The government has dismissed a video that has gone viral on social media, which claims in its thumbnail that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a nationwide lockdown. The video also claims that the country is facing a major crisis, forcing people to stay indoors. The Fact Check Unit of...
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Indore, March 23 Five unidentified social media account operators were booked on Monday for circulating a fake video on Instagram, claiming a scuffle at Punjabi singer Karan Aujla's recent event in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.The video was shared with the claim that a fight...
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Mathura, March 21 – The Mathura Police issued a clarification on Saturday, dismissing rumors circulating on social media that linked a fatal road accident in the Kosikalan area to alleged cow smuggling.According to the police, Chandrashekhar, also known as Farsa Baba, died in a road accident...
Puducherry, March 11 The Puducherry government said on Wednesday that there is sufficient stock of domestic LPG cylinders in the Union Territory and urged the public not to believe rumors of shortages.The Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs of Puducherry, in a statement, warned...
New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the FIRs filed in different states against a woman, accused of sending emails threatening blasts, including one at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, to Karnataka.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was informed...
The government has denied a social media post claiming that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting an investment instrument that offers returns of 10 lakh rupees per month on an investment of 22 thousand rupees. The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau has labeled...
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Srinagar, March 3 National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu were booked on Tuesday for allegedly circulating misleading content on social media platforms."Acting on credible information regarding the circulation of false, fabricated, and...
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Srinagar, March 3 A case has been registered against several media outlets and individuals here on Tuesday for allegedly circulating misleading information with the intention of inciting unrest in connection with the protests against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
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Srinagar, March 3 – Police in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, announced on Tuesday that they had registered a First Information Report (FIR) in response to deliberate, false, and fabricated information intended to mislead the public.The Srinagar Police have taken serious notice of the deliberate...
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Bengaluru, February 21 In a significant development in a cyber defamation case involving social activist Snehamayi Krishna, police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly circulating fake documents and a fabricated audio clip targeting a senior KAS officer and former MUDA Commissioner D B...
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Bengaluru, February 21 In a key development in a cyber defamation case involving social activist Snehamayi Krishna, police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly circulating fake documents and a fabricated audio clip targeting a senior KAS officer and former MUDA Commissioner D B Natesh...
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Patna, February 19 – The Patna High Court has issued notices to 42 MLAs of the Bihar Assembly in response to a petition that accuses them of submitting false information in their election affidavits and cites alleged irregularities in the voting that occurred during the assembly elections...