More than a month after this incident, Assam’s chief minister called the flooding in Silchar a “man-made” disaster. Several media outlets then added an anti-Muslim spin.

Violence broke out in the Shivamogga district as the row over hijab spread. But the claim that a mob of saffron-clad students removed the national flag is untrue. The flagpost was empty.

A YouTube channel called 'Aayudh' uploaded an “exposé” video insinuating that eight students who worship Hindu gods were made to partake in a sacrament, a Christian religious ritual, in the school.

A similar claim was earlier viral in which a fake tweet showed Yadav promising the re-construction of the Babri Masjid on land allocated for the Ram Mandir if SP is voted to power.

The claim that Shah Jahan chopped the hands of those who built the Taj Mahal is a well known urban myth. However, it's being used by news channels to compare PM Modi with Mughal rulers.

BJP legislators and other rightwing leaders all tweeted photos of the Srisailam dam, claiming it was part of a project inaugurated in UP by PM Modi.

Several news outlets and prominent persons, however, claimed as much without fact-checking.

On July 15, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects in UP and praised chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s governance.

Document handed over by embattled UP chief minister still carries Harvard logo even though institute publishing the report had removed it since it was improperly used.

Several on social media shared images claiming a man was beaten for attending a Muslim wedding in Kerala. The man was an actor and had makeup on for a fictional TV series.

The role played by social media in inciting violence comes under the scanner once again in this investigation of a man who published provocative posts on Facebook during the riots.

The viral image of two alleged party members burning the Indian national flag is doctored, finds Alt News. The flag was Nepal's.

The report, complied by Delhi-based NGO Call for Justice, not only carries debunked misinformation but is one sided and uses dubious sources.

A map of India which compares Indian states with various countries on the basis of the population has gone viral.

The message claims that the Centre is monitoring all forms of online and telephonic communications and asked people to not forward messages related to politics or religion.

There has been an increase in misinformation targeting the Muslim community since the Nizamuddin Markaz emerged as a coronavirus hotspot.

Several right-wing media websites shared the viral image of the minor claiming that she was found in the drain near Hussain’s house. An Alt News factcheck found otherwise.

The image is being shared to bolster claims about the oppression of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

A large section of them was anonymous users followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many were BJP office-bearers.