Politics

Fact Check: Did EVM Counts Exceed Votes Polled in Varanasi in 2019? Revealing the Truth

India is getting ready for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, but the spread of fake news on social media sites is a big problem for the political process. In answer, Fact Check made a
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Fact Check: Did Actor Ashutosh Rana Urge Voting for BJP? Here’s the Reality

Every day, fake news quickly spreads on social media sites, making people think things that aren’t true. These stories can be about any ongoing debate, the news, politicians, or regular people. Users who don’t know
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Fact check: AI-Generated Video Falsely Depicts Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal ‘Singing in Jail

A video with several pictures of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the sound of a Hindi song is going around on social media. What does the video show? It has several still pictures of
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Fact Check: Misleading Attribution of Old Photos to Opposition Rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections were set to happen in several stages from April 19 to June 1, 2024. On March 31, 2024, leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc held a “Loktantra Bachao” gathering at
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Fact Check: False Claims Surrounding Narasimha Rao Bharat Ratna Image in Connection with Congress President

A picture from the 2024 Bharat Ratna ceremony was shared on social media with the claim that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge did not clap when PV Narasimha Rao’s son took the award on behalf of
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Fact Check: Misleading Claim Regarding Home Minister Amit Shah’s Remark on Mukhtar Ansari

What is the claim? People are spreading a video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in which he is said to have admitted to “killing” Indian politician-turned-gangster Mukhtar Ansari at a public gathering. Ansari is
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Fact Check: Election Commission Did Not Remove AAP’s Poll Posters, No, It’s False

What does the claim say? Online, a video shows a man on a moving truck taking down banners from an electricity post. He says that he followed the Model Code of Conduct by removing the
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Fact Check: Does Viral Pic Show People Protesting Against Delhi CM Kejriwal’s Arrest?

There is a lot of news on social media sites very quickly, which often leads to the spread of fake information. Another bit of news going around on platform X with a picture says that
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“No Vote to BJP” Videos on Social Media: Old Footage Unrelated to 2024 Elections

People are asking people not to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party in two videos that are going around social media before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The videos show several people holding up and
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Fact Check: Congress Didn’t Wave Pakistan Flags in Kerala Rally: 2019 Video Shows IUML Flags

A video going popular shows people marching through the streets with green flags that have a moon and stars on them. The video is said to be from a Congress election campaign in Thrissur, Kerala.
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