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Sunday, September 14, 2025
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Topic: fake news

Fact Check: Modi didn’t post about people ‘voting for INDIA in record numbers’. His X post said ‘NDA’

Screenshot of an X post by PM Modi was digitally altered to make it look like he wrote about people voting for opposition’s INDIA alliance in first phase of Lok Sabha elections.

Fact Check: Ex-HDFC chairman’s praise for BJP manifesto came in run-up to 2014 Lok Sabha polls

Quote attributed to Deepak Parekh in the screenshot now going viral summarises a piece he wrote for Times of India in 2014, in which he called the manifesto 'extremely detailed document'.

Fact Check: Rahul didn’t promise Rs 1 lakh to all youth, video of his original speech was clipped

Video is being shared with claim that he promised to credit money to youth 'who spend hrs on social media'. In original speech, he was referring to Congress's ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ scheme.

Fact Check: 2022 video of Allu Arjun shared with false claim that actor is campaigning for Congress

Video is from 22 August, 2022, when the actor participated in annual India Day parade in New York, serving as grand marshal to commemorate 75th anniversary of India's independence.

Fact Check: Dhoni’s selfie not about Congress. Photo from 2020, celebrating IPL team’s X following

Photo of MS Dhoni being shared online with claim that it shows him urging people to vote for Congress. Photo's from 2020 when he celebrated Chennai Super Kings reaching 6 mn followers on X.

Fact Check: Video of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav calling Congress a ‘chalu’ party is from 2023

Video of Akhilesh urging people to not vote for Congress is from last year when the SP chief attacked Congress over seat distribution issues among INDIA bloc partners.

Fact Check: BJP leader given garland of shoes while on campaign trail in 2018, not for 2024 LS polls

Video doing the rounds on social media is from January 2018, when Dinesh Sharma, BJP candidate contesting Dhamnod civic elections in Madhya Pradesh, was campaigning in the area.

Fact Check: Image of pre-poll survey predicting lead for INDIA alliance in 10 states fabricated

The image shows front page of newspaper carrying survey by Dainik Bhaskar & Nielsen with claim that INDIA will have lead in Kerala, TN & other states. Dainik Bhaskar says image is 'fake'.

Fact Check: Viral clip of Modi & Yogi in UP shows a candid moment between them, not PM’s ‘anger’

The full video of the public meeting held in UP's Pilibhit, as part of BJP's campaign for LS polls, shows Modi didn't insult Yogi Adityanath, was directing him towards podium.

Fact Check: Congress has not promised to uphold Article 370 or abolish CAA in its 2024 manifesto

Screenshots of breaking news alerts from 2019, saying the party made such promises, including reduction of CRPF in Kashmir & amendments to AFSPA, are being shared as linked to 2024 polls.

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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.