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BJP's Sambit Patra accuses Congress of using "foreign influencers" to set
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Patra, multiple Congress leaders and the party's state accounts were showing their location outside India, however he also said that the location was changed after a while. He alleged that there are "Congress-backed influencers," and news organisations such as Caravan India m
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PIB busts fake news about airport entry ban
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Fact Check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has revealed that all social media posts claiming the ban of entry to airports across India are fake.
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PIB Fact Checker debunks fake DRDO letter alleging failure in BrahMos miss
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Fact Check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Thursday exposed a misleading letter which is being circulated online alleging a failure in BrahMos missile components.
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PIB Fact Checker debunks fake video claiming Pakistani strike on Amritsar
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Fact Check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has exposed yet another misinformation campaign by Pakistan-based social media handles, which are trying to blatantly hijack the narrative and distract from the on-ground reality.
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Claims of Pakistan destroying Indian Brigade HQ in retaliation for 'Operat
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In the early hours of Wednesday, India carried out its deepest strikes inside Pakistan's undisputed territory since 1971, according to CNN, successfully targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. This marks New Delhi's most significant military action within
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"Now govt to decide what is fake": Kapil Sibal Centre's notification
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Centre amid the controversy over its notification on Thursday to appoint a fact-checker to track fake news and have them taken down.
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BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa seeks probe against Zubair alleging attempt to
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjinder Singh on Monday sought a police probe into the role of fact checker Mohammed Zubair, alleging that his "screenshots" were used by Pakistani users to fuel a hate campaign and defame India as part of a "cons
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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair walks out of jail as SC grants bail
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday evening walked out of Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted him interim bail in all the FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh.
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UP court rejects bail plea of Mohd Zubair in fact-check case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 16 (ANI): A sessions court in Uttar Pradesh's Mohammadi on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a fact-check case.
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BJP's Nupur Sharma gets rape, death threats following 'fact checkers' twee
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Friday alleged that she has been receiving death and rape threats on social media after a "so-called fact-checker" circulated a heavily edited video from one of her recent debate on a TV channel
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Digital forensics report shows network of imposters in Pakistan pushing Pr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Reports by digital forensics and fact-checking center confirm that many imposters in Pakistan are using the digital platform to carry out Pro-China and Pro-Pakistan narratives through fake Twitter accounts.
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Fact-checker reveals Yasin Malik's 'proud' wife defames India by using fak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): With the agenda to fan the false notions about India and its administration, Pakistan has started using fake information to incite the people of Jammu and Kashmir and malign New Delhi's image in the international community.
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