A video showing Andhra Pradesh police beating devotees at the famous Tirumala temple in Tirupati has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook. The video, shared on Facebook, reached more than 10,000 and it was put out by a Facebook page of ‘Resurging Dharma’ with the claim that “Non #Hindu security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at #Tirumala, Save Tirumala. remove all ...
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Did PM appeal not to buy Chinese crackers this Diwali? Fact check
Apt for its timing, a letter claimed to have been written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing the rounds on social media urging citizens to buy only Made in India crackers for this Diwali. See the message below that has been widely shared on Twitter and Facebook: The text in image has no alignment, line space raising doubts if ...
Read More »Independence Day celebrated at Trafalgar Square? Fact Check
Every time we celebrate the Independence Day on August 15, invariably there will be many more claims that Indian Independence Day or Republic Day was celebrated by foreign countries too to claim that they observe it with admiration for India. The trend has been consistently witnessed on social media in the last ten years and Digiteye India had debunked it ...
Read More »BJP MP Vijay Goel uses wrong image on Art 370
Amid a hyped spirit over the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel from Delhi has gone a step ahead to put up a poster claiming it to be of a Kashmiri woman in support of it, just in front of his official residence. Later, he tweeted on August 8, taking an ...
Read More »Mythical bird Jatayu mentioned in Ramayan spotted in Kerala? Fact check
A video of a bird has been shared on Twitter and Facebook claiming that the bird was the revered mythological figure called Jatayu, and it was spotted at chadayamangalam, Kerala. In Ramayana, Jatayu (bird) tries to stop and fight Ravan who’s abducted Sita and taking her on his aeroplane to lanks. Rvana chops one of his wings and the fallen ...
Read More »Coconut oil protects humans from dengue fever? Fact Check
Dengue has been a regular occurrence in many parts of the country in July, including the capital Delhi which has reported many cases. As dengue cases hit headlines daily, so are the claimed remedies at home in India and among them one has come up with a suggestion that coconut oil is the solution. Such claims regularly appear during this ...
Read More »Is this ‘golden boy’ grandson of MK Stalin? Fact check
Recently, an image of a boy wearing golden jewellery around his neck and hands, is being shared on Facebook. The caption claimed that he was Tamil politician AIADMK chief MK Stalin’s grandson. Posted by Facebook user Tushar Natrajan, the image of the young man showing off flashy gold chains and other ornaments on Facebook page called ‘New India’. It has ...
Read More »Hyderabad MP Owaisi claims India Gate has Muslim martyrs’ names during freedom struggle; Fact check
Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM party chief Asaduddin Owaisi at a rally on July 13, 2019 said that Delhi’s India Gate has the names of 95,300 freedom fighters and out of which, 61,945 names are of Muslim martyrs. Here’s the video: While taking a jibe at RSS, Owaisi said out of all the freedom fighters’ names written on India ...
Read More »Telangana’s BJP MLA Raja Singh’s sister converted to Islam? Fact check
BJP MLA from Goshamahal in Hyderabad, T Raja Singh, is not new to controversies ever since he declared last year that those who have not attended any RSS shakha are not Hindus. This time around, a photo collage is spreading on social media with a claim that his sister Maya Devi has converted to Islam. The image is going viral ...
Read More »RMVM school fake video goes viral again, fact check
गुजरात के वलसाड के RM VM school Ka अध्यापक बच्चो की किस अंदाज में पिटाई करते हुए। pic.twitter.com/L9uRpwt7XE — Virendra bajad (@VirendraBajad) May 15, 2019 See the disturbing video above that has been going viral with the caption that reads:”आप के whatsapp पे जितने भी नंबर एवं ग्रुप हैं एक भी छूटने नही चाहिए, ये वीडियो सबको भेजिए ये वलसाड ...
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