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The videos show murders committed as part of disagreements and gang wars and not over a linguistic dispute between two states. Additionally, the Tamil Nadu police have dismissed alleged attacks on migrants as false and baseless rumors.
While sharing this video, people on social media claimed that UP CM Yogi Adityanath applied ashes from the funeral pyre of a police constable who was martyred after being injured in a fatal attack on Umesh Pal. The Logical Indian Fact Check team verified the viral claim.
A poster by the Congress party is being widely circulated across social media. The poster is being shared with the claim that the party is asking for votes to ensure freedom to consume beef in Kerala.
A video of Uddhav Thackeray discussing martyred soldier 'Aurangzeb' has surfaced on the internet, with the claim that he called Mughal emperor Aurangzeb a martyr. The Logical Indian Fact-Check team verifies the claim.
A photo has gone viral on social media, claiming that the two people in the photo have confessed to 'Barber Jihad' in Mumbai. The viral claim was verified by the Logical Indian fact-checking team.
The queue was likely due to the Al Ain branch being transferred to the Bank's Abu Dhabi branch in UAE.
A disturbing video of a girl with blood on her face is being circulated with the claim that the girl was attacked for not fully covering her head with a hijab in Iran.
A letter referring to a 'misery tax' allegedly imposed by the Centre talking about a five per cent tax on healthcare in the recent budget is going viral across social media. The Logical Indian Fact Check team verifies the claim.
A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi giving a speech has gone viral on social media, prompting accusations that he does not understand the meaning of Satyagraha.
A video showing Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel garlanding Congress leaders is being shared with the claim that Baghel welcomed party leaders with gold chains during the Congress' 85th plenary session in Raipur.
We found that the claim of 6,500 Malaysians being converted to Hinduism is false. Moreover, the image being shared in this context dates back to at least April 2019 and is not from any recent conversion event.
A video has gone viral on social media, claiming that Muslims are inciting violence against Hindus in Bihar. The Logical Indian Fact Check team verified the viral claim.
We found that the video shows an incident that took place in Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan. A man named Ismail, a resident of Orangi town, savagely beat his 8-year-old son. No communal angle is involved in this case.
The video is being shared with the claim that Rohingya-Bangladeshi infiltrators are being treated favorably by the Delhi AAP government led by CM Arvind Kejriwal. The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim.
Ashok Gehlot did meet the family members of Junaid and Nasir, as per media reports and the tweet posted on the Rajasthan CM’s Twitter account. Both Junaid and Nasir's family members met Gehlot on February 18, 2023.
A disturbing video of a man being brutally beaten up by a group of men has gone viral on social media. While sharing this video, people on social media claimed that some Muslim fundamentalists attacked a temple priest and his family who were preparing for Mahashivratri at Selaswar Mahadev Temple in Dudu, Rajasthan.
We found that The Kashmir Files was awarded the ‘Best Film’ award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival held recently which is different from the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award bestowed by the Indian Government.
A notification about tracking Punjab government employees' social media accounts for posts critical of the government or its policies has been widely circulated on social media. The post is being shared with the claim that the CM Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab issued the notification for its employees in the state.
A set of images showing a defaced statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is going viral across social media. The image showing a damaged statue of the Bengali poet is being shared with the claim that “extremists” defaced the statue of Tagore.
Our investigation shows that the video is of Varanasi flyover accident case of 2018, in which a portion of a flyover collapsed, leading to the death of 19 people. It has nothing to do with the recent Delhi Metro incident.
A Twitter user shared the newspaper clipping of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk to a deity with the caption,"Hey, God.!!! Modi ji, now tears come from my eyes seeing such pictures...What did you do with this.?? As soon as Article 370 was abolished, their world changed. Om Namah Shivay."
We found that the accused is from the Hindu community, and no communal angle was involved in this case.
A news story has gone viral on social media, claiming that the Uttar Pradesh government has created jobs for cannabis smokers with salaries of more than Rs 80 lakh. The Logical Indian fact-checking team verifies the viral claim.
In the original video, Delhi CM Kejriwal criticized PM Modi and Amit Shah and didn't sympathize with Pakistan.