The creator confirmed to us that the video was created by taking inspiration from the original 3D animation movie of the Ram Temple. A video showing a three dimensional video of a grand temple with “Shree Ram Janmbhoomi” written on its entrance is widely circulating on social media with the claim that it shows the […]
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The video dates back to 2017 showing a thunderstorm in Canada and has no relation with Cyclone Asani. Cyclone Asani weakened to a cyclonic storm in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa without causing much property damage in the state. However, a video showing lightening striking a huge tree is widely circulating on social media showing the […]
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Muskan Khan’s father confirmed to Fact Crescendo that his daughter is absolutely healthy and alive. A video of a burqa-clad student named Muskan Khan shouting slogans of ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ went viral on the internet amidst the hijab controversy in March this year. Ever since the incident Muskan has been targeted with misinformation at several occasions. This […]
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The video dates back to June 2021 showing a storm in Srikakulam. It has no relation with Cyclone Asani. This year is going to witness its first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal region, which has been named Cyclone Asani by Sri Lanka. Asani is likely to trigger a spell of rain in the coastal […]
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Social media users shared an article from a satirical website believing it to be True. An image targeting pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s Vice President Rady Johnson is going viral on social media. Users claimed that Rady Johnson was arrested after Pfizer released a new set of documents about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Users claim that he was […]
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The video does not show a National Geography footage instead it shows a scene from a film named 5 headed shark attack from 2017. A video shows a group of people stranded on a yacht seeking help from a helicopter approaching towards them when suddenly a monstrous creature jumps out of the water, attacked the […]
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ASI Dhannaram sent us the images of his injuries and confirmed to us that he had suffered injuries on his head and hand during the communal clashes at Jalori Gate in Jodhpur. A video of a police officer tying a blood-stained handkerchief on his forehead is widely circulating on social media with a claim that […]
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The video has been digitally altered. The original video does not show the pigeon greeting back Russian President Putin. A video showing Russian President Vladimir Putin waving at a pigeon and the pigeon apparently saluting President Putin back is widely circulating on social media. Believing it to be real, users have been sharing this video […]
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This video does not show Chinese robots performing at Disneyland in Shanghai. A video showing an elegant Bharatnatyam performance by two dancers is widely circulating on social media with the claim they are Chinese robots at Disneyland in Shanghai. It is also said that the audience stood in a line to watch this performance for […]
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The viral image is edited. The image originally shows the British Empire’s Queen Elizabeth II honouring Sir Simon Russell Beale as Knight Bachelor and not a cat. An image showing the Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II honouring a cat is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the cat named Ruben is the first […]
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Murshidabad Police confirmed to us that the incident is not related to any love jihad incident. Both the accused and the victim belong to the Hindu community. A video showing a man stabbing a woman lying on the ground is widely circulating on social media with a narrative of Love Jihad on social media. Users […]
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The original image does not show Nehru’s framed photo in the background. An image showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sitting for a meeting is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that the room where PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were sitting had an image of Jawaharlal Nehru […]
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The viral video dates back to 2020 during the first phase of COVID-19 lockdown. The video shows police retaliating when attacked by a mob while enforcing lockdown restrictions in Bareilly. A video showing police assaulting people is widely circulating on social media with the claim that Uttar Pradesh police is beating up Muslim men who […]
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The image shows pop star Britney Spears dressed for her music video Toxic in 2004. An image of a woman dressed as a flight attendant is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the image dates back to 1914 showing the first female flight attendant for the Unites States’ first commercial airline flight […]
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The creators of the video confirmed to us that the video is not a real incident. They confirmed to us that they created the stage as well. A video showing a newlywed couple fighting each other on stage is widely circulating on social media as a real life incident. Users are sharing this video as […]
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The video dates back to April 2020 during the first phase of COVID-19 lockdown. The video is also not from Mumbai but from Howrah in West Bengal. Recently Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray had issued an ‘ultimatum’ of May 3 to Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government to ensure that all loudspeakers installed in Mosques are […]
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Udaipur police confirmed that the video shows a violent riot that broke out inside the Chirwa tunnel in Udaipur. A video showing a few people assaulting each other and bullet shots heard is widely circulating on social media with a claim that the video is from Jaipur’s Transport Nagar tunnel. Users claim that the video […]
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The Nandi idol was discovered after an excavation of the Sellandiamman Temple in Tamil Nadu in 2021. An image of the Hindu deity Nandi found buried near a religious structure is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the statue of Hindu deity was discovered after digging under a mosque. The caption of […]
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The video shows an incident in Tamil Nadu where students of two different colleges pelting stones at each other. Violence broke out in different parts of India during the Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, social media users shared several images and videos of this violence on social media. Amidst this, a video of a few […]
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The viral video has no relation to the ongoing loudspeaker controversy. The incident dates back to 2019 when the crowd chanted slogans of “Chowkidar Chor hai” as a counter-response to chants of “Modi Modi”. The statement by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray about removing loudspeakers from mosques by May 3 has caused quite […]
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Kacha Badam singer Bhuban Badyakar’s son refuted the viral claim. The man in the video is railway guard KK Murmu who works in trains operating along the states of UP and Bihar. A video showing a railway guard passing instructions on a walkie-talkie is circulating on social media with a claim that the video shows […]
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The image shows three sisters who cleared Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) examination in 2017. They did not clear the UPSC examination. An image of three sisters with their mother is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the three girls are sisters belonging to the Dalit community who have cleared their IAS examination […]
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The video has no relation with the recent communal violence in Delhi. Video shows a Qazi making inflammatory statements against a particular community, who was later booked by Dehradun Police. In Delhi’s Jahangirpuri two communities clashed with each other during celebration of Hanuman Jayanti. Following this incident, MCD ran bulldozer on alleged illegal encroachments in […]
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The image dates back to 2012 showing an incident of communal violence in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It has no relation with the recent communal clashes in Delhi. An image showing a group of people carrying swords in their hands is widely circulating on social media in the backdrop of the recent communal clashes in Delhi’s […]
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The video has no relation with the recent violence during Ram Navami celebrations in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The video shows the family of a COVID-19 deceased being escorted to a quarantine centre in Moradabad. A video showing police arresting a group of women is widely circulating on social media with the claim that these are […]
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TATA group did not transfer Swati Kovind to the ground department due to security reasons. She was deputed from the cabin crew to the ground department in 2017. An image showing two airhostess standing beside an Air India flight is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the image shows President Kovind’s daughter […]
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Amidst the recent Ram Navami celebrations in several states in India, a video showing a massive crowd gathered under an overbridge is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that the video shows massive Ram Navami celebrations held in Mumbai. The caption of the post reads, “Video from Mumbai Maharashtra on the occasion of Ram […]
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Mainpuri Police confirmed to us that the woman caught for illegal possession of a pistol did not belong to the Muslim community nor is she a teacher. A video showing a female police officer frisking another woman and confiscating a pistol from her jeans pocket is widely circulating on social media claiming that the video […]
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Uttar Pradesh Police confirmed to us that no such incident took place at Govardhan Parikrama Marg area recently. The image in circulation is from 2018. After the recent Uttar Pradesh Elections in 2022, bulldozer has become a regular sight in the state earning CM Yogi Adityanath the moniker of “bulldozer baba”. In the backdrop of […]
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Rajasthan Police clarified that the viral video is not from Karauli, Rajasthan. The video is old and the incident happened in Nizamabad, Telangana. Curfew was imposed in Karauli city of Rajasthan after communal tension broke out following stone pelting at a motorcycle rally passing through a Muslim-dominated area on Nav Samvatsar, the first day of the New […]
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The viral video is not from the Kashmir Files, but from another film named ‘Mudda 370 J&K’ released in 2019, also based on Kashmir. An 11-minute long video is widely circulating on social media with the claim that it shows the scenes from the film The Kashmir Files. Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files has […]
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The video does not belong to Karauli, Rajasthan and not related to the recent communal violence there. The video is of an incident that took place in Uttar Pradesh during a Hindu New Year procession. Curfew was imposed in Karauli city of Rajasthan after communal tension broke out following stone-pelting at a motorcycle rally passing […]
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This video is from Switzerland showing a clash between football fans in 2018. The video has no relation with West Bengal. A video showing a group of hooligans attacking cars on the road is doing rounds on social media. Users claim that this video is from West Bengal where the Rohingya Muslim community is not […]
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The image is digitally edited. The text has been added to the image; originally, the gate of Kejriwal’s house was only defaced with red paint. The Delhi Police arrested eight people for the vandalism of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. After this incident, an image showing red paint smeared on the gate of Delhi […]
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New York Times clarified that the image is edited and they have not reported anything as such. The image is shared mocking Arvind Kejriwal’s recent roadshow in Gujarat. After winning in Punjab, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann held a massive roadshow in Nikol, Ahmedabad on 2 April 2022. In the […]
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The video is old and shows an Israeli airstrike destroying a tower in Gaza in May 2021. It has no relation with the ongoing Ukraine Russia war. A video showing missile air strike on a huge multi-storeyed is widely circulating on social media with the claim that Russian launched three missiles to demolish the building […]
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The video is scripted and does not have any communal angle related to it. A video showing being inappropriately touched by a tailor during her measurements is widely circulating on social media with the claim a Hindu woman was molested by a Muslim tailor. A police officer later caught him when he tried to molest […]
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Delhi Police has clarified that there was an incident of massive fire at a wedding tent and not a blast at any CNG petrol pump in Rohini, Delhi. A video showing a huge fire is circulating on social media with the claim that a huge fire broke out at a CNG petrol pump in Rohini, […]
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The incident took place in 2020 in Barhet, Jharkhand. The police officer was later suspended. A video showing a police officer assaulting a woman is widely circulating on social media with the claim that Uttar Pradesh police assault women. Users have also tagged CM Yogi Adityanath to take strict action against these police officers. The […]
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The indecent has no relation with Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place in Pune, Maharashtra in 2019. A woeful video of a JCB running over a cow is widely circulating on social media as an incident that took place in Uttar Pradesh. Users are requesting CM Yogi Adityanath to take immediate action on the culprits. […]
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The video shows an accident from Orissa when a bus caught fire after coming in contact an overhead power transmission wire in 2020. The video has no relation with the political violence in Bengal. On 22 March, six women and two children, were burnt to death in the violence that erupted at Baktui village in […]
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The incident took place in Surat where two groups of people belonging to the Muslim community clashed with each other over some personal issues. The incident has no relation with the film the Kashmir Files. A video showing two men attacking a shopkeeper is widely circulating on social media with a claim that the incident […]
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The man in the video is Supreme Court advocate Bhanu Pratap Singh and he is not the owner of Himalaya. He gave this speech at an anti CAA protest in Delhi. A video of man giving a speech against Reliance, Jio, RSS and Baba Ramdev is being widely shared on social media with the claim […]
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The viral video is the trailer of “The Tashkent Files” directed by Vivek Agnihotri released in 2019. The film “The Kashmir Files” directed by Vivek Agnihotri has been among the top trends on social media and topic of discussion and debates on the mainstream media. The film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus […]
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Chandauli SP dismissed the claims as fake news and clarified that the video is indeed from Chandauli and some officers, on allegations of theft, assaulted the minors. Chandauli SP later suspended both the police officers. A disturbing video showing two police officers beating a boy mercilessly is widely circulating on social media with the claim […]
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The video is a software made recreation of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in March 2019. On Monday, 130 people lost their lives as a Boeing 737 plane of China Eastern Airlines crashed in the Guangxi region of China. In the backdrop of this, a 10-second video is widely circulating on social media that […]
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The video is available on the internet since 2019. The shooting of the film the Kashmir Files started in 2020 after the Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed. The film “The Kashmir Files” directed by Vivek Agnihotri has been among the top trends on social media and topic of discussion and debates on the mainstream media. The […]
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The video is old. It shows a procession led by AHP founder Praveen Togadia in 2018 demanding for the construction of a temple in Ayodhya before the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2019. After BJP’s win in Uttar Pradesh, a video is circulating on social media claiming a massive procession organized in Ayodhya demanding for a […]
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The claim made along with the video is misleading. The woman in the viral video lashed out at the director of the film Shikara in 2020. A video is circulating on social media in the backdrop of a recently released film named “The Kashmir Files” directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The video allegedly shows a Hindu […]
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This week, pictures of mass protests in the Northeast, especially Assam and other parts of the country, are being shared on social forums after the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed in both the Houses of Parliament. In the above picture that went viral on social media, we can see the gathering of people from […]
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