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An alleged video of a police officer shooting a couple in daylight is going viral on social media. The video has been shared multiple times on all social media platforms. Digiteye India team also received the video for fact-checking on its WhatsApp helpline number. The video shows a young man arguing with a police officer. Matters escalate and the officer ...

A screenshot of a tweet allegedly by Rahul Gandhi is doing rounds on social media. Digiteye India Team also received the screenshot for fact-checking on its WhatsApp fact check number. The tweet allegedly by Gandhi reads “Schools and colleges should reopen from 1st June on odd/even basis. Odd days teachers will come and even days, students will come”. This alleged ...

An image of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah wearing white Muslim prayer caps has gone viral. The image shows them in white clothes wearing kufi. DigitEye India also received the image for fact-checking. The image is accompanied by a caption in Hindi which loosely translates to “What made you wear the cap? Is this the craze to win a rule ...

A video is being shared on social media about a brawl which the caption claims was that of farmers thrashing Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn for his support to farm laws. पंजाब में भाजपा विधायक के साथ हाथापाई के बाद आज दिल्ली में एक्टर #अजयदेवगन के साथ जमकर हुई मारपीट! ऐसा दावा फेसबुक पर एक व्यक्ति ने इस वीडियो को शेयर ...

Following controversial remarks made by new Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, a picture has surfaced on social media, especially on Twitter and WhatsApp showing him with his teenaged daughter. The image carried Rawat’s criticism of ripped jeans. Below that showing the picture of his daughter Lokanksha Rawat, but wearing short jeans. The picture appeared in many websites earlier. The ...

A video of a madrasa teacher has been going viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms bringing many parents to tears as it shows how a minor boy was being beaten up mercilessly. It has elicited outrage on social media alike. मदरसा | मौलवी | हिंदुस्तान? pic.twitter.com/YKddJYx9US — #SurgicalStrike 2.0 (@SurgicalWay) March 12, 2021 However, the Twitter claim with ...

Social media, especially the Twitter is abuzz on Sunday with congratulations pouring in for Patanjali business group known for Ayurvedic medicine among others. The tweet stated that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Patanjali’s ‘Coronil’ as medicine for the coronavirus. The claims in question can be seen below. It states: “Patanjali has made history in the field of Ayurveda ...

A video of massive snow rock falling down from a mountain with a claim that it was after the glacier bust in Chamoli, Uttarakhand is going viral ever since the tragic glacier burst on Feb. 7, 2021. The caption in Hindi said, “Video of glacier breaking off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli” and the sound of onlookers yelling with fear is also ...

Again an image of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers carrying relief supplies in Uttarakhand is being circulated on social media with a claim that they are helping people in the recent Uttarakhand glacier burst tragedy. It was used in the context of a glacier melt in Himalayas, flooding has washed away many people and wreaked havoc in the hilly terrain ...

A message on Twitter and Facebook started claiming on Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 that 200 policemen in Delhi have tendered mass resignation in support of protesting farmers, soon after the reported clashes between farmers and police on Republic Day. Farmers’ agitation has been going on along Delhi’s borders for over two months demanding repeal of three contentious farm laws. The ...