Suresh Chavhanke, Editor-in-chief of Surdarshan News in one of his shows alleged that Influencer Kamiya Jani is a Beef-eater and a Muslim, calling her visit to the Jagannath Temple an act of Infiltration and demanding a legal action against her. Fact-Check To verify the claim about Kamiya Jani, the DFRAC team ran a keyword search […]
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A video with disturbing images of a woman’s brutal murder is going viral on social media with Sudarshan News’ watermark. Suresh Chavhanke, the Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan News, shared the video and wrote, “She used to say my Abdul is different… Mother and father didn’t teach him, didn’t listen to friends, all Abduls are from the […]
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Since 1964, every year on November 14, the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is celebrated as Children’s Day all over the country. This year it was not celebrated as Children’s Day on social media especially on Twitter, but some mischievous accounts dubbed it as #ठरकी_दिवस. They used this hashtag along with some […]
Continue ReadingFamed separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away at the age of 92 on September 1, 2021. He advocated for Kashmir to be separated from India and faced a lot of flack from the right wing community in India. Upon his death, several memes and messages were posted on social media. Some celebrated his […]
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On July 28, 2021, three hashtags were trending on Twitter. These three hashtags were #सुदर्शन_एक_बाप_की_औलाद_नहीं (Sudarshan does not have a father), #सुदर्शन_गद्दारों_का_बाप_है(Sudarshan is the father of all traitors) and #ArrestSureshChavhanke. These hashtags were all trending simultaneously with various heinous comments made on the TV channel Sudarshan News and its owner Suresh Chavhanke as people accused […]
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