2019 has commenced with controversy targeting ‘pliability’ of media in regards to their coverage of Indian politicians. Photo Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modirahul.jpg A controversial statement by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in which he criticised journalist Smita Prakash, the editor of news agency ANI for her interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1st January 2019. In the […]
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Recently on various WhatsApp groups an article published by The Hindu is being shared: NARRATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA This message and article is being shared a lot and slowly becoming viral on WhatsApp groups and social media due to a simple fact that any news in which government controlled electronic surveillance is highlighted, creates concern […]
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Recently, a WhatsApp message in Hindi, has been shared on various WhatsApp groups in reference to the gruesome shooting in busy market in Gurugram, Haryana on 13th October 2018, wherein a police constable (PSO) shot the wife and son of an Additional Session Judge. This message is spreading a misleading & false narrative. NARRATIVE ON […]
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Two Images, in particular, one showing Mahatma Gandhi dancing and the second claiming to be the real photograph of Godse shooting Gandhi surfaces mainly during both Birth and Death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi for the past few years. Image one is being shared on various different social platforms claiming it to be Mahatma dancing with […]
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Recently, a huge controversy erupted when someone shared a photoshoped picture of PM Modi wherein he is seen allegedly painting the word “LIAR” on the forehead of his wax statue. NARRATIVE IN SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter user @divyaspandana on 1:35 AM(IST) on 24th September 2018, tweeted the following tweet with the #ChorPMChupHai. #ChorPMChupHai pic.twitter.com/Bahu5gmHbn — Ramya/Divya […]
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NARRATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Recently on various social media handles, a story of 2 Dalit students being killed in Islampur , West Bengal is being circulated with videos, gruesome & bloody pictures and inflammatory texts. ममता बनर्जी सरकार में पुलिस, स्कूल की वर्दी पहने, पीठ पर स्कूल का बस्ता डाले, निहत्थे 14-16 साल के विद्यार्थियों […]
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On 17th September 2018, Indian Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressed Congress workers in Bhopal during Congress Sankalp Yatra, Post his address, Amit Malviya who is In-charge of BJP’s National Information & Technology tweeted a video of the address https://twitter.com/amitmalviya/status/1041737709994364928 Tweet specifically alleges that Congress President goes blank when asked about his Kailash experience; also it asks […]
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Sanjay Nirupam, President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee posted a tweet showing PM Modi allegedly eating a ‘heavy meal’! He also commented in Hindi on that tweet: “न खाऊंगा ना खाने दूंगा” which can be translated to mean: “I won’t eat, and I won’t let others eat”. This is a dig at PM Modi’s famous […]
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On 2nd September 2018, late evening a viral message has started doing rounds on various Indian Social Platforms, where Delhi’s historic Akbar Road has been renamed as Atal Road. The message was received as a whatsapp forward, FactCrescendo investigated and found that though the attempt was made by some Deepak Sharma, who in past had […]
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Recently on various social media sites and WhatsApp, a video is being forwarded where a man is beating an alleged Naga Sadhu. This video is accompanied by the following text: देहरादून में एक मुसलमान लड़का ,नागा साधु को बुरी तरह पीट रहा है ,जब लोगों ने आपत्ति की तो वो पुलिस से बचने के लिए […]
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With voter list being updated across Uttar Pradesh, just before the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Ballia District in U.P has baffled everybody with their results. After the above two pages got leaked, the officials in the state faced some tough questions on the carelessness & mocking of the electoral system. Actress Sunny Leone, an […]
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Social Media platforms had a good laugh when a picture of Indian Prime Minister & Uttar Pradesh chief minister with garlands on their respective photo’s hung at U.P’s Bulandsehar nagar Palika office wall went Viral, garlanding photos is a general norm to adorn & showing respect to the deceased people. The person chairing the meeting […]
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The latest picture shared widely on social platforms is of a young girl in school uniform sobbing uncontrollably while meeting an old lady. The story has moved many to tears, is though a true one but is a decade old, this picture was taken on September 12, 2007, by photojournalist Kalpesh S Bhachech, his […]
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A picture of S.Gurumurty, the newly appointed non-official director of RBI and a RSS member is doing round on the social platforms stateing his comment on the recent kerla floods, according to the picture circulated its claimed that Mr. Gurumurty has stated that because supreme court of India has recently permitted women to enter Sabrimala […]
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The Fake story was first published on Fault News which describes itself as a satire news portal. “In a shocking yet unfortunate incident, a man has drowned and died after he allegedly refused to wear a life jacket offered to him by the rescue team. It was revealed that the only reason that the man […]
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Maharastra’s Aurangabad Municipal Corporation witnessed a violent house on Friday morning when All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator of Aurangabad Syed Matin was beaten up by Shiv-Sena & BJP Corporators. It all started when Shiv Sena Corporator Raju Vaidya in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation moved a motion to pay tribute to Bharat Ratna and BJP Pioneer […]
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Image Source courtesy: @DhrumilBJP on Twitter. Great Repartee, Excellent Statesmen, Bharat Ratna “Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee” breathes his last at AIIMS Delhi. A Heartful Shrandjali from all of us at Factcrescendo to our gracious leader. Highlights of his work during prime minister was commendable, during his tenure as P.M-The Golden Quadrilateral Program, Pokhran Blast, GDP […]
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