The Verdict: [False] The viral video depicts staff from Green Aronno Park attacking a visitor’s car in Bangladesh in February 2024. It is unrelated to West Bengal or TMC. What is the claim? Social media users have shared a viral video depicting a group of men shouting at passengers inside a car, claiming it…
Fact Check: An old video of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray calling Rahul Gandhi nalayak (useless) and saying that he should be beaten up is viral online with social media users sharing it as a recent one. BOOM found that the claims are false, the video is from 2019 before Thackeray and Gandhi became…
Fact Check: Several social media posts claiming that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has apologised for his party’s pre-poll promises of Rs 8,500 per month to the poor families, and Rs 1 lakh remuneration (Rs 8,500 per month) for one-year apprenticeship to youths, are being widely shared after the opposition coalition lost the recently concluded Lok Sabha…
Fact Check: Social media users widely shared a photo of a group of security personnel examining a bus, with the claim that 10 Indian army soldiers were killed in the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi. The PTI Fact Check Desk found in its investigation that the attack claimed lives of nine pilgrims,…
Fact Check: The results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were announced on June 4, 2024. The BJP emerged as the single largest party, securing 240 seats. The BJP-led NDA coalition got 293 seats and formed the government on June 9, 2024. Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for the…
लोकसभा चुनाव में बीजेपी उम्मीदवार की जीत का सबसे कम अंतर 1,587 वोटों का था, जो सोशल मीडिया पर बताए गए ‘500’ या ‘1000’ के अंतर से कहीं ज़्यादा है. दावा क्या है? 2024 के लोकसभा चुनाव के नतीजे घोषित होने के बाद, सोशल मीडिया पर दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारतीय जनता पार्टी…