unverified claim about zakir naik’s extradition by malaysia what is the truth of the ‘irani gang members’ poster? old video of two policemen torturing a man viral with false narrative false claim: tanmay bakshi, 13-year old indian boy, appointed by google with rs.66 lakh salary viral: edited video clip showing exotic variety of turtle making human sound mock drill video from ambadevi temple, maharashtra shared as terrorists arrested crocodile rescued in ratnagiri viral as mumbai shooting stones on jammu-srinagar nh shared as landslide in malshej ghat, maharashtra old images shared as roads blocked in gujarat due to heavy rainfall pak army spokesperson tweets old, doctored video of former indian air marshal shiva idol in maharashtra vandalised by muslims? initial probe says damage by lightning strike old video of baby with rare birth defect shared as advent of ‘antichrist’ born in israel jatayu, mythical bird from ramayana, spotted in kerala? no, it’s a condor from argentina false rumours of child-kidnapping gangs viral on social media: a compilation old images, digital artworks shared as first photographs of earth sent by chandrayaan-2 video of 2017 brazil prison riot shared as rohingya muslim kidnapping gangs on prowl video of father-son duo alleging kidnapping attempt used to fuel child-abduction rumours rahul gandhi shares old images as 2019 assam floods drunk woman’s video viral as “rohingya muslim gang on the prowl kidnapping children” photo of arrested sex racket gang from mp shared with child-kidnapping rumors false claim: violent protest by muslims in bhopal against rss and bajrang dal video of mentally-challenged man falsely accused of child-kidnapping viral on social media old video of kuwait protest viral as deadly explosion in halal disco in jeddah, saudi arabia viral: video of two young boys brutally beaten up is from porbandar, gujarat old photos, false claim: weapons recovered from a mosque in gujarat old images of dead woman’s body broken at hip viral on social media video of irate customer in a pakistani bakery attributed to multiple indian bakeries video from andhra pradesh college shared as incident in kendriya vidyalaya school old incident from rajasthan shared as muslim man thrashed by ‘saffron terrorist mob’ in baroda street performance depicting isis sex-slavery used to target muslim community no, this video is not of a ‘make in india’ train manufactured for sydney metro image from pakistan viral as hindu woman beaten by muslim husband in india false allegations of toxins and harmful chemicals in india’s widely sold commercial salt brands algeria-senegal africa cup finals celebration viral as pak pm imran khan’s reception in us false claim: speech by vladimir putin asking muslims to integrate or leave muharram procession video doctored with slogans against pm, shiv sena, bajrang dal old image of baba ramdev breaking fast shared as him getting knee surgery in germany viral: video of youth mercilessly beaten up is from andhra pradesh false claim: receiving call from ‘777888999’ will cause your phone to explode true incident, unrelated image: up police recover illegal arms from madrasa in sherkot child beating video from egypt circulating as an incident from dps rajbagh in kathua, j&k unrelated image sourced from a random fb profile used to recirculate an old incident viral image of infant’s lifeless body: death unrelated to bihar floods unrelated video of sp leader threatening police shared as sakshi mishra’s husband video of man attempting self-immolation shared as atrocity against dalit community video from junagadh, gujarat shared as lion in aarey colony, mumbai images of bangladeshi child shared as kidnapped girl forced to beg in india old images of 2014 bangladesh floods shared as assam floods doctored video viral: donald trump startled by ‘allah hu akbar’ chant at a public rally no, madrasa students from mandsaur, mp did not raise ‘pakistan zindabad’ slogans false claim: india gate is a tribute to freedom fighters, majority of whom are muslim saudi cleric issues fatwa allowing men to eat their wives if hungry? 4-year-old fake news revived media misreports: bjp mla’s daughter sakshi mishra and her husband kidnapped outside allahabad hc extracts from pornographic video shared as pictures of mp bjp leader pradip joshi video from chhattisgarh shared as teacher from rm vm school, valsad assaulting a girl skeleton of ghatotkach? no, it’s a gigantic sculpture by an italian artist viral image: no, gujarat board students are not being taught ‘advantages of dowry’ gujarat mob violence video viral as muslim auto drivers in mumbai protesting best fare drop fish rain in mumbai? no, manufactured video goes viral old video shared as recent incident of alleged idol desecration in bulandshahr, up video of surgically extracted intestinal worms falsely claimed as undigested noodles video of robbery at gunpoint in pakistan viral as punjab, india false claim: israel gifted india river-cleaning machines to clean ganga and godavari fact-checking dhoni run-out in wc 2019 semi-final: was there a violation of fielding restrictions? dalit man thrashed by mob inside a mosque? viral video, false claim old video falsely shared as man pouring milk on the kaaba in mecca, calling it shivling did this photographer cry after dhoni’s run out? no, old image of iraqi photographer viral old video of muslim men forced to chant ‘jai shri ram’ viral amidst recent mob lynchings old video of messy saudia flight viral as air india flight with haj pilgrims video of china’s yaxi expressway shared as 880 km highway connecting china and pakistan old video from morocco shared as muslim woman attacked in india old video of stone-pelting in jaipur mosque viral as muslims attacking temple in haryana media misreports bike submerged in a gutter in jalna as chembur, mumbai 2013 picture from bangladesh shared as bjp member assaulting elderly muslim man june 2019: misinformation fomenting communal hatred returns post election old video from palestine falsely shared as burning cable car in haridwar video of teenager murdered in brazil shared as lynching in india sudarshan news shares old video morphed with slogans calling to kill rss workers no, fm nirmala sitharaman did not claim that modi govt distributed 35,000 crore led bulbs fact-check: are those worn-out feet of an indian soldier on active duty? fact-check: was the case of tabrez ansari’s mob-attack raised at a un convention? harassment of a minor girl in zafarabad, up, falsely attributed to members of muslim community fact-check: moscow metro allows free rides to commuters for 30 squats false claim: dalit ice-cream seller, mistaken to be muslim, beaten up for not saying ‘jai shri ram’ viral video fact-check: using perfume in air-conditioned car led to a fire? video from tibet viral as car hit by boulder in amboli ghat, maharashtra cctv clip of murder and bike robbery in uganda viral in indian social media ecosystem old picture of ts singh deo falsely shared as motilal vora touching rahul gandhi’s feet twitter users foxed by multiple accounts impersonating mahua moitra tv9 bharatvarsh runs old video of pm modi and manmohan singh as recent, later deletes media misreports: nirmala sitharaman claimed demonetisation had no impact on economy hoax: whatsapp will be “off” between 11:30 pm-6 am and become chargeable false claim: muslim woman masquerades as hindu at protest over mob lynching zee news falsely claims mahua moitra plagiarised her maiden parliament speech viral on whatsapp: child beating video falsely claimed to be of school in valsad 2018 video from bihar falsely shared as bajrang dal members assaulting a woman accused in tabrez ansari’s mob-lynching shot dead? no, video from mp viral assault on mp tribal woman for eloping with dalit man shared with multiple false claims old video from brazil falsely shared as hindu girl raped and killed in rajasthan darul uloom deoband or media: who issued a fatwa against tmc mp nusrat jahan? hindustan misreports, no isis flags waved at protest rally in meerut 2017 video from rajasthan viral in the backdrop of delhi police’s recent clash with sikh driver false claim: prabhat pheri taken out for the first time in 40 years in srinagar, kashmir old video from bihar shared as funeral procession of jharkhand mob lynching victim video of elderly brahmin dancing falsely shared as a crowd in south india beating the old man misleading image: bachchans lift bier of their domestic staffer false claim: rain cloud generating machine developed by nasa 2017 video from bangladesh shared with false claim of hindu lynched by muslims false claim: saudi arabian govt releases arabic version of the bhagavad gita old incident of fire at rohingya camp in delhi shared with hate-filled narrative up: video of injured, pleading man and woman shared with false, communal claim video of man offering namaz in the middle of a busy road is from malaysia, not india false claim: newly inaugurated bridge by pm modi collapses in 3 months ani misreports pmo granting rs 30 lakh to ailing agra girl, several media outlets follow suit photo of young girl from bbc footage on rohingyas shared with false, communal claim imran khan misattributes a quote to kahlil gibran, but did media also get it wrong? unrelated video used to portray the killing of dalit deputy sarpanch in gujarat “watching porn leads to reproduction of more children”: false quote ascribed to yogi adityanath media celebrates pm modi winning ‘british herald’ readers’ poll, but what is ‘british herald’? 2017 video simulation shared as 2019 mount sinabung volcanic eruption in indonesia did sri lankan muslims demolish mosque and convert to hinduism? no, chandrashekhar azad’s real name is not naseemuddin khan false claim: mosque in bengaluru named after prime minister narendra modi chennai man severed head of sister’s rapist? no, gory video from 2018 viral the link between litchis, malnourishment and the death of over 100 children in bihar how an unidentified family photo first became kalam’s, then modi’s childhood picture no, shashi tharoor isn’t with wives of pak cricketers in this photograph ministry of health’s claim about zika virus endangers new-borns of infected mothers may 2019: misinformation weaponised to target electoral process and political leaders owaisi’s heckling in parliament reported using clickbait titles with communal overtones no, former australian pm julia gillard never asked muslims to leave the country 2018 video of doctor attacked in mp recirculated amidst kolkata doctors’ strike man dressed in indian flag urinating during cricket match is indian-origin and not pakistani mp congress posts old, erroneous report about arrest of bajrang dal members, links it to wb violence has cm of andhra pradesh appointed an evangelist to head the tirupati temple trust? false rumours of people being killed for illegal organ trade revived on social media false claim: 58% employees at nasa are indian no, kiran bedi has not been appointed the new governor of j&k hoax: filling petrol tank to maximum limit in summers could cause explosion bjp’s national gen. sec. retweets old video of madrasa students with false narrative false child kidnapping rumours revived in gujarat with illegal organ trade claim aligarh murder: opindia makes false accusation about alt news manufacturing police statement media misreport: bhojpuri song ‘lollypop lagelu’ played in london during cricket world cup false claim: extreme heat caused ‘melting’ of cars in saudi arabia muslims hold funeral procession for suicide bomber? no, unrelated 2012 video from syria viral brazen display of lawlessness in noida? no, this is a staged video child beaten up inside orphanage in india? no, 2015 video from turkey viral fact-check: was the nurse present during rahul gandhi’s birth 13 years old? was a muslim man in up stabbed for raping a minor? no, unrelated case from hyderabad viral tarek fatah tweets video of islamic flags waved during ramzan as ‘pakistani flags’ madrasa students enroute “terrorist training” detained in kolkata? old video, false claim old earthquake images from around the world shared as recent tremors in gujarat pm modi’s brother an auto driver? no, he’s a lookalike old images shared as recent clashes in kashmir valley between protesters, security forces murder of child in aligarh: fact-checking social media claims fact-check: kishanganj violence between tribals and muslims on eid image from bangladesh shared as roads blocked to offer namaz in india no, farooq abdullah didn’t chant ‘bharat mata ki jai’ after amit shah’s appointment as home minister scam websites con readers in the name of pm modi by offering ‘free’ laptops media misreports, politicians outrage on ias officer’s sarcastic tweet on gandhi did jharkhand cm give an interview under the influence of drugs? false claim did pm modi announce total alcohol ban? no, photoshopped news clip viral no, mohammed barkat ali does not routinely appear on ndtv shows no, this is not a picture of indian army soldier stationed in rajasthan no, japanese government hasn’t decided to dispose all microwave ovens in the country video of woman tied to a tree and beaten up: incident of 2018 from bulandshahr, up valsad school targeted again: old video from delhi shared as teacher thrashing student stone pelter in kashmir mauled by dogs? no, it’s an old video and not from india evms found inside hotel room? video shot before 2018 mp assembly election shared as recent no, ravish kumar did not appeal to muslims to stop criticizing bjp and rss national dastak publishes old, misleading video as evm fraud in up mamata banerjee livid with party workers over vande mataram? false claim, old video images of past protests circulated as recent protests against evms after 2019 ls polls “99% muslims are terrorists by thought”: fake quote ascribed to salman rushdie “modi destroying old termite ridden banyan tree”: write-up falsely ascribed to mark tully mamata banerjee taunted with ‘jai shri ram’ slogans at raj bhavan? no, it is an edited video false claim: pakistani flags waved at rahul gandhi’s victory procession in wayanad mahatma gandhi’s statue dishonoured after bjp’s win? no, old video from canada old video from pakistan shared as supporters of opposition parties smashing tv set after poll verdict bjp mp terms death of 19 year old in belagavi as murder by cow smugglers; post-mortem confirms suicide no, jagan mohan reddy has not embraced hinduism fake news: former sri lankan cricketer sanath jayasuriya killed in a car accident in canada 2017 photo shared as celebration in wayanad after rahul gandhi’s poll victory muslims in jhansi tortured by hindus? old video shared with a false communal angle viral video: five arrested for cow vigilantism in madhya pradesh no, multiple bjp candidates did not get identical number of votes – 2,11,280 pm modi visited his mother after bjp’s victory? 2014 video viral american artist’s video shared as millionaire showering cash after bjp’s victory no, 6 lakh votes polled in favour of rahul gandhi in wayanad did not vanish from eci records no, rain is not magically falling in one spot; video viral with false claim morphed: akhilesh yadav congratulated on the possibility of becoming pm old video shared in the context of a recent incident where a youth was set ablaze in up fake quote: wg cmdr abhinandan varthaman said, “pulwama attack, a bjp conspiracy” mamata banerjee’s speech clipped to portray her as religiously biased towards muslims kanhaiya kumar’s assets worth rs 18 crore? social media claim doesn’t match nomination affidavit child abuse video from syria used to target rm vm school in valsad, gujarat old photograph of mamata banerjee shared with a false claim that she is a muslim how misinformation was weaponized in 2019 lok sabha election – a compilation misleading video shared as sultan’s wife carrying ramayana at first hindu temple in abu dhabi isis destroying artefacts in iraq shared as tmc workers breaking vidyasagar statue muslim man disguised as bjp worker caught stone-pelting in vidyasagar college? no, video from jharkhand viral no, shabana azmi did not say, “i’ll leave india if modi again becomes pm”; fake quote viral hindu beaten in bengal for hoisting saffron flag? old video from up shared with false claim india today clarifies: screenshot showing 177 seats for nda is dummy data did iit varanasi students ditch black gowns in favour of traditional attire at convocation? shivraj singh chouhan tweets clipped video to portray gaffe by rahul gandhi in poll speech a fact-check of claims made by bjp about vidyasagar college violence unverified video of unknown persons shared by media organisations as gun-toting ‘tmc goons’ from purulia april 2019: political misinformation dominates social media propaganda in poll season no, author of time’s cover story on pm modi is not a citizen of pakistan photoshopped: narendra modi and indira gandhi in a group photograph bbc report on 2018 asansol riots shared as mamata banerjee making hindus vacate homes old street play viral as tmc candidate favouring rohingya infiltration in bengal fact-check: did gautam gambhir use a body double for his election campaign? rahul gandhi’s image photoshopped to claim he was attacked in amethi raghav chadha portrayed anti jat, gujjar, bihari via fake newspaper clipping author’s wikipedia page vandalised after time’s critical cover story on pm modi road accident viral as bangladeshi and rohingya attacking central forces in bengal pm modi spends rs 80 lakh a month on make-up? madame tussauds video viral with false claim pakistani protesters burning indian flag circulates in india with a call to violence photoshopped: taimur ali khan wearing ‘namo again’ t-shirt west bengal: a prime target of misinformation ahead of the 2019 election cctv footage of car explosion from china viral in india with a false claim “i will slap modi” – aaj tak, abp, news18 misreport mamata banerjee’s statement no, iskcon devotees were not assaulted by west bengal police for distributing bhagwad gita old video from gujarat used to falsely claim bjp/rss prevented muslims from voting in rajasthan fake newspaper clipping claims pm modi’s family blames him for his father’s death after falsely claiming fda approval, iit-delhi startup sanfe falsely claim ayush ministry approval no, adityanath did not threaten to set the country on fire if bjp is voted out sri lankan police torturing ‘terrorist supporters’? old video from pakistan viral in india old images shared as rss workers providing relief during cyclone fani in odisha congress tweets misinformation about modi govt secretly transferring 200 tonnes of gold out of india support for bjp in balochistan? no, this is a video of bjp candidate’s rally in kashmir ambulance stuck due to rahul gandhi’s rally? no, old video of road block for malaysian delegate congress mla hari singh fell off camel? no such mla exists, tik tok video viral media misreports rejection of nirav modi’s third bail plea that was never made march round up: misinformation peaks over india-pak tension did amit shah exhort crowd to not vote for meenakshi lekhi? ajay maken tweets clipped, misleading video fact-check: does akshay kumar hold honorary citizenship of canada? cyclone fani: old video of a ship caught in a storm shared as impact of cyclone did kanhaiya kumar say slain naxals are ‘martyrs’? no – old, clipped video viral hans raj hans converted to islam? aap social media head tweets misleading video muslims thrashed brahmin in west bengal? no – old video, false claim fact-check: is congress contesting the lowest number of seats ever, as claimed by pm modi? youth sported isis t-shirts in wayanad, kerala after polling? 2014 image from tamil nadu shared no, cops killed in recent maoist attack were not wrapped in cardboard boxes; old images kanhaiya kumar’s campaign vehicle photoshopped with image of afzal guru priyanka gandhi assaulted party worker in inebriated state? false claim, old video amartya sen and nalanda university: debunking a web of untruths clipped video circulated claiming priyanka gandhi tutored kids to raise obscene slogans against pm modi no, madonna did not sing the hanuman chalisa did mamata banerjee say “give me 42 seats, i’ll make hindus cry”? fake newspaper clipping shared viral: two year old video of mock funeral of pm modi as recent incident six year old video shared as muslims in london protesting against sri lankan govt’s action against terror haryana cm khattar targets rahul gandhi using “52 children a year” clipped video old video of inter-family dispute shared as bjp mla beating up a dalit youth no, sadhvi pragya did not say manohar parrikar died of cancer because he allowed beef in goa did kanhaiya kumar say “hanuman burnt lanka as another man’s wife was insulted”? false claim anti-govt protests in algeria viral in india as muslim mob attacking police in france viral: man points camera at historical buildings in italy, claims they’re owned by rahul gandhi congress it cell head tweets photoshopped image drawing a parallel between pm modi and hitler arrest of zakir naik’s aide in malaysia falsely linked to terror attack in sri lanka video from sri lanka viral as burqa-clad man caught in polling booth in india republic tv falsely portrays man praising pm modi as a congress mla two year old video of wb bjp state president revived with false anti-refugee narrative congressman speaks out against gandhi family? no, it is a staged video no, a bjp candidate from west bengal did not dress-up as hanuman gujarat congress tweets 2014 image of ganges to target bjp 2017 gujarat video viral as “rohingyas and bangladeshi mistreat bjp workers in bengal” photoshopped: rahul gandhi visits a store with the poster, “no more lending till rahul gandhi becomes the pm” bjp bengal candidate tweets incident from bihar as “tmc goons attack bjp worker”; deletes later boxer vijender singh tries to ‘expose’ mohalla clinics, but he is 40 minutes late aap social media head tweets 2013 video to portray congress on shaky ground in delhi former mp bjp president falls for clipped rahul gandhi video, social media clips his statement and targets him did a tmc leader pull-out a gun on live tv? no, it was a mike no, smriti irani did not say, “if pm modi loses i will commit suicide” did rahul gandhi claim that women in up give 52 births per year? clipped video viral bjp, congress falsely targeted with alleged booth capturing video from west bengal did a bjp leader have a clothing malfunction while campaigning? old video, false claim bjp bengal doctors video to claim mamata banerjee asked people to vote for bjp buddhist man in burqa caught for terror attack in sri lanka? no, it’s an old video unrelated photo shared as indira gandhi inviting kiran bedi after the famous car towing incident did wikileaks expose rahul gandhi’s secret marriage? fake claim viral did rahul gandhi apologise to supreme court over ‘chowkidar chor hai’ comment? congress leaders pose with the same woman? previously debunked misinformation resurfaces 2016 images viral as congress workers recently thrashed in punjab no, pm modi did not call himself “son of a pathan”; clipped video viral was rahul gandhi uncourteous while handing over his nomination papers? – a fact-check no, pm narendra modi did not abuse at a rally did bombay stock exchange billboard read ‘dont vote for modi’? satirical image goes viral navjot singh sidhu chants ‘allah-o akhbar’? clipped video viral fact-check: did ravish kumar’s reportage on pragya thakur exhibit religious bias? amit malviya targets yogendra yadav via edited video clip after tv debate face-off no, the person who slapped hardik patel is not a congressman false claim: congress leaders photographed with the same elderly woman in multiple pictures incident of 2016 passed off as harassment of pastor by hindu yuva vahini workers in up bjp rally in kolkata? no, this is a digitally generated crowd video of alleged evm malfunction during 2017 up civic polls viral as that of lok sabha elections no, google ceo sundar pichai did not vote in the ongoing lok sabha polls false claim: sadhvi pragya has been acquitted of terror charges rahul gandhi’s name misspelled on congress banner? photoshopped image shared on social media debunking the 10 question conspiracy theory about rajiv gandhi’s assassination smriti irani degree row: abp news anchor defends minister with falsehood bjp mp paresh rawal tweets previously debunked fake newspaper clipping manufactured tweet attributed to barkha dutt claims she called bjp ‘anti-muslim’ 2017 video from gujarat shared as pm narendra modi’s rally in hyderabad how chowkidar govind saroj became actor janhvi kapoor and endorsed pm modi unrelated video from kerala shared as k’taka inc workers burning pm modi’s effigy atal bihari vajpayee’s funeral procession viral as pm modi filing nomination papers false claim: temples rediscovered upon demolition of muslim houses for kashi corridor viral message falsely claims all banks to be closed every saturday starting june 1st rbi director gurumurthy tweets manufactured newspaper clipping; deletes later bjp karnataka tweets fake letter targeting congress, alleging divisive poll strategy old video viral as election officers exiting a sangh office after fixing lok sabha polls wing commander abhinandan varthaman voted for bjp? no, he’s a lookalike bjp mla raja singh plagiarises pakistan army song, dedicates it to indian army false claim: ravish kumar set up a man to wear bjp cap before garlanding kanhaiya kumar opindia falls for unofficial facebook page of amu; fails to acknowledge its error prosthetic fingers from japan viral as ‘fake fingers’ made for casting votes in ls elections video from 2017 viral as burqa-clad women casting fake votes in muzaffarnagar ls polls media misreports: rags to riches story of a mason who secured 53rd rank in upsc 2018 gujarat youth congress tweets photoshopped image of religious leaders holding inc flag vote jihad: burqa clad man caught voting? old images viral with false claim viral: fake quote ascribed to raveena tandon circulates on social media photoshopped endorsement: ranveer singh and deepika padukone shown campaigning for bjp social media posts claim only bjp fighting for a majority – a fact-check fake quote ascribed to inc’s priyanka chaturvedi: use of solar energy will cool down sun old video of bjp corporator thrashing cop revived as of mp congress mla european art installation video shared as cash recovered from kamal nath’s secretary photoshopped image shows rahul gandhi, mamata banerjee with pak pm & army chief rld chief ajit singh snubbed at mahagatbandhan rally? bjp spokesperson shares misleading image fake: pre-poll survey by bbc predicts thumping win for bjp in lok sabha 2019 is that a “tsunami” of support at modi-shah rally? no, it is a morphed image mystery of the ‘third hand’ in rahul gandhi’s image embracing elderly woman in inc ad iit-delhi startup sanfe falsely claim fda approval and ayush ministry certificate for a pain relief roll-on navreh or nauroz? was priyanka gandhi wrongly trolled for her new year greeting? viral: photoshopped image of sambit patra dining on footpath with homeless couple facebook purge: the curious case of pages that did not feature in fb press release “aloo sona machine”: previously debunked misinformation revived by ani false claim: voters can ask for ‘challenge vote’ if name is missing from electoral roll unrelated video from 2017 shared to claim delhi police halted ambulance for bjp mp manoj tiwari ballot paper voting for constituencies with over 100 candidates? a fact-check no, pakistani flags were not waved at rahul gandhi’s pre-nomination roadshow in wayanad viral: iuml office building falsely claimed to be office of congress party in wayanad, kerala did a british political analyst call rahul gandhi ‘stupid’? no, its a fake account old images of amit shah-adityanath rally with empty chairs shared as recent ‘helicopter farmer’ hema malini? pictures from 2014 and 2015 shared with false claim fake newspaper clip: no, rahul gandhi did not call baniyas ‘thieves’ 2017 video viral as bjp minister thrashed and chased away while asking for votes old video resurfaces to falsely claim congress workers raised ‘pakistan zindabad’ slogans photoshopped image of priyanka gandhi wearing a cross now viral as a meme terror attack at ambaji temple in gujarat? no, it is a mock drill video misinformation by gaurav pradhan: nirav modi testified that he bribed congress leaders to flee india old image shared to claim jignesh mevani slapped in begusarai india today deletes article about ‘amit shah’s granddaughter refusing to wear bjp hat’ child abduction rumours resurface: provocative audio clip and 2015 image from pakistan in circulation prominent journalists fall for false claim about judge who gave aseemanand verdict joining bjp no, pakistani flags were not waved in wayanad over reports of rahul gandhi contesting from there mp congress shares clipped video of rajnath singh rally; crowd did not say ‘chowkidar chor hai’ no, priyanka gandhi is not wearing a cross; 2017 rally picture photoshopped major gaurav arya tweets 2006, 2010 images as baloch attack on pak troops; deletes later video of haryana gang beating a man revived as bjp workers assaulting a muslim did amitabh bachchan promote modi via poetry? poem recited by the actor on kbc in 2018 viral ‘biryani for terrorists’: bjp continues to milk a false claim viral video: abhisar sharma targeted with false claim of bribing villagers to speak against pm modi congress leader randeep surjewala tweets video with false claim, targets bjp leader kalraj mishra media misreports: claims a monk was beaten by muslim men for praising yogi adityanath pro-bjp fb pages lure voters with freebies to vote for bjp, spent rs 53 lakh in a week on political ads false claim: new variety of apple ‘modi apple’ named after narendra modi did rahul gandhi announce contradictory figures as part of minimum income scheme? false claim of pakistani flag waved at congress rally in karnataka resurfaces on social media no, nri voters won’t be able to vote online in 2019 general elections old lathicharge video on hindu jagran manch cadre shared as police beating muslims 2018 mp election video viral as bjp and election commission illegally hoarding evms images of ursula andress from james bond movie resurface as sonia gandhi’s photographs facebook pages spent rs 2.5 crore on political ads in 2 weeks; bjp leads by huge margin no, nirav modi did not testify that he bribed bjp leaders to escape india kirti azad shares old, manufactured cartoon of pm modi as time magazine’s cover photo old, unrelated videos viral as cash seized from karnataka congress minister dk shivakumar’s residence alpesh thakor’s rally video morphed with pro-modi chants satirical newspaper clipping about a penalty of rs 350 for not voting goes viral mischievously photoshopped image of sonia gandhi shared on social media madhu kishwar makes false claim, quotes page 112 of a 76 page dmk manifesto old video of raid on t&t law firm shared as raid on bjp mp rajeev chandrasekhar’s house new zealand govt ordered shut down of all mosques? false claim viral on social media a tale of untruths and innuendo by major gaurav arya and major surendra poonia no, this video does not show piles of cash seized from tn mla velumani’s godown mp congress shares old video of bjp worker harassing a woman with false narrative social media users fall for satire on “congress minister stuck in snow” old video and images shared as individuals converting to islam after christchurch massacre rumour of missing jnu student najeeb ahmed joining isis recirculates on social media 3 out of facebook’s 7 fact-checking partners have shared misinformation post-pulwama no, this isn’t a new ‘smart’ passport to be launched in india major gaurav arya tweets misleading video, defends the misinformation no, this letter notifying people to abstain from sharing political posts online was not issued by govt ravi shankar prasad cites misleading video shared by media as proof of balakot casualties viral: photoshopped image of muslim woman holding placard in support of pm modi did pak army admit 200 killed in balakot? indian media runs video without verification mynation reports pak army training video as soldiers punished for desertion february round-up: misinformation industry feeds off pulwama attack and indo-pak tension scientists dead in karachi bomb blast? tweet by parody account goes viral fake times of india tweet claims hul faced rs 10 crore loss after controversial surf excel ad vivek agnihotri makes false claim of nehru responsible for outcome of 1965 indo-pak war bjp mla vijender gupta tweets photoshopped image of arvind kejriwal’s campaign poster narrative of mass casualties due to iaf airstrike kept alive using serial misinformation staged video circulating as pakistani news channel’s reportage after balakot air strike alt news analysis: pro-bjp pages account for 70% of ad spending made public by facebook zee news broadcasts old, unrelated satellite visuals as destroyed jem camp in balakot the inefficacy of cupping therapy (hijaama), an ancient procedure of unani medicine false claim that mohd rafi’s song on kashmir ‘jannat ki hai tasveer’ was banned in 1966 images of 2015 pak heatwave viral as casualties of the balakot airstrike by iaf pak media/social media use photoshopped republic tv visual to claim sikh soldiers refuse to fight for india old image viral as graves being dug in pakistan after indian air force airstrike amar ujala uses an image of 2014 us air strike to represent iaf’s air strike target fake whatsapp chat shared on social media to claim 292 terrorists killed in balakot airstrike old images from 2015 kanwar yatra viral as muslim women celebrating mahashivratri second manufactured audio clip, this one claims bjp plotted to hack evms misinformation about air marshal hari being sacked propagated in pak social media dangerous, manufactured audio clip used to claim pulwama terror attack an inside job by bjp viral: poem falsely attributed to wg cdr abhinandan’s sister no, this isn’t a video of wg cdr abhinandan dancing with pakistani army video of mentally challenged person from delhi raising pro-pak slogans circulated with false narrative a ragging incident from sri lankan university viral as hindus in india mistreating muslim girls unrelated picture portrayed as wg cdr abhinandan’s mother rejoicing his release viral video falsely attributed to wing commander abhinandan’s wife pak social media accounts share manufactured video of indian air force jet being shot down no, these are not pictures of pilots who carried out air strikes on pakistan images of earthquake, unrelated terror attacks shared as impact of iaf airstrike in pakistan old video of indian army dancing shared as celebration after the recent air strike pakistani media uses 2016 image from jodhpur to show iaf fighter jet shot down pakistani media shares old pictures of plane crash in odisha as downed iaf plane pak social media shares video of pilot injured in bengaluru aero show as that of iaf pilot did a surat-based girl carry out iaf airstrikes? no, this is fake news multiple indian media channels play old footage as iaf strike on jem camps video game clip viral as indian air force attack on jem camps video of remote-controlled plane shared as rafale jet old video viral as indian air force’s strike on jem terror camps pm modi is not the first indian prime minister to visit kumbh as claimed by bjp it cell head times of india rolls back their fact-check on pm’s whereabouts after pulwama attack fact-check: rahul gandhi and bjp’s claim about pm’s whereabouts after pulwama terror attack video of jilted man viral as “kashmiri extremist caught by locals in punjab” false messages circulated regarding the use of mobile phones and whatsapp no, shah rukh khan did not say he will leave india if pakistani artists are banned cgi video by russian inventor viral as israeli drones supplied to india breaking fake news: pak pm imran khan was not shot at in pakistan false claims of gurmehar kaur interviewed by bbc in pakistan; statements twisted mock drill at delhi’s dilshad garden metro station viral as “bomb found” by the police bhu professor leaks phone numbers of public figures on his facebook profile khalistan supporters gatecrashing congress event in london resurfaces with false claim old interview of j&k civilian falsely portrayed as terrorist resurfaces after pulwama attack no, yogi adityanath did not laugh at pulwama martyr’s funeral; old video goes viral old photo of pm modi and cm nitish kumar shared as duo laughing after pulwama terror attack false claim that saudi prince gave opinions on kashmir “hdk blames india for terror crisis”: times now misquotes karnataka cm on pulwama attack shahrukh khan did not donate rs 45 crores to pakistan for victims of oil tanker blast general g d bakshi makes false claim about mehbooba mufti and 2014 budgam firing j&k police calls out media reports about terror attack on shopian police station did pm modi speak with martyr’s wife after pulwama attack? video after 2013 patna blast shared as recent photo of slain terrorist circulated by indian media is made using an app opindia ceo rahul roushan calls for mob violence, deletes tweet old message of army battle casualties fund viral again, not meant for weapons purchase after pulwama attack, video of pakistani ssg commando training shared as that of arrested terrorist fake news: priyanka gandhi met pak army chief in dubai in february before pulwama attack car bomb explosions in syria and iraq passed off as pulwama cctv footage “jawans meant to die”: old statement by bjp mp circulated as recent remark after pulwama attack mock drill at dmart hypermarket in mumbai viral as terrorists caught by police rahul gandhi’s image photoshopped; shown posing with pulwama suicide bomber priyanka gandhi laughing after terror attack? cropped video used to paint a false narrative “sonia gandhi hates hindus”: a fake citation ascribed to pranab mukherjee’s memoir were bhagat singh, sukhdev and rajguru hanged on february 14, 1931? viral video: no, muslim women did not sing bhajans inside dubai mosque misleading videos of rahul gandhi viral with twitter trend #rahulgandhipagalhai old, unrelated images of injured protesters shared as those of bjp supporters thrashed by ‘mamata’s goons’ congress spokesperson posts old photo to showcase turnout at rahul-priyanka gandhi’s lucknow rally viral video: no, hardik patel’s father has not opposed his own son multiple videos falsely claim congress workers thrashed by police for chanting ‘pakistan zindabad’ old video from guatemala shared as hindu woman lynched in mp for attending church prayer meet it’s not a bird…it’s not a plane, it’s a dodgy video posted by piyush goyal old video of congress supporters burning modi’s effigy shared as bjp supporters burning rahul gandhi’s old video from up viral as lathi-charge by andhra pradesh police on protesting youth old video from syria viral as indian army’s atrocities on kashmiri women satire on kapil sibal regarding mallya’s extradition shared as authentic news old photographs used to project show of strength at pm modi’s west bengal rally old video of derailed indore-patna express in up shared as of seemanchal express in bihar namo app promotes fake news factory ‘the india eye’ january round-up: political sniping continues unabated in 2019 no, aap supporters did not pelt stones at vande bharat express fact-check: self-proclaimed ‘whistleblower’ claims kolkata police hq home to benami companies laughing colours: a popular facebook page that routinely posts misinformation fountain springs water upon chanting ‘om’? no, it is voice-activated chandrashekhar azad ravan did not say “bharat jalana jaante hai”; misquoted by zee news, news18 fact-check: pm’s claim about expedited justice in crime against women no, rajiv and rahul gandhi did not offer islamic prayers at indira gandhi’s funeral a false report about sania mirza broadcasted by india tv in 2010 is now an internet meme are virat kohli, sachin tendulkar, gautam gambhir and sunny deol joining the bjp? no, the govt has not exempted tax up to rs 5 lakh income; no change in tax slabs exposé: who runs the serial misinformation factory ‘yogi adityanath ki sena’? viral images of indian flag beamed on international monuments are not real no, modi govt has not started work on ram mandir without a supreme court order old video of priyanka gandhi shared with a false claim of her being intoxicated sambit patra reiterates previously debunked fake news about sonia gandhi’s wealth bjp rajasthan uses image of poland motorway to announce new national highway in rajasthan the inefficacy of ayush-64, the anti-malarial ayurvedic drug developed by ministry of ayush highway in turkey passed off as mumbai-goa national highway built by modi government no, school children in kerala did not boycott vande mataram on republic day india tv broadcasts fake image of pm modi sweeping the floor fake: viral poster claims rahul gandhi’s dna doesn’t match rajiv gandhi’s congress uses 2011 image to portray pm modi’s constituency varanasi in poor state old image of a jain fast-unto-death ritual viral as protest against cow slaughter telangana police mock drill video viral as terror attack in tirupathi tirumala bypass road did gun toting men force people to participate in tmc’s mega rally? no, its an old india today broadcast no, terrorist syed salahuddin did not contest kashmir elections on congress ticket in 1987 amit shah falsely claims ‘vande mataram’ & ‘bharat mata ki jai’ slogans not raised at tmc’s mega rally no, mamata banerjee did not exclusively promote islam or urdu at the united india rally fake news about modi govt to print currency notes featuring former pm late atal bihari vajpayee shared on social media doctored video: arvind kejriwal did not claim that modi-amit shah will ruin pakistan if voted back to power #10yearschallenge: bjp karnataka tweets three sets of images, get all three wrong viral picture claims sania mirza dresses freely in india, but wears a hijab in pakistan. what’s the truth? bjp bihar passes off a 2009 image as its development project in the last 5 years images of pm modi taking a dip during 2004 kumbh mela shared as recent bjp uses misleading images to showcase western peripheral expressway truth about priyanka chaturvedi’s photo with a child and a man who claims to be his ‘uncle’ old, unrelated video of woman dancing shared as that of congress worker shilpi singh young girl who asked rahul gandhi questions in dubai calls out fake news of him being “stumped” no, gulf news did not publish an article calling rahul gandhi “pappu” what is the truth behind video showing ‘fake rupee notes printed in pakistan’? no, kite-flying was not banned in hyderabad did sp leader azam khan ask muslims to vote for bjp after sp-bsp coalition? did rahul gandhi claim gandhiji’s non-violence was inspired by islam? clipped video viral my nation spreads fake news about “rahul gandhi stumped by a 14-year-old girl” in dubai fake news: alok verma called pm modi “most corrupt prime minister in independent india” in his resignation letter video shot on punjabi movie set viral as footage of injured indian army personnel video of rahul gandhi paying tribute at dargah viral as “praying for muslim kingdom in india” postage stamp of pm modi issued by turkey viral on social media with misleading claim no, this is not an image of a suicide bomber caught by the indian army rahul gandhi’s photos splashed across dubai? no, these are digital creations no, new york times did not say that pm modi has caused war-like damage in pakistan congress members circulate a digitally created video of rahul gandhi’s photograph beamed on burj khalifa december round-up: link between elections and rise in misinformation evident yet again fake news: supreme court orders case to be registered against pm modi over rafale deal death of priest at raebareli temple communalised on social media arvind kejriwal speaking in drunken state? no, old video slowed down to create illusion sonia gandhi richer than queen elizabeth-ii? 6-year-old misreport shared by bjp members fake news: lord ayyappa devotee commits suicide over entry of women inside sabarimala temple false claim: asaduddin owaisi wrote letter to un saying muslims not safe in india were bricks meant for ram mandir in ayodhya used to construct drains in up? the telegraph misreports: smriti irani did not refer to rahul gandhi’s manhood investigating twitter handle ‘know the nation’ that shared rahul gandhi’s clipped video not an indian army soldier; this is a still from a winter surfing video from michigan, usa paresh rawal tweets false statistics to show modi govt better at combating terror in j&k video from bangladesh shared as “islamic terrorism in west bengal” were hindus in pakistan attacked by the police? 2013 video viral with false claim clipped video: nirmala sitharaman did not say, “pradhan mantri chor hai” kapil sibal slapped outside court premises? no, he was accidentally hit by a microphone misinformation by indian mainstream media – top stories 2018 yogi adityanath tweets “no riots during my tenture”: a fact-check person thrashed by chinese army for possessing quran? no, video from indonesia video of a martyr’s family mourning his death shared with false, malicious communal angle no, the woman in uniform standing next to nirmala sitharaman is not her daughter janam tv falsely links is-al qaeda to annual functions in kerala college does magnet therapy treat diseases? – a fact check of ayush’s claims pm modi makes false claim of karnataka government waiving loans of only 800 farmers viral pic of advani folding hands in front of pm modi. was the pm discourteous to advani? the viral video of modi’s mock funeral is from india, not pakistan no, adityanath did not say ‘our job is to save cows, not women’ no, accused in karnataka temple poisoning case is not christian fact-check: dr. dixit’s ‘two meals a day’ diet for weight-loss & diabetes congress spokespersons make false claim about pm modi waving at an empty train in assam old video of pm modi bowing to audience shared with false claim ‘viral in india’ circulates old news about eggs thrown at amit shah’s cavalcade in gujarat as recent no, sambit patra has not been removed from the post of bjp spokesperson vinod dua’s show misleads on gadkari’s statement over stalled projects and npas; clarifies later muslims attacked hindus in rajasthan after polls? video from bangladesh shared with false claim amit malviya misleads twice on a sunday- false claims on telangana polls and gst giriraj singh quotes fake news website, terms congress ‘world’s 2nd most corrupt party’ rahul gandhi targeted again over farm loan waiver, clipped video viral congress members target pm modi based on incorrect tweet by ndtv misleading caricature blames opposition leaders for stone-pelting train 18 video wrongly linked to religious conversion in pakistan by india today in 2016 viral once again not a picture of ‘rohingyas eating hindus’. it is a tibetan funeral ritual viral: old video of rahul gandhi with the claim that he has converted to islam after polls shivraj singh chouhan lauded for promptly ‘vacating official residence’. what is the truth? no, sachin pilot’s father-in-law did not praise pm modi aap’s jarnail singh targets salman khurshid based on a parody account’s tweet no, opindia, rajasthan police did not declare a true incident as ‘fake news’ madhu kishwar’s fake news spree: defends misleading video with another misleading video no, ‘european times’ did not term indian voters “foolish” fake message ascribed to new york times author praising pm narendra modi false claim of sachin pilot blackening poster of pm narendra modi shared on social media tarek fatah tweets old video falsely claiming muslims waved pak flags to celebrate congress’ victory video of rioting in gujarat viral as clashes in rajasthan after congress’s victory viral: false claim of pakistani flag waved at congress victory rally in rajasthan viral: mischievously clipped video of rahul gandhi suggesting about-turn on farm loan waiver former union minister pawan kumar bansal shares fake newspaper cutting quoting amit shah did amit shah call baniyas ‘thieves’ and ‘cheaters’? fake newspaper clip viral images of injured pashto actress neelam gul circulated as indian army’s brutality on kashmiri women will birds die as shown in ‘2.0’? indian media falls for fake news from netherlands maharastra information centre tweets pictures of national maritime museum london as of museum in mumbai no, ravish kumar did not report fake news on christian michel extradition misleading pictures circulated to show crowds at modi’s jodhpur rally viral: photoshopped image of football jersey with ‘modi 420’ written on it pakistan’s flag in west bengal? no, it is a widely used religious flag by indian muslims sudarshan news links tablighi ijtema with mob violence in bulandshahr, police denies connection did rahul gandhi suggest a 5000 crore loan for pakistan? fake screenshot of abp news viral is the photo of amit shah standing on swastika real? amit shah makes misleading claims regarding telangana congress manifesto november round-up: political propaganda peaks ahead of state elections no, statue of unity has not developed cracks as suggested on social media fake news: kerala government arrested a sabarimala child protester delhi police puts alert over “jaish terrorists”, later takes down posters placed across the city fake bbc opinion poll predicting a bjp win in rajasthan circulates on social media old video of congress worker shared as rajasthan bjp candidate thrashed in public no, ashok gehlot was not waving pakistan’s flag as claimed on social media times now and republic tv misreport congress manifesto for telangana as muslim-centric congress spokesperson surjewala targets vasundhara raje based on incomplete video newly laid road in indonesia viral as pm modi’s infrastructural push in india sea of devotees at ayodhya gathering? find out the truth of the viral images and videos bjp it cell head amit malviya shares mischievously clipped video of manmohan singh sambit patra ascribes false “i am hindu by accident” quote to jawaharlal nehru yet again media analysis: rss-affiliated org reported as “muslim women” supporting ram mandir in ayodhya ‘biryani for terrorists’ jibe: yogi adityanath targets congress party with fabricated claim can genetic mutation occur in women due to gravitational matrix at sabarimala temple? old video of ex bjp mla circulating as congress mla praising demonetisaion deccan chronicle attributes false, previously debunked quote to jawaharlal nehru no, khalistan supporters were not ‘invited’ to inc event in uk, they gate-crashed the event fake quote attributed to arun shourie viral on social media ani misreports uk high court ruling on vijay mallya’s london home video of an accidental fire circulates in pakistan as indian army burning houses in kashmir viral: image of 2010 congo fuel blast circulated as hindus killed in godhra train burning no, inc mla jitu patwari did not say that congress bribed people to vote for them carica papaya extract or ‘caripill’ cannot cure a dengue virus infection viral: glitzy photograph from mecca presented as kumbh mela preparation photoshopped image of mp cm shivraj singh chouhan consuming meat viral on social media navika kumar wrongly claims p.v. narasimha rao was the first non-gandhi pm of india the skin doctor or neelofar khan? a male dermatologist or a female islamist twitter troll? shehla rashid pocketing money crowdfunded for kathua/unnao victims’ family is fake news photo of congress leader misused and linked to prostitution racket never ending propaganda to malign jawaharlal nehru – an alt news compilation not tipu sultan. not tippu tip either. who is the person in the viral image? vivek agnihotri tweets misleading, clipped video of kanhaiya kumar’s commentary on islam clipped video of barkha dutt’s 2004 report on plight of kashmiri pandits viral as justifying their massacre did lack of financial support by nehru govt force indian football team to play barefoot in 1948 olympics? temple discovered upon demolition of a mosque in karnataka? no, it is an artist’s digital creation no, kanhaiya kumar did not ask people to embrace islam alt news investigation: the making of a fatwa story tajinder bagga, bjp office bearers rally for journalist who supported sikh massacre of 1984 lok sabha tv journalist jagrati shukla calls for extrajudicial killings in kashmir yet again still from bhojpuri movie circulated as dalit woman stripped by bsp leader and his goons ahmedabad mayor bijal patel tweets an image from seoul as sabarmati riverfront in ahmedabad tarek fatah tweets morphed image claiming madrasa teacher portraying islam superior to hinduism did jawaharlal nehru ever say “i am english by education, muslim by culture and hindu by accident”? did pm modi get a girl to call rahul gandhi ‘pappu’? no, its a satirical dubbed video october round-up: sabarimala becomes focus of misinformation aam aadmi party passes off bridge in netherlands as signature bridge in delhi did government officials in gujarat pledge to boycott muslim-owned shops? image from a photo-shoot viral on social media as police action on sabarimala devotee bjp kerala, kapil mishra spread fake news about a sabarimala devotee dying due to police action dainik bhaskar misreports cbi chief alok verma as holding domestic help captive at his residence as statue of unity is unveiled, divisive misinformation against minorities continues unabated the faces behind facebook page ‘jay modiraj’ – a factory of hate and misinformation ‘will hit even a shivling with chappal to remove modi’ – fake quote ascribed to shashi tharoor ‘scorpion on shiv linga’ controversy – bjp leaders misquote shashi tharoor acid attack on bull by unidentified miscreants given a communal colour by vhp activist amidst tribal anger, photoshopped image of sardar patel statue shared on social media did shahrukh khan say he would leave india if modi becomes pm? false claim viral again video of police drill in jharkhand circulates as armed forces shooting down kashmiris kerala cop falsely claimed to be cpm worker inciting violence at sabarimala fact-check: did an official pakistani defence account retweet rahul gandhi’s tweet? old video of ‘rogue’ jawan being captured shared as indian army officer intercepting a “terrorist” bjp makes factual errors while ‘fact-checking’ rahul gandhi’s tweet on global hunger index did nehru government scrap currency notes featuring subhas chandra bose? smriti’s irani’s “blood-soaked sanitary napkin” remark – did the minister fall for social media hoax? no, this indian army personnel is not stealing shoes from kashmiri youth the truth of the letter ‘written’ by nehru calling subhas chandra bose a ‘war criminal’ rajeev chandrasekhar shares mischievously edited clip of ashok gehlot, deletes later delhi mla manjinder sirsa shares affectionate photo of nehru with his niece to malign him fake news about amritsar train driver’s suicide circulates on social media no, ‘imtiaz ali’ was not the name of the train driver in the amritsar train tragedy ani – a tale of inadvertent errors and oversights media analysis: how ‘fanatic evangelism’ was declared as motive behind gurgaon shooting sabrimala: bjp’s k surendran falsely claims woman injured due to kerala police brutality superhero elephant saving bus from falling into a ditch? not really viral: morphed image of pm modi sitting next to a woman inside aircraft rahul gandhi ridiculed over temple visit in mp, social media claims he offered namaz viral: false claims suggesting hindu woman attacked by muslim man in bihar fact-check: did india fall from 55 to 103 in global hunger index rankings between 2014-18? no, rice-for-oil agreement between india and iran is not a unique initiative september round-up: aggressive political propaganda on social media viral: 2008 bronze statue of sardar patel by gujarati sculptor circulated as statue of unity congress uses 2009 photograph of ganga river to target pm modi and govt congress and media misquote gadkari on 2014 poll promises viral: 2010 image of crowded train shared as migrants fleeing gujarat in recent violence viral: 2013 image of congress haryana rally shared as recent rahul gandhi rally in bikaner unrelated video from west bengal shared on social media as migrants fleeing gujarat old, unrelated images shared to claim kerala police brutally assaulted sabarimala protesters kapil mishra continues to mislead on ‘rupesh baisoya murder case’ viral video of solar panel vandalisation resurfaces accusing congress party workers provocative media reports fuel communal hatemongering on ankit garg’s murder video of ponnani beach in kerala viral as ram setu kapil mishra falsely claims delhi resident killed by “bangladeshi drug mafia” vivek tiwari case: fake, sleazy photo circulated to malign tiwari and eye-witness colleague video of jewellery shop robbery from egypt shared as kolhapur, maharashtra did congress make citizens take oath against voting for bjp? mischievously clipped video viral fake quote ascribed to sambit patra on farmers’ agitation circulates on social media congress campaign in rajasthan includes a scheme launched by bjp government digvijaya singh shares photo of ambulances from andhra as neglect of healthcare by yogi govt old, unrelated image from 2013 used to portray police response to recent farmers’ agitation aligarh ‘encounter’: media outlets wrongly report umar khalid involved in abducting kin of deceased bjp chhattisgarh uses images from gujarat and abroad to showcase improved highways is sonia gandhi the 4th richest woman in the world, as claimed by viral social media posts? viral: photoshopped image calling pm modi “chor” the shadowy world of flynn remedios – indiascoops, indiascribes, bollywood and more pakistani journalists and media house share fake video of kashmiri being tortured in india accident during muharram procession portrayed as sword attack by muslims on hindu boy bjp misleads on rafale, claims reliance was already part of agreement finalised by upa-ii fb page india 272+ circulates year old false claim targeting journalist ravish kumar alt news exposé: fake news peddling fb page ‘the india eye’ and its gujarat connection social media foxed by tweet from unofficial hal account countering defence minister on rafale deal fake quote ascribed to delhi cm kejriwal claims he said “india should give up kashmir” fake, provocative quote on kashmir encounter attributed to congress spokesperson priyanka chaturvedi congress social media head shares old, misleading video about pm modi’s education fake quote of army chief general bipin rawat circulates on social media mohandas pai falls for impostor bbc website listing congress among world’s most corrupt parties gujarat mla jignesh mevani shares photoshopped image of pm modi’s visit to indore madhu kishwar tweets fake quote from parody account ascribed to rape accused kerala bishop rishi bagree: a relentless purveyor of misinformation 17 year old video of imam bukhari abusing shabana azmi being circulated with a false claim was nehru thrashed by a mob in 1962 after “failure on china war”? no, barack obama has not taken up a private job as claimed on social media no, india does not have 11 crore rohingyas or 8 crore bangladeshi refugees school bus of sanskriti school in pune not attacked during bharat bandh; misleading images viral misleading video circulated as death of child in bihar due to bharat bandh protest viral picture of germans protesting fuel-price hike is of a traffic jam in china misleading reporting by swarajya and postcard news about hardik patel’s weight gain during fast no, adolf hitler had not said “burn me alive if i am wrong” in 1936 speech at essen old incident of bjp leader caught with girl in temple resurfaces with false image right-wing falsely claim rahul gandhi’s mansarovar yatra photo lifted from google images 2007 image of adivasi woman stripped, beaten in assam shared as recent incident from bengal the measles-rubella (mr) vaccine: myths of anti-fertility agents & vaccine related deaths a peek into the online world of gaurav pradhan – a compilation of misinformation 2014 image of seva bharti workers shared as rss relief work during recent kerala floods august round-up: deluge of misinformation over kerala floods pranab mukherjee refutes claim about his foundation collaborating with rss in haryana viral video: false claim of naga sadhu thrashed by muslims in uttarakhand viral video claims a terrorist was arrested at jaipur/delhi airport. what is the truth? bjp video on rahul gandhi and china includes misinformation debunked last year no, banks will not remain closed in the first week of september, as claimed by viral whatsapp forward viral: video of 2011 tsunami in japan shared as that of kerala images of slaughter waste from meerut create alarm. what’s the truth? did uttar pradesh muslim congress leader assault woman who tied him rakhi? did sports minister rajyavardhan singh rathore serve food to indian athletes at asian games? did khalistan supporters participate at rahul gandhi’s event in the uk? a confirmation of rs.700 crore offer for kerala? the telegraph falls for unofficial fb account of uae president no, bjp ministers, mps did not give rs 25 crore cheque toward kerala floods did arnab goswami call the people of kerala “shameless”? dainik bhaskar publishes old photo of baby elephant rescue from ooty, tamil nadu as kerala ani, news18 misreport rss-affiliated muslim org as “people in lucknow” celebrating bakrid by cutting cake arnab goswami misquotes ambedkar, calls mahatma gandhi – “mohanchand” karamchand gandhi yet another parody account of times now – times wow, targets navjot singh siddhu image of iraqi army personnel circulated as indian army during kerala flood rescue viral video: boy tears up indian flag and says “pakka musalman hoon”. what’s the truth? postcard news at it again: shares old images as rss workers aiding kerala flood victims misleading video of aerial survey used to target karnataka cm kumaraswamy republic tv, ny times share kodagu, karnataka landslide as that from kerala depression: the myths & falseness of sadhguru’s quotes actor koena mitra, postcard news share old image as rss workers aiding kerala flood victims times now shares footage of west bengal house collapse as that of kerala viral photo of pm modi with doctors- is it from aiims? no, pm modi is not paying homage to atal bihari vajpayee in this photograph did arvind kejriwal celebrate his birthday after former pm atal bihari vajpayee’s death? dna, zee news circulate fake image of aiims doctors paying last respects to atal bihari vajpayee how media outlets announced former pm atal bihari vajpayee’s death prematurely doordarshan deletes tweets, tries to cover-up amit shah’s flag hoisting blooper official rss page shares old image as seva bharati workers working in kerala flood relief old riot video from asansol shared as hindu procession attacked by muslims in bhagalpur did the congress party use a mortuary van for political campaigning in madhya pradesh? opindia, mynation, postcard news declare umar khalid “not attacked” based on a false testimony viral video: false testimony by journalist that umar khalid was not attacked cnn newsi8, india tooday, times how and repubiictv: how parody accounts fool social media users no, swara bhasker did not abuse major gogoi or the indian army postcard news founder falsely claims pakistan’s independence day to be celebrated in west bengal false claim: girija tripathi, accused in deoria shelter home case is bjp mp kalraj mishra’s sister times how returns, snares janta ka reporter this time with satirical tweet false claim: muslims perpetrating violence in the garb of kanwar yatra pilgrims old video of wildlife swept away by floods in odisha circulated as recent kerala floods old video of violence by kanwariyas shared on social media as recent incident did ndtv report encounter of terrorists in kashmir as death of civilians? inside the secret world of facebook groups offering fake aadhaar cards article outlining right-wing perspective on kashmir falsely credited to author ira pande did up police lathicharge youth sitting on dharna outside cm yogi adityanath’s residence? actor koena mitra tweets fake ‘love jihad’ rate list decoded: the business of facebook pages – selling modi, god, patriotism and more no, punya prasun bajpai is not joining ndtv as claimed on social media old video of child’s murder from thailand construed as indian, shared on facebook gabbar singh has a look-alike, but he is not from karachi as reported by pak and indian media july round-up: misinformation weaponised to attack minorities fact check: has dr. manmohan singh been awarded as the ‘strongest pm in the world’? bribery allegations against arvind kejriwal: a review of tv media coverage fake: photo of rahul gandhi checking out images of scantily clad women on his phone cnbc-tv18 shares incorrect data on religious demographic composition in assam cherry-picked photos, misleading narratives: how postcard news, india today got it wrong times how strikes again, hoodwinks wion, pakistani media and social media users fact-check: did tamil nadu dy cm o.panneerselvam bow before pm modi? viral: article criticizing gandhi family falsely ascribed to journalist mark tully fake claim: rahul gandhi’s speech on lok sabha tv was seen by 48 lakh viewers spot the photoshop – is there any similarity between the images of pm modi and hitler? sudarshan news spreads disinformation about decree by mosque against up police old, inactive “women’s safety” helpline number circulated as pm modi’s new initiative masquerading as govt initiatives, scam websites con readers with offers of free bicycles, helmets whatsapp rumours of “gangs on a prowl attacking people at midnight” take a communal turn morphed screenshot of swara bhasker’s tweet circulated on social media is this narendra modi surrounded by world leaders? no, it is a photoshopped image. prashant patel umrao and his countless trysts with misinformation image of rahul gandhi with portrait of aurangzeb in background viral on social media passengers to be charged for rescue ops? ani misreports uttarakhand govt notification contrasting claims: who supplied weapons and money to this alleged terrorist? rss or congress? did india’s economy plummet from 3rd largest in the world in 2011 to 6th largest in 2017? did rahul gandhi say congress is a party of muslims? meeting participants refute claim image of nanpu bridge from shanghai posted as varanasi roads on social media “280 orphan minor girls made pregnant in teresa missionary”: prashant patel umrao falsely claims no, shabana azmi never said, “india is not a great country, because muslims are not happy here” times of india publishes old video as nagpur airport flooded due to recent rains video of jharkhand police mock drill shared as mp police firing at farmers in mandsaur no, mumbai airport is not flooded – old video from mexico shared on social media sensationalism, sleaze and misogyny – the other face of right-wing propaganda now a facebook page dedicated to morphed tweets – how low will they stoop? child beating video from egypt shared as atrocity by teacher from rm vm school, valsad did priyanka chopra wear a burqa while meeting rohingya refugees in bangladesh? the truth about karnataka school making students recite verses from the quran congress twitter handle shares old video as public outrage in pm modi’s jaipur rally false claim: muslim lawyer, community filed petition in sc against hindu ritual ‘mata ki chowki’ hindu khatre mein hai? how the fake news ecosystem targets minorities to create a fear psychosis a roundup of rumour-mongering on the ‘tanvi seth passport issue’ postcard ‘news’ – a mega factory of fake news that continues to spew venom viral: fake news of 9-year old girl rescued from being sexually assaulted by ‘sajid’ unearthing fake quotes on mandsaur rape ascribed to congress leaders were muslims responsible for 95% of rapes in india in 2016 as claimed on social media? viral: fake letter claims arundhati roy questioned the treatment of terrorists in indian jails fake news about ‘khalid and irfan’ charged in lucknow gangrape case circulates on social media june round-up: rampant child abduction rumours result in mob-lynching incidents across country no, subramanian swamy wasn’t seeing off his daughter and grand daughter to haj kiren rijiju tweets football video of brazilian child prodigy to laud pm modi’s emphasis on sport congress spokesperson priyanka chaturvedi and her daughter threatened on social media over fake quote viral: fake news of march by muslims demanding release of mandsaur rape accused rajiya bano or sharma ji? a fake, hate-spewing profile exposed did kabir, nanak and gorakhnath ‘sit together’ and discuss spirituality as claimed by pm modi? fact check: has the rupee-dollar exchange rate slipped by only one rupee since 2014? image of a colombian protester circulated as an iranian woman stoned to death fact-check: did manmohan singh touch sonia gandhi’s feet? depression is not ‘low mood’: misleading advice from the ministry of health new set of videos viral in gujarat, child abduction rumours continue unabated false claim: woman’s hair chopped off for not wearing burkha facebook page ‘bjp all india’: serial purveyor of fake news sambit patra rubbishes rape allegation against him circulating on social media the economic times falls for parody twitter account of warren buffett old video of female wrestling bout shared as pakistani wrestler beaten by durga vahini member “had modi not become pm, congress would have destroyed india”- fake quote ascribed to pranab mukherjee did ratan tata refuse to sell tata sumo to pakistan? six year old hoax resurfaces fake quotes attributed to digvijaya singh viral on social media amu refutes allegations of debarring student from entrance exam on religious grounds viral: photoshopped image of madrasa teacher portraying islam as superior to hinduism an anticlimactic end to right-wing outrage about the bengali play, “hindu chor” social media users followed by pm modi and bjp president amit shah continue to abuse gauri lankesh no, ‘1098’ service will not distribute your leftover food to needy children rajasthan congress committee gen sec shares police lathi-charge video from aligarh as rajasthan radhika vemula terms claims of being offered money to speak against pm modi as baseless old video from assam shared as assault on sikh truck driver by sp leader azam khan’s nephew did ‘gaganjot’ replace ‘shoaib’? airtel’s response to bigoted customer request causes social media storm fake message circulated in the name of non-existent ex-employee to malign gujarat samachar indian high commission in kenya tweets photoshopped images of indians doing yoga; apologises the mystery behind the ‘krishna pointing at eid moon’ painting – experts opine postcard news shares a fake extract from former president pranab mukherjee’s book images of ursula andress from james bond movie posted as sonia gandhi sp leader uses false images to claim rajnath singh plundered official residence before vacating fact check: did robert clive say indians celebrated british victory in ‘first colonial war’? viral video of staged kidnapping now circulates with child abduction rumour in kutch, gujarat did ‘1st muslim minister of british cabinet’ lambast nehru over education policy? no, rahul gandhi, coca-cola was not started by a ‘shikanji’ seller “you can never trust a bengali” – morphed tweet attributed to shehla rashid video of public brawl in ranchi shared as attack by muslims on hindus in karnataka shashi tharoor tweets fake university letter rejecting albert einstein’s doctoral application fake news about shehla rashid booked for tweet on nitin gadkari circulates on social media no, west bengal government did not declare 5-day holiday for eid digvijay singh tweets old image of damaged metro pillar from pakistan as bhopal video of brutal assault over personal enmity shared as hindus beaten in karnataka did ‘bus full of muslims from west bengal’ hoist pakistani flag? may round-up: the undeniable link between fake news industry and elections photoshopped image of pranab mukherjee at rss event: whose handiwork is it? photo from farmers’ protest in maharashtra shared with false claim, targets congress did india take no loans from world bank between 2015 and 2017 as claimed on social media? admin of fb page who called for violence against inter-faith couples now targets barkha dutt photoshopped image circulated to malign inc candidate contesting bypoll in bengaluru image of rape-accused from gujarat viral as a farmer beaten up by rajasthan police fake quotes industry targets congress party by ascribing false statements to pranab mukherjee no, ashok gehlot did not say that generating electricity will remove energy from water dangerous child-abduction rumour frenzy continues, now spreads to maharashtra is karnataka social-science textbook encouraging religious conversion? a fact-check viral: old video of christian group burning idol of hindu deity and indian flag in mizoram football vandalism video from switzerland now shared as kashmiris attacking tourists why so serious? image from old satirical article shared as anti-modi conclave schedule nirav modi files gutted in mumbai it building blaze? media organisations fall for a social media rumour patanjali’s chat app kimbho runs into multiple controversies. how did top media houses report the news? viral message, images that led to lynching in southern states now target bihar, jharkhand and odisha “14-lane highway will lead to rise in pollution”- fake quote ascribed to ravish kumar goes viral “victory for allah, defeat of ram”- fake quote ascribed to new kairana mp tabassum hasan fake quote of obama endorsing rahul gandhi for prime ministership shared by fb fan page baba ramdev’s patanjali pulls a fast one – rebrands an american app as swadeshi kimbho chat app no, homeopathic pill gelsemium 200 will not protect you from nipah virus infection union ministers block social media users on twitter. is it fair to do so? gujarat mla jignesh mevani shares photoshopped image of yogi adityanath and sri sri football related hooliganism in switzerland shared as rioting by muslims during ramazan in uk mainstream media reports fake news of transfer of igp by karnataka cm ten year old video circulates as raid on tn church involved in ‘tuticorin riots’ fake news of pakistani flag at congress rally recirculates widely on social media j&k police pulls up madhu kishwar for sharing fake news paytm support caught bluffing, misleads users on account deletion process swarajya editor shares fake quote attributed to senior twitter india employee economic times pulls down cobrapost sting operation story on paytm bjp mp paresh rawal shares photoshopped tweet of rahul gandhi on fuel price rise was congress leader caught in karnataka with 20 crores which he was to handover to jds? akshay kumar deletes old tweet on ‘cleaning up bicycles’ to counter rising fuel prices no, white house has not declared manmohan singh as the most honest political leader viral: 2016 video of altercation between congress’s dk shivkumar and jds’s revanna fake quote of infosys co-founder narayana murthy praising pm modi viral on social media old video of assault on a soldier circulated as ‘soldier beaten to death in kashmir’ acronym gaffe – yes, pm modi did get the spelling of strength wrong in china 10 year old video being shared as bjp/rss cadre attacking a church in mangalore fake quotes by global leaders praising pm modi circulate on social media lingayath catholic church? photoshopped image viral on social media do the ayush based treatments for autism stand up to scientific scrutiny? lok sabha tv appoints journalist who called for genocide in kashmir and justified 1984 sikh massacre viral photograph claims nehru attended rss shakha meeting. what is the truth? alt news chronicles the most viral fake news in the run up to karnataka elections rahul gandhi fan page posts fake news of modi among most corrupt prime ministers postcard news circulates fake letter about sonia gandhi and karnataka minister engineering lingayat issue viral: fake news of pakistan flag waved at congress rally in karnataka subramanian swamy shares fake email about church involvement in lingayat issue pm modi claims no congress leader visited bhagat singh in jail. what’s the truth? was train with neet students from tamil nadu delayed by devotees offering namaz? old video circulates with false claim that rahul gandhi termed siddaramaiah govt as corrupt journalist ravish kumar relentlessly targeted on social media via fake news shocking instances of plagiarism in the publications of right-wing think tank, india foundation no, pm modi did not garland nathuram godse’s bust fake ‘janta ki baat’ opinion poll with bbc news logo predicts bjp win in karnataka aap leader sanjay singh shares old picture of kargil martyr kin with false claims viral: video from malaysia shared as harassment faced by a woman in bengaluru maker of crass, communal and misogynistic cartoons praised by pm modi on twitter the photograph of pm modi’s mother in an auto-rickshaw is not photo-shopped fake news claims raghuram rajan appointed governor of bank of england viral: old, false case from meerut circulated as recent incident of rape inside madrasa no, amu students did not chant ‘bharat se lenge azaadi’ old video of pm modi rally in varanasi shared as udupi rally ahead of karnataka elections inflammatory, fake post claims christian man burned alive for converting hindus in nepal viral: fake news about inc k’taka candidate threatening ‘unending bloodshed of hindus’ if voted to power rajeev chandrasekhar shares fake tweet about twitter being paid to trend #gobackmodi did kolkata metro come out in support of passengers who thrashed a young couple? april round up: misinformation about kathua rape floods social media misleading nasa maps posted by piyush goyal to depict total rural electrification led by ians, media outlets fall for a parody account of tripura cm biplab deb viral: fake quote attributed to journalist ravish kumar on ghazipur rape case viral video claims one ‘mohammed ilyas’ arrested for kathua incident; what’s the truth? viral: photoshopped image of times of india article on modi and xi unrelated video shared as raid on k’taka minister d. shivakumar, linked to cash crunch old, unrelated images falsely shared as hindu woman attacked by muslims and christians in kerala viral: fake claim on 120 crore cash seized from bjp worker in karnataka viral: fake news about student leader kanhaiya kumar having failed for 11th time fake quote from parody account ascribed to journalist rana ayyub viral on social media did nda govt recover rs 4 lakh crore of npas as claimed by bjp and pm modi’s app? were iskcon devotees assaulted by police in west bengal? post-mortem report of kathua victim contradicts dainik jagran’s front page splash did angry commuters force bjp leader to deboard train over kathua, unnao incidents? viral: fake news about krishna devotees attacked by christians in goa fake video of funeral procession of kathua rape victim viral on social media viral: unrelated, old video claimed to be last video of kathua rape victim popular physics professor hc verma debunks a false claim about himself fake news about abvp member involved in surat rape case circulated on social media india today circulates old videos of kohli, akshay kumar as messages on kathua & unnao old news of 14-year old raped inside mosque in moradabad circulates as recent incident is homeopathy an effective form of treatment? did bharat bandh protesters set ablaze truck belonging to a sikh? new indian express publishes fake news on jignesh mevani’s image on laptops in karnataka fake message about royal enfield bike catching fire in bangalore viral on social media breaking fake news: times now announces arrest of nirav modi in hong kong ‘the true picture’ promoted by union ministers paints false picture about crime in karnataka union ministers smriti irani, jitendra singh fall for fake news about tn seshan’s death mystery of the beard: did zee news play morphed footage of bharat bandh protests? old, unrelated photograph of mob assault in west bengal circulates as attack on hindu women viral: fake image of pakistani pm being strip-searched at us airport many including india tv, kanchan gupta relay claim from a parody twitter account fake photos of assault on cop during bharat bandh protests viral on social media march round up: fake news leads to postcard news admin’s arrest, media bloopers and more j&k police, tourism dept rebut times of india report of attack on tourists by stone pelters alt news responds to arnab goswami’s hilarious rant union minister, bjp mps and mlas outrage over arrest of postcard news founder pak channel spreads fake news about solar panels vandalised due to bjp mp’s statement founder of fake news website postcard news arrested viral: pakistani child artist claimed to be son of slain indian army officer times now spreads misinformation about bjp it cell head amit malviya fact check: was amit malviya the first to tweet about karnataka poll dates? times now, kannada news channels air karnataka poll dates before ec announcement fake facebook profile of ncc cadet interviewed by ani viral on social media after namo app exposé, privacy policy on narendra modi’s website makes a quiet u-turn is pm modi’s app sharing personal data with a third party without your consent? yes aaj tak, abp misreport jharkhand rajya sabha results, claim bjp won both seats fake quote menace goes too far; hardik pandya booked for tweet from parody account breaking fake news: aaj tak and republic tv misreport delhi hc verdict on aap mlas latest fake quotes: australian pm malcolm turnbull, akshay kumar and others did sushma swaraj, mea mislead families of 39 indians who went missing in iraq? times of india publishes fake story on college circular about priya prakash varrier today’s fake quotes: tendulkar, owaisi, hillary clinton and others postcard news spreads fake news about a jain sage attacked by muslim youth old video of independent u.p candidate circulates as ‘new’ & ‘corrupt’ rjd mp latest fake quotes: rahul gandhi, abdul kalam, sehwag, ravish kumar and more dr. harsh vardhan cites fake claim attributed to stephen hawking at the indian science congress reply in rajya sabha contradicts media reports on pay hike under 7th pay commission audio analysis of the viral araria video with alleged pro-pak slogans raises suspicions fake news claims narendra modi is second most corrupt prime minister in the world viral: fake picture of stephen hawking in a protest against vietnam war old photo of assault on j & k cop by kashmiri protesters viral on social media s gurumurthy rapped by delhi high court for rumour-mongering on twitter fake picture of juvenile accused in nirbhaya case circulates on social media and whatsapp thousands of farmers protest in mumbai. how did mainstream media report the news? alt news exposé: an attempt to build online public opinion against farmers’ long march no, rahul kanwal, alt news is not obliged to write ‘pro-modi’ articles vivek agnihotri makes false complaint to mumbai police, twitter users call his bluff amidst human tragedy, fake pictures of syrian conflict flood social media newsx, jansatta join social media in rumor-mongering over irrfan khan’s health right-wing circulates fake news about ‘commies’ demolishing rajiv gandhi’s statue in tripura statue of lenin pulled down in tripura, bjp leaders and supporters applaud february round-up: mainstream media and their hilarious blunders unauthorised display of social enterprise bhuli’s artwork at haridwar station; dismayed founders alert ministry zee news, opindia and postcard news publish a satire from navbharat times as actual news despite clarification, rumour of najeeb joining isis continues to circulate on social media misleading video on pm modi’s educational qualification circulates on social media opindia wrongly accuses mumbai police, gets rapped for poor research traced: who floated the false “forensics report states sridevi died of heart attack” story? paresh rawal’s gaffe exposes party’s social media tactic how a fake account with anti-hindu tweets is tripping the right-wing nine children killed by speeding car. how did media cover muzaffarpur tragedy? scientific research ascertains mercury toxicity but sadhguru continues to endorse it for indian traditional medicines swapan dasgupta, ram madhav propagate false information about missing jnu student najeeb ahmed sehwag apologises for his tweet that gave kerala lynching a communal colour is kamal haasan’s party website registered in cayman islands, a tax haven? is world bank going to auction off karachi port as claimed on social media? congress twitter handle conducts poll based on fake news copy-paste journalism: ‘chinese’ has not been declared an official language of pakistan baba ramdev’s biopic comes under attack on social media national herald twitter polls on pnb scam backfire viral: fake quote about gandhi and congress attributed to nana patekar aaj tak’s attempt at whitewashing a fake quote broadcasted on its show gold standard of credible journalism? aaj tak falls for a parody account gold plated journalism: india today and fake news ministry of external affairs shares news about use of saudi arabian airspace that is denied by saudi priya prakash varrier – dozens of fake social media profiles mushroom overnight old video from kerala circulates as muslim assault on hindus a compilation of times now’s experiments with untruth serial faker prashant patel umrao spreads fake news about rajdeep sardesai’s son times now wrongly attributes a speech starting with ‘jai siya ram’ to abu dhabi crown prince madhu kishwar tweets a fake quote attributed to kapil sibal indian embassy in oman appeals to companies to send workers for pm modi’s mega event communal rabble rouser shankhnaad tries to malign senior navi mumbai police officer bjp and science: from ganesha’s plastic surgery to ‘yoga can cure cancer’ conspiracy theory about ankit saxena’s murder circulates on social media prashant p. umrao: unmasking a one-man hate factory fact check: did pm modi say karnataka has 7 lakh villages? identified: admin of the fb page that called for violence against 100+ inter-faith couples fake news round-up, january 2018, communally divisive rumours dominate fake news hindutva fb page publishes list of 100+ couples in inter-faith marriages, calls for violence alt news unearths a factory of fake quotes – a very dangerous trend fake quote on hindus and muslims attributed to actor prakash raj serial faker shankhnaad attributes fake quote to actress swara bhasker one tale, two narratives: aaj tak’s reportage on kasganj violence viral: fake quote of farhan akhtar on kasganj violence mail today editor abhijit majumder spreads fake news on kasganj violence is it true? a day in madhu kishwar’s whatsapp university old picture from u.p circulates as tragedy in bihar this is no fringe. tv channels’ attempt at camouflage saddam, nadim, firoz, aamir, ashraf did not attack the school bus in gurgaon modi’s speech on mea website is not modi’s speech at davos fact check: rahul gandhi’s claim on wealth inequality in india indian media’s attempts to cover up the faux pas in pm modi’s speech at davos india today uses 2-year old youtube video to report pakistani mortar fire fact check: pm modi’s claim about improved strength of indian passport viral: fake quote about ‘mothers and teachers’ attributed to arundhati roy the sham of republic tv’s twitter polls who is ‘orchestrating’ public opinion on aadhaar? social media claims amit shah arranged judge loya’s son’s press conference, what’s the truth? why is it dangerous for ayush practitioners to prescribe modern medicine? journalists allegedly heckled at civil hospital in ahmedabad viral: fake quote about evm hacking attributed to former cec t s krishnamurthy toi fake news: “roommate of amu phd student who joined hizbul also missing” half truths and whole lies – ten times pm modi misled the nation in 2017 ravi shankar prasad downplays fir against the tribune, but what is the truth? was jignesh mevani’s press conference “congress sponsored” as alleged by republic tv? thou shalt not mock anant ambani: eight websites delete articles about his speech fake news round-up, december 2017, pm modi leads the way were pakistani flags raised during dalit protest rally in the aftermath of the bhima-koregaon incident? top fake news circulated on social media in 2017 pm modi not wrong in claiming credit for relaxing rules for muslim women traveling for haj top fake news stories circulated by indian media in 2017 gazing into the crystal ball: a compilation of subramanian swamy’s predictions for the future was the ‘humans of hindutva’ page taken down by the admin or suspended by facebook? video of ani reporter touching yogi adityanath’s feet raises eyebrows an old picture from palestine is used to create communal hatred among hindus and muslims rss ideologue ratan sharda at it again, posts misleading tweet on christmas fake video of major prafulla ‘giving instructions while injured’ is viral on social media sushma swaraj on a blocking spree on twitter – isn’t it unfair to do so as a minister? was atal bihari vajpayee passenger of india’s first ever metro as claimed by pm modi? communal rumour mongering in karnataka by bjp mp shobha karandlaje and bjp spokesperson tajinder bagga vyapam whistle-blower anand rai has a penchant for fake news kiran bedi and her love for screamingly fake whatsapp forwards rss ideologue among those spreading fake news to malign justice op saini of 2g scam verdict breaking (fake) news: sections of indian media acquit lalu prasad yadav before convicting him journalism: the news minute’s coverage of paresh mesta incident are you serious times now? bjp mp pratap simha falls for twitter account impersonating saif ali khan’s daughter rjd leader tejashwi yadav posts fake letter attributed to ec official alleging evm tampering bjp mp kirron kher posts fake photo of indian army is ins kalvari a product of pm modi’s ‘make in india’ as claimed by defence ministry? media bias in gujarat elections: an analysis of hashtags used by tv channels “muslims fed bomb to cow”, fake news peddler shankhnaad puts out yet another misleading video paresh mesta death: rumour-mongering of brutality sparks tension, karnataka police issues stern warning maharashtra cm’s wife amruta fadnavis trolled for promoting a charity event linked to christmas did pm modi travel on the first ever seaplane in india? no shankhnaad – an alt news exposé of the communal rabble rouser and leading peddler of fake news times now reports 2013 story as 2017 ‘exclusive’ a man was hacked to death. what did news channels discuss on prime time? dainik jagran and amar ujala portrayed j&k civilian as slain terrorist ministry of finance misleads – equates decrease in inflation to decrease in prices fake news round-up, november 2017 – bjp it cell head amit malviya is the star six year old video circulated claiming sp leader kamal akhtar thrashed by up police for inciting riots did mahatma gandhi ask hindu and sikh women to ‘cooperate with muslim rapists’? media coverage: who fuelled bjp narrative on aiyar’s ‘aurangzeb’ comment? pm modi distorts mani shankar aiyar’s statement, terms rahul gandhi’s elevation as ‘aurangzeb raj’ times now portrays a veterinary procedure used for pregnant cattle as animal cruelty fir filed against admin of fake news site postcard news for an alleged derogatory post did rahul gandhi sign the somnath temple register as a non-hindu? one more time, up police had nothing to do with the detention of donkeys skewed media coverage? gandhinagar archbishop’s appeal to voters vs vadtal swaminarayan’s were pro-pakistan slogans raised at aimim rally in ghaziabad? no evidence of slogans or celebrations in support of hafeez saeed: sp, lakhimpur, uttar pradesh was it really cpm cyber warriors who trolled australian cricketer tom moody after an upgrade in moody’s india ratings? bjp spokesperson passes off those threatening deepika padukone as congress/aap/sp. what’s the truth? demonetisation roll-out deeply flawed, introduction of rs 2000 notes puzzling: richard thaler, nobel laureate bjp it cell head amit malviya shares affectionate pictures of nehru with his sister and niece, claims this is hardik patel’s dna the hindu ‘unfiltered’ by twitter after alt news raises the issue union ministry of road transport & highways website uses pictures of roadways from us & canada! viral video: indian muslims burning the national flag and raising ‘pakistan zindabad’ slogans in punjab is fake news viral video: claim that president of india was mistreated at an ias officer’s daughter’s wedding is false ‘who do you like the most?’ guess what these modi fans believe the child told trump dear bjp, why is hyderabad mla t raja singh still in the party? bhim upi – where is the digital customer support in digital india? the curious case of s gurumurthy and hoaxes an alt news investigation into an upcoming fake news site – coveragetimes fake images of rajnath singh and narendra modi viral on social media fake news round-up, october 2017 – the usual culprits strike again fact-check: was the direct benefit transfer scheme started by nda govt as claimed by pm modi? the claim that statue of swami vivekananda was ‘beheaded’ by muslims in bhadohi, up, is fake news fact-check: did ahmed patel resign as a trustee well before an alleged isis operative was arrested from sardar patel hospital? rumour-mongering after attack on swiss couple in fatehpur sikri, agra republic claims rahul gandhi and owaisi asked people not to stand up for national anthem. is that true? did bjp it cell have prior knowledge about ani’s story on rahul gandhi and twitter bots? republic tv gets caught faking twice in a day did ani fall for a whatsapp forward about 2000 rohingyas planning to attack nagaland? fact-check: did india fall 45 places in global hunger index rank from 2014 to 2017? has incessant trolling led to modi govt taking a u-turn on their green diwali initiative? bjp it cell’s attempt to use nobel winner’s name to endorse demonetisation backfires the life and times of zubina w ahmad (@zubina_ahmad) alt news viewpoint: the eight second verdict by the hindu what do these nathuram godse fans have in common? they are all followed by pm modi on twitter when alt news had to debunk fake news about alt news – a concerted vilification campaign fake news round-up – september 2017 – from prashant p umrao to ashoke pandit stampede tragedy – repeated twitter warnings by commuters fell on deaf ears alt news investigation – people behind the targeted harassment of ravish kumar via whatsapp as rohingya crisis continues, images of children are being misused to spread fake news after police lathicharge at bhu, many fall for a fake image not related to the incident when will republic tv start apologising? the nation wants to know did arnab goswami bluff about his car being attacked during 2002 riots? how do fake news sites like postcard news flourish? who provides a helping hand? were believers stopped from offering namaz at sidi saiyyed mosque in ahmedabad due to pm modi’s visit? whatsapp university ascribes a 27 year old policy change to piyush goyal did atal bihari vajpayee order the cbi investigation in the case of gurmeet ram rahim singh? here’s why gauri lankesh’s facebook post about ‘free sex’ is viral bjp it cell head amit malviya tries to malign ravish kumar by sharing a mischievously edited video clip can bjp’s ‘freedom of speech’ excuse cover up for pm following people who insult the dignity of women? hall of shame – serial abusers, sexist bigots, rumour mongers followed by pm modi on twitter #gaurilankesh: did karnataka home minister state ‘will probe maoist link to murder’ as claimed by republic tv? right wing spews venom on social media after senior journalist gauri lankesh is shot dead pib claims grievance redressal system that was launched 9 years ago was “brought in by” modi government newly sworn minister anantkumar hegde’s twitter account gives a peek into his mindset after alt news exposé, google doc with trending instructions for #demonetisationsuccess hashtag is deleted six year old video being circulated as bjp mla being beaten up by army in panchkula, haryana after alt news exposé, republic tv deletes fake news about jama masjid; no apology, no explanation jama masjid electricity bills non payment: fake news starts on social media, republic tv takes over a twist in the tale: was the same helicopter used to ferry pm modi and gurmeet ram rahim singh? bjp it cell head amit malviya claims rahul gandhi visited gurmeet ram rahim’s dera sacha sauda. did he? lalu prasad yadav posts photoshopped image of patna rally partisanship of official goi twitter accounts continues with ‘india at un’ account endorsing anti-aap tweets himanta biswa sarma credits pm modi for the depiction of bihu dance on air india, what’s the truth? the undeniable friendship between bjp and gurmeet ram rahim singh chhattisgarh pwd minister rajesh munat passes off a vietnamese bridge as one in raigarh piyush goyal’s erroneous tweets – the ones he deleted and the one he forgot contradictory media reports – was it kolkata or goa that launched india’s first biogas bus? swarajya acknowledges error after alt news exposé; author hurls abuses for pointing out the error selectivity of tv media outrage: delhi dengue outbreak vs gujarat swine flu outbreak right-wing twiterrati indulge in rumor-mongering over utkal express derailment in uttar pradesh swarajya magazine and jaideep mazumdar spread falsehood about suhrawardy avenue in kolkata no, hamid ansari’s budget was not six times that of the president bjp spokesperson sambit patra defames former vice president hamid ansari media coverage of gorakhpur tragedy – the delayed hashtags and outrage of the crony channels are ayush supported bgr-34 and ime-9 drugs safe and effective for diabetes? is goi’s national informatics centre also culpable for abhinav srivastav’s aadhaar data hack incident? a mysterious twitter hacker to the rescue after embarrassing tweets – complete list an army of fake profiles attempt to discredit narmada bachao andolan and medha by impersonating the ousted people old, unrelated images used to build a fake narrative and shame the victim of chandigarh stalking incident no, p-500 paracetamol tablet doesn’t contain machupo virus fake: video of it raid on t&t law firm made viral as money found at congress minister dk shivkumar’s home “why are you running away like a coward?”, republic tv reporters ask shashi tharoor fake news bulletin 1: fake video of caste violence from gujarat and more with murders of rafiquddin shaikh and naveed pathan, the cycle of fake news rolls across the border no times now, highest number of pakistani visitors were under bjp rule pti image of flooded gujarat airport joins the long list of fake images in recent times malicious attempts to portray k.r. narayanan, india’s first dalit president, as a christian how bjp it cell’s smear machine works: a personal story president kovind gains 3 million new followers in an hour? get real, indian media “amit shah never flies in chartered planes”. oh really, financial express? ban on sale of eggs and meat in dadri due to kanwar yatra is not fake news news18 gets a lesson in flags from twitter users – pakistani flag vs islamic flag times now, republic share photo shot during food festival as robert vadra’s “meeting” with chinese envoy fact check: are terror activities contained in jammu and kashmir as claimed by bjp? media bias: a tale of two riots – basirhat in west bengal vs vadavali in gujarat is modi govt the most trusted in the world as claimed by indian media? a call for lynching in bengaluru after jinnah’s picture spotted on a bus. and the truth is .. unmasked! attempts to discredit the driver of the terror-struck bus with amarnath yatris alt news impact: bjp asansol it incharge tarun sengupta arrested for spreading fake video bjp yuva morcha leader warns about 2002…and he is not the only one fake twitter account (dr abdul vashist – @shanemalwa) is instigating hindus after terror attack on amarnath yatra the vicious cycle of fake images in basirhat riots who spread the rumour that churches and mosques are exempted from gst? times now at it again; video of kerala students union protest termed as a bjp protest trolls attempt to manipulate ratings of books authored by sagarika ghose and arundhati roy has adani group hired social media influencers to defend the company on twitter? gujarati newspaper sandesh, oneindia fall for satirical post about man sentenced to death due to farting an eye injury in haryana that almost led to blindness from using cow urine treatment times now attempts to discredit #notinmyname protests with incomplete and distorted facts an epidemic of fake videos hits the indian social media ecosystem supporters spice up pm modi’s visit to the us with a fake video tarek fatah posted a video claiming a girl was assaulted for not wearing hijab. what’s the truth? babita phogat’s twitter account – a case of serial plagiarism ram nath kovind v/s meira kumar: media bias in tv coverage of the two candidates times now runs a prime time story based on a 7 year old photoshopped image shocking! kashmir labelled as ‘indian occupied’ by zee news did ram nath kovind say “islam and christianity are alien to the nation”? after pak victory, old video viral claiming youth beaten up in bhagalpur for saying “pakistan zindabad” pm modi’s choice of gifts for foreign dignitaries will surely surprise yogi adityanath multiple fake videos circulated on social media claiming indian muslims celebrated pakistan’s victory after alt news exposé, the army of fake profiles defending vasundhara raje and rajasthan govt, vanishes army of fake twitter profiles defend vasundhara raje and rajasthan govt over lynching of zafar khan opindia lies, falsely claims that alt news didn’t want to publish major gaurav arya’s rebuttal to our article mha annual report fiasco: photographer claims copyright violation in an email to alt news major gaurav arya circulates a fake image as evidence of lathi-charge by west bengal police irony alert! coal ministry plagiarises pic from amnesty report on human rights violation by coal india trueindology or truefraudology – part 3 – exposing more fakery and a rebuttal alt news impact: home ministry orders inquiry into use of spain-morocco border picture in mha report home ministry annual report uses picture of spain-morocco border to show indian border floodlighting nirmala sitharaman vs sambit patra – how to respond when one falls prey to fake news trueindology or truefraudology – part 2 – a goldmine of fictitious historical claims trueindology or truefraudology – debunking a goldmine of fictitious historical claims one month of republic tv – how did they fare? leaked conversation from a times of india internal whatsapp group raises many questions chinese axe wielding man passed off as a stone pelter by indian right-wing install ‘indian’ telegram, delete ‘american’ whatsapp – old fake viral message in circulation again scores of western women take to social media alleging financial and emotional abuse by an indian man ‘nationalist’ tv channels battle over the indo-pak match lets sit across each other with a live camera, ravish’s message to pm after raids on prannoy roy’s residence thousands of dead fish due to industrial pollution in dholi village in gujarat long list of online scams; what is the government doing to protect the citizenry? fact check: did india jump 16 places in un world tourism rankings as claimed by bjp? communal rumour-mongering over the murder of delhi e-rickshaw driver ably supported by francois gautier coordinated troll attack on makemytrip following tweets on beef ban by the co-founder. ease of doing business? the viral images that show protestors eating raw meat are morphed and fake arnab v/s arnab: the hypocrisy runs deeper than the viral arnab goswami video outrage over slaughter of a cow v/s a human – an analysis of 100 bjp leaders active on social media modi sarkar’s three-year anniversary celebrations – indian media’s top five cheerleading moments kerala mp mb rajesh to arnab goswami in an open letter – most unethical journalist i have ever seen delhi’s disha student organisation alleges defamation by republic tv kerala bjp leader k surendran uses a fake cow slaughter photo while raising the issue of beef festivals a video from bangladesh is being circulated as kashmiri students killing a crpf jawan “unique initiative” of southern railway to transport livestock runs into gau rakshaks a viral online petition wants twitter to sack raheel khursheed from a position he doesn’t hold postcard news: mass producing fake news pib india’s “inadvertent” error acknowledges a long list of modi government negatives bjp bengal’s social media accounts use an accident victim’s photo to portray police atrocity sonu nigam: from demanding ‘respect for women’ to standing with abhijeet fact check: are rural roads constructed in 2016-17 at an all-time high as claimed by bjp? media coverage of jharkhand lynching – where’s the outrage? where are the hashtags? sex, hindutva and social media partnerships – secret to fake news site insistpost’s astounding success gujarat govt burns off rs 2.27 crore to hand out appointment letters to police personnel godman whose genitals were cut off has strong links with hindu aikya vedi, an organisation close to the sangh jean drèze is an indian national, repeating a lie will not change the fact tavleen singh’s tweets about gorakhpur enrage yogi adityanath’s fans police complaint against rajeev chandrasekhar for fake tweet yet another news report based on “sources” denied by indian army did hizbul mujahideen commander zakir musa give barkha dutt a scooter ride? response by dr makarand paranjape to dr chinnaiah jangam’s rebuttal “are you stating facts, dr paranjape?” a brazilian bank robber’s beheading video viral as indian army jawan being beheaded who’s behind the fake news site hindutva.info? what is the secret of its popularity? to say that shashi tharoor copied the ‘farrago’ phrase is yet another exasperating farrago of distortions times now and hashtags, a case study of blatant media bias “are you stating facts, dr. makarand paranjape?”, dr. chinnaiah jangam presents his side of the story mistaken identity, this ankit bhardwaj is not a bjp member as aap alleged rti response from ministry of defence exposes ‘grandmaster shifuji shaurya bhardwaj’ hang rapists, but will it reduce rapes? indian media’s reluctant coverage of 2017 world press freedom index is a reflection of india’s low rank the link between arogya bharati, that promises genius babies, and the rss that opindia couldn’t find who runs the fake news website dainikbharat.org? let us find out. nexus between slaughter houses and ahmedabad based akhil bharatiya sarvdaliya gauraksha mahaabhiyan samiti uncovered bjp ministers, mps, mlas, spokespersons can’t stop gushing about the launch of arnab goswami’s republic tv polling app myvotetoday asks people as to who they want ‘slapped’ and ‘silenced’ shampoo over hijab? a parody video turns into an opportunity for right-wingers to mock muslims online sabotage: how the organized troll brigade has manipulated ratings of books on amazon india did aaj tak, india today, zee news, abp news, india tv, dainik jagran and sambit patra bluff about indian army retaliation? how fake news branded news laundry’s madhu trehan as a leftist for her non-existent comments on baahubali fake social media profiles with muslim identities to bolster bjp: case study 1 (gini khan – @giniromet) fearing protests, women made to part with their black dupattas at bjp yuva morcha event attended by gujarat cm uidai denies blocking anyone from their official twitter accounts in an rti response, twitter users call it a bluff how a fake isis threat was used to market pseudoscience victim’s sister arrested for the murder of an rss worker, bjp had blamed congress and ‘jihadist’ this man misuses pictures of women for political propaganda, pm modi followed him on twitter as a birthday gift debunking the false narrative around the impact of demonetization on naxal violence zaheer khan-sagarika ghatge engagement branded as love jihad by followers of zee news on facebook times now boldly questions home minister kanhaiya kumar and national security advisor umar khalid for the naxal attack in sukma how and why sections of indian media shied away from covering the 2017 time list of 100 most influential people rahul kanwal gets called out on his facebook page for posting personal pictures of rahul gandhi bjp asansol it incharge, postcard news spreading fake video in order to create communal discord in bengal hoardings and facebook post warning to kashmiris to leave uttar pradesh when it comes to trolling rana ayyub, any excuse will do babul supriyo wasn’t the first bjp big-wig who fell for whatsapp propaganda by bjp’s own cadre let the resounding slap by sonu nigam be a lesson right-wing website postcard news accused of issuing threats to fellow right-wingers who questioned them over porn advertisements muslim youth stay up all night to protect a newly born calf when animal welfarists refused to take responsibility 6 rapes, 11 molestations – yes, thats an average day in delhi twitter responds to communal polarisation with a beautiful trend inspiring religious oneness – #milesurmeratumhara “welcome to hindu rashtra” boards come up in ahmedabad snapchat, supermodel miranda kerr and snapdeal become victims of clickbait journalism and pseudo-nationalism retired lieutenant general hs panag abused by modi supporters, want him to be kicked, beaten up and humiliated revealed: frustrated indian authors need to go back to school to understand electrification data and night maps killing of one abu syed in bangladesh shared 37000+ times on fb as a hindu killed by muslims in west bengal gunda-raj: car labelled ‘noida general secretary, hindu yuva vahini’ runs over a bike, drags it for several metres bjp workers beat up a dalit youth who tried to garland ambedkar’s statue in baroda a bangladeshi video is being trended as a hindu being killed by muslims in nawada, bihar is “modi’s india” shining brighter in 2016 than in 2012 as dna claimed based on nasa pictures? india today’s aaj tak runs a fatwa as news that was declared fake by india today’s dailyo 18 months ago american comedian jeremy mclellan gets abused for calling out cow vigilantes, responds with comic savagery indian employed in uae fired for sexually abusive post against rana ayyub, bravo! what about others? 1 year after opting out, more than 1 lakh people across india have again started to avail lpg subsidy another ‘harthal’ embarrassment for kerala bjp, post-mortem report of bjp worker attributes death to high blood pressure politics of the cow – what emboldens the lynch mobs? yet another right-wing fake news site that makes money via porn ads, falsely targets cpi-ml leader kavita krishnan pm modi, cm raje get mocked for keeping mum about cow vigilante terrorism while tweeting about stockholm attack social media erupts after bjp leader tarun vijay’s racist comment – “we’re not racist, we live with south indians” 3 hindu men wanting to buy 5 cow heads at ‘any price’ scares the residents of birbhum, wb ten rss men arrested for murder of 17-year old former rss worker open letter from news anchor farah khan to gaurav sawant – when will you take off your saffron-tinted glasses? a person unrelated to ravish kumar is claimed to be his sister who’s been suspended due to corruption charges love jihad wall writings pop-up in various places in ahmedabad “if i win, i will start good slaughterhouses here”, says kerala bjp leader dalit man allegedly murdered for his “crime” of being romantically involved with a higher caste woman vadavali riots in gujarat – a fact finding report sakshi dhoni abused on sm for tweeting to minister regarding dhoni’s leaked details by an aadhar agency why is yogi adityanath always bald? abp news finds out in a breathtaking investigation did leo tolstoy say that hindutva will one day rule the world? fake nostradamus passages invented by francois gautier and published in toi, zee news, for modi publicity while researching a fake fatwa, i stumbled upon the dark alley of fake news industry swapan dasgupta’s u-turn, ‘desi’ aadhar that couldn’t be trusted prior to 2014 has become trustworthy in 2017 racial attack on people of african origin in greater noida, several injured in the mob-attack from ‘hitler with a tilak’ meme to a bengali poem critical of hardline hinduism, facebook is on a take-down spree financial express asks ‘anti-hindu’ kamal haasan to mind his ‘own’ religion, quietly changes the article later three rss men arrested for the murder of madrassa instructor in kerala toi declared najeeb as isis sympathizer on page 1, 75 word retraction that news was fake on page 5 modi supporter and opindia founder rahul raj (@bhak_sala) gets trolled endlessly for not being a fan of yogi adityanath bjp’s deputy mayor from kalyan has a scarily long list of criminal cases mission whitewash yogi adityanath: after rahul kanwal, it is gaurav sawant’s turn to normalise adityanath’s past hotelier allegedly attacked in the name of beef in jaipur watch: ‘plea for peace’ – a poem on the sorrow and shame that the tiranga feels rahul kanwal’s views on donald trump vs yogi adityanath – a textbook case of hypocrisy in a rally, adityanath says hindu-muslim cultures can never co-exist, co-speaker asks for raping of muslim women yogi adityanath: agar ek hindu ka khoon bahega, kam se kam 10 aise logon ki hatya karvayenge… watch: yogi adityanath’s hate speech – agar woh ek hindu to maarenge to 100 ko hum bhi… the story of yogi adityanath’s journey bjp mp manoj tiwari insults a teacher in public for asking him to sing timeline of activities of raza academy, the self-appointed ‘dharam ke thekedar’ bjp kerala general secretary openly advocates violence, clash between sfi-abvp students samajwadi party goons brutally assault poor women because they voted for narendra modi handia-varanasi six lane highway approved thrice in the past 5 years by 2 governments! did governmental regulations prevent rss from hoisting national flag for 52 years? you have to hear this heart wrenching yet powerful song on the practice of manual scavenging in india! now! in jharkhand, dalit man allegedly beaten to death by police for sprinkling colour on a chowkidar during holi journalism student receives threat calls for being a bjp critic; caller threatens to kill her muslim friends tajinder pal singh bagga appointed as delhi bjp spokesperson; a quick look at his career till now social media + anonymity – the double edged sword – arunabh kumar of tvf vs rohan joshi of aib 25 year old dalit mphil student from jnu commits suicide goa mla vijai sardesai who had called manohar parrikar a ‘dalal’ and a ‘dictator’ now wants him as the cm of goa woman in tears after losing a day’s wage to attend pm modi’s rally, was promised rs 400, paid only 150 woman sub-inspector thrashed for stopping ex-bjp mla and present bjp candidate chetram pasi’s son’s bike a grieving father was insulted and shooed away by jharkhand cm raghubar das busted: ‘true’ story by manish malhotra about modi working 18-20 hours a day video of karnataka bjp chief yeddyurappa making his supporters touch his feet goes viral dear rajeev chandrasekhar, the articles you wanted banned have been archived on a czech website. what now? army jawan’s video alleging ill treatment by senior officers goes viral; 5 jawans committed suicide in the last month while expressing support for hostel curfews, maneka gandhi stereotypes security guards as “bihari gentlemen with dandas” patidar youth from keshod, gujarat, welcome amit shah’s cavalcade with eggs and ‘haay haay’ slogans guatemalan mob lynching video passed off as one of marwadi woman being burnt alive by a muslim mob yet another hate crime in trump’s usa, a sikh man asked to “go back to your country” and then shot at in washington bjp supporters pass off a mexican stabbing video as one of rss member getting killed in kerala in indore, a farmer got paid 1 rupee for 50 sacks of potatoes, -773 for 108 sacks ‘unpolluted’ leaders from the sangh ecosystem boasting about riots, mass murder and more how the right wing machinery is circulating a fake video claiming it is gurmehar kaur drinking and dancing shoes thrown at gujarat home minister, multiple attacks on bjp leaders in gujarat in recent times a indian origin woman subjected to an abusive verbal assault on a train in new york observing communal harmony: remembering 15 years of the gujarat massacre do these plagiarized tweets by the phogats indicate their accounts are being used for bjp propaganda? in yet another case of abvp hooliganism, 2 abvp leaders arrested for assaulting aisa members from their crop to their huts, how much do the poor need to forgo to accommodate pm modi’s rallies? w*ore, b*tch, r*ndi, p*ostitute – indian right wing’s response to gurmehar kaur satinder awana, abvp’s ex delhi university students’ union president, caught threatening a female faculty on video safeguard students or troll them? minister of state for home, rijiju, makes the difficult choice of doing the latter. gurmehar kaur’s message of peace had 347 words. sehwag, randeep hooda and right-wingers read only 9 of those. gurmehar kaur, the daughter of a martyr, is getting rape threats from ‘nationalists’ for speaking against abvp video: a journalism student’s bold take on demonetisation govt’s lucky grahak yojana and digi-धन vyapar yojana website down for over 40 hours, has anyone noticed? a teacher in english department at ramjas college narrates the story of abvp’s terror braving sangh threats, kerala cm launches a scorching attack on rss in mangalore communal harmony meet video of abvp member diksha verma assaulting aisa president sucheta de goes viral, she’d earlier alleged molestation bjp mla rameshwar sharma’s slip of tongue, said “kashmir se kanyakumari tak pakistan ka naam-o-nishaan ho” media analysis: indian newspapers’ coverage of a hate crime in india vs one in the us, akhlaq vs srinivas nia probe contradicts pm modi’s claim that train derailment near kanpur had “isi link” we have killed many political opponents in the past, says bjp kerala general secretary k.surendran “this is the 29/10 bomber”, screamed hindustan times. court acquitted him 12 years later. media accountability? “get out of my country” – white man yelled, shot two indians, one dead, another critically injured ahmedabad municipal corporation officer manhandled, fed chillies, allegedly for demanding bribe official statistics contradict pm modi’s claim of more electricity being supplied on eid than diwali 8 bjp workers asked to quit on the basis of valentine’s day video that alt news shared people respond to modi’s attempt at communal polarization in uttar pradesh mlc prashant paricharak makes a shocking comment vis-a-vis indian army in a bjp rally govt to limit maternity benefit to first child only, budget allotted is grossly insufficient right-wingers target popular malayalam actor manju warrier for acting in biopic on writer kamala das when will pm modi’s misleading claims be fact-checked the way donald trump’s were in a press conference? kerala rss/bjp’s “love jihad help desk” – secret chats leaked 5 people including a bjp worker arrested for the murder of bjp yuva morcha worker, an attack which bjp had blamed on cpm activists dear bajrang dal walon, look at this cute valentine’s day celebration in a bjp office. make love, not war. bjp disowned their it cell guy after he was detained for running isi spy ring, here are 21 more things they have disowned in the past grand master shifuji: a fake soldier who fooled many emotionally foolish indians viral video exposes corruption in infrastructure industry in gujarat, one month old construction coming apart union minister ananth kumar and yeddyurappa caught talking about paying money to ‘high command’ in a leaked video bjp disowning isi spy was expected, but why is hyper nationalist media still silent rahul gandhi’s cavalcade passed hema malini’s meeting, media twists it as people waving bjp flags in his road show big boss contestant swamy om and his associate booked for ripping off woman’s clothes dalit, muslim families claim entire families struck off voters list bjym bhopal removes dhruv saxena accused in isi spying case from their website bjp it cell man dhruv saxena along with 10 others arrested for helping isi spy on army no, donald trump hasn’t asked people to vote for bjp bhu, now a rss laboratory, has become a hell-hole for female students in the underbelly of facebook is an organized propaganda for armed kashmiri separatism ani news misreports firecrackers as dynamite sticks in kollam fire, right wing rumour mills go to town with it