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Fact-checker: Video showing Yogi Adityanath distributing cash to people is old, taken out of context ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The video is old and has been taken out of context and is being shared again to allege possible 'cash for votes' scam, ahead of the general elections.

Fact-checker: No, Pakistani flags weren't waved at Rahul Gandhi's roadshow in Wayanad

The flags waved were not those of Pakistan but of Kerala-based Muslim party The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). IUML is one of the six parties in the United Democratic Front alliance, which includes the Congress party.

LS polls fact-checker: Photo of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a cross is fake, digitally manipulated to give communal twist

A picture of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a cross across her neck during a public rally had gone viral recently, with many social media users calling her out for 'hypocrisy' for bearing a Christian symbol while being a Hindu by birth. However, after doing a reverse Google image search, various fact-checking websites fond out the image to be morphed.

'No big communal riot' in past 4 years, claims BJP: Data shows 389 dead in over 2,000 incidents since 2014

Uttar Pradesh — India’s most populous state — reported the most communal incidents (645) over the last four years, followed by the ninth-most populous, Karnataka (379), and second-most populous, Maharashtra (316).

Centre celebrates Gandhi Jayanti, but Modi's pet Swacchh Bharat Mission marred by unverified claims

The World Bank has termed the scheme’s implementation as ‘moderately unsatisfactory,’ contrary to the findings of the autonomous government body Swacchh Sarvekshan.

Kerala political killings: Arun Jaitley’s claim of increased violence in state during Left rule is incorrect

Every time the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is in power in Kerala, there is an increase in violence, Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate affairs, Arun Jaitley, said on 7 August, 2017, during a press conference.