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Priyanka Gandhi campaign rally

Five Month Old Video of Priyanka Gandhi’s Nandurbar Rally Shared as Recent Wayanad Campaign

A video showing a crowd standing near a convoy of cars, cheering and waving Congress flags, is going viral on social media. It...

Modi opposing EVMs

PM Modi Did Not Oppose EVMs, Viral Video is Old And Edited

A video of PM Modi is going viral on social media, suggesting his opposition to EVMs. In the 30-second clip, PM Modi is...

Claim That Putin Didn’t Invite PM Modi for Joint Photo Session with Other BRICS Leaders Is False

Social media users shared a video from the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, showing heads of state from member nations participating in a...

Traders putting posters of 'Humari bhool, kamal ka phool.'

Five-Year-Old Video from Indore Showing Posters ‘Humari Bhool, Kamal ka Phool’ Falsely Attributed to Surat

A video is going viral on X, showing people putting up posters with the slogan ‘Humari Bhool, Kamal ka Phool’ (Our mistake, the...

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.

CEC Rajiv Kumar Didn’t Say ‘Haryana Has Given Their Answers’ on EVM Tampering Question

After the Haryana Assembly election results, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 out of a total of 90 assembly seats, the...

The Wire’s Founding Editor MK Venu Spreads False Claims of 19 Lakh Missing EVMs

On October 8th, the results of the Haryana Assembly elections were announced, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging victorious, defying all odds...

Misleading Claims by Reporters Collective and Congress on Maharashtra Power Contract

A recent report by the publication Reporters Collective alleges that the governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat, both states under BJP rule, have issued...

183 encounters in Uttar Pradesh

Analysis: Does Encounter Under Yogi Govt Target Marginalized Castes?

On August 28, at Bharat Ji Sarafa in Thatheri Bazar of the Chowk area in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, ₹28 crores were looted in...