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 is gaining significant traction on various social media platforms. The video depicts a group of young individuals engaging in verbal and physical harassment towards a proprietor of a biryani establishment. Those who have shared this video assert that the biryani served at the shop was prepared using contaminated water from a drainage system(Gutter […]
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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 […]
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On October 6,2021, a graphic image of a woman on the ground along with a picture of a wedding card started to get circulated on Facebook and Twitter. Some posts included a picture of a girl posing as well. People claimed that this girl’s name was ‘Prerna Vyas’ and she was killed after being lured […]
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On September 27,2021, Rajat Mishra, a journalist at Sudarshan News posted a video claiming that a Hindu to Muslim conversion was taking place in Aligarh. In the caption, he claims that that the boy seen in the picture had been brainwashed into trying to convert other people from Hindu to Muslim. Being cognizant of the […]
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On August 30 and 31, 2021 many reports of Janmashtami processions in Kashmir were published by news media sites and on social media. Many reported this procession to be taking place for the first time in 32 years. Outlets such as News18, Zee news and Sudarshan News claimed this a triumph after the abrogation of […]
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Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now used an old report with an unverified claim and ran the story The news story On September 8, 2021, Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now channels ran a television segment on an incident that took place in Pul-e-Khumri district, Afghanistan. The news anchor proclaimed that 51 people were killed […]
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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