A video is circulating on social media platforms where a mob can be seen pelting stones on a convoy in a hilly region. Users are claiming that these are Kashmiri people who are pelting stones on CRPF and CISF jawans in Kashmir, India. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is an […]
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Recently a video of two people running through a forest amidst heavy gunfire went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users claimed that the video shows terrorists in Kashmir being shot down by the Indian Army recently. Instagram Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was […]
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A video of a large number of Muslim people wearing religious caps, chanting slogans and holding banners went viral on social media with the claim that the video is from Bangladesh and the video shows a recent protest in Bangladesh against the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharing the video, a user […]
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Recently heavy rains triggered flash floods in several areas of Kashmir including Handwara and Kupwara. A video of people wading through flooded streets is going viral on social media claiming that to be from the recent floods in Kashmir. Facebook Link | Archived Link The same video was shared here too. Archived Link. However, as […]
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The set of images shows aftermath of an earthquake that jolted Pakistan on 24 September, 2019 An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on 21 March, 2023.As per USGS, the earthquake hit 40 km SSE of Jurm Afghanistan, at a depth of 187 kilometres.There was no immediate report of any […]
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According to a report, an earthquake measuring 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Kashmir a few days ago. The tremor of the earthquake was felt in Pakistan as well as many parts of North India including Delhi. In the backdrop of this, a video of a collapsed building is widely circulating on social media. […]
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India beat Pakistan by 4 wickets on Sunday in a match that put the audience on the edge of their seats. Virat Kohli emerged as the hero for India in the vicious contest between fierce competitors and arch-rivals that ended in a nail-biting finish, much to the joy of the Indian cricket fans. Following the […]
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The viral video is not related to the ongoing protest against the Agnipath scheme. It’s an old video from Kashmir. Indian Army has come up with a new recruitment scheme known as “Tour of Duty” or Agnipath scheme in which civilians can be inducted into Indian Airforce, Army or Navy for four years. It is […]
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A video of a group of men and women raising slogans and burning the Indian National Flag is doing rounds on social media platforms with a claim that these are foreigners, protesting against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad. Nupur Sharma had made a controversial statement about Prophet Muhammad during a […]
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Kashmiri Journalist Basit Zargar confirmed to Fact Crescendo that no such incident has taken place in Kashmir. The video is not from Kashmir. A distressing video showing few men lying on the ground, bleeding profusely and groaning in pain is widely circulating on social media as a group of Muslim boys from Rajasthan who visited […]
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The image dates back to 2017 showing the clashes between the student activists ofAISA and ABVP at Delhi’s Ramjas College. After several civilians were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been a tensed situation in the area. Amidst this, an image of a woman who is being grabbed by another woman during […]
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A picture of a Young Man being escorted by Police Officers is going viral on Facebook with Captions like stating that it is an image of late separatist leader from Kashmir, Syed Ali Shah Geelani when he was young. Multiple profiles and pages have been posting the same image and the posts have gone viral. […]
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India’s 74th Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August. In this context, a picture has been circulated on social media forums in which we can see the tricolor hoisted at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. This picture claims that the tricolor was hoisted on the occasion of the 74th Independence […]
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On 27th October 2019, a Facebook user named “Hummayu Basharat” posted a video, captioned “Atrocities on Kashmiri Muslims by the Indian Police”. In the video, we can see the police arresting some people after hitting them with lathi sticks. Sharing this video on social forums rapidly, it is being claimed that this video shows the […]
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On 28th August 2019 a Facebook user Aimim Varanasi shared a video in his post. In this video police are seen raiding the houses of some people. In the description of the post, it is written that, “Godi media is showing that people in Kashmir are at peace.” There are many types of claims on […]
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On 2nd September 2014, a Facebook user named “Khadim Raza” posted a video on Facebook that reads “Modi government is completely eradicating freedom in Kashmir. Today it is happening in Kashmir; tomorrow it will happen here too. Kadim Raza.” This video is being shared very fast on social media and it is being claimed that […]
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19th August 2019 a Facebook user named Sanju Jannat shared a video on Facebook. This video is made by adding different videos and 4 photographs. By watching the video we can make out that people are being tortured. It is written in the description of this post “situation of Kashmir and Kashmiris … don’t know […]
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On 17th August a Facebook user named Ik Tiger posted a video on Facebook. In this video the police were seen conducting lathicharge on protesters. The description of the post says: “Let the world see what @narendramodiGovt is doing in #Kashmir. The #Hitler from the East rises while the world sleeps. @realDonaldTrump should consider imposing […]
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On 13th August 2019 a facebook page named Hailey TV posted a video. It’s caption was “the last Dogra ruler in Jammu & Kashmir, the granddaughter of Maharaja Hari Singh. In the video, we can see a women talking about Kashmir. This video is being shared on the social media and it is being claimed […]
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On 7th August 2019, a Facebook user named Fakhir Ali Khan” posted a video and its heading was: “To liberate their land from India, hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri women protested in the streets of Kashmir yesterday shouting independence slogans”. One of the Kashmiris urged to “spread the video extensively to the entire world because […]
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On 6th August 2019, a video was posted on Facebook by a Facebook page named Free Indian Occupied Kashmir. In this video, at least 3-4 houses can be seen burning. It has been claimed that the Indian Army burned Kashmiri people’s houses in Bandi Pura, Indian Occupied Kashmir. Is it true? Let us do a […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Sakshi’ shared a post on 18 June 2019. Some demonstrators appear in the photo with Pakistan’s flags and a green banner in their hands, which says – WE DON’T WANT KASHMIR, GIVE US VIRAT KOHLI. The post quotes, “Kashmir or Kohli for Pakistan?” As we are aware that currently the ICC […]
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