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Centre Issues Guidelines To Crack Down On Misleading Ads By Coaching Centres
Under the new guidelines, coaching centres are prohibited from making false claims regarding courses offered, duration among others
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"Fake": Centre Rubbishes 'Secret Memo' On Indian Diplomats
External Affairs Ministry on Friday termed as fake a 'secretly issued memo' that has surfaced on social media and that falsely attempts to link Indian diplomats abroad with violent crimes.
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Case Against Tejasvi Surya For Misleading Claim Over Farmer's Suicide
The Haveri Police station in Karnataka registered an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya for a false claim that a farmer in the district died by suicide after having his land claimed by Waqf board.
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UP Man Poses As Army Officer, Demands Rs 50,000 On False Promises, Arrested
A man was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly posing as an Army officer and demanding Rs 50,000 from a person on the false promise of getting his family members released from prison, police said.
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How A Deleted LinkedIn Post Ignited Misinformation And Mass Unrest In England And Northern Ireland
The stabbings at a children's dance party on July 29 led to a wave of unrest fuelled by misinformation, particularly the false narrative that the suspect was an illegal migrant.
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Molestation-Accused Was Made To Wear Shoe Garland. 9 Years Later, A Murder
The accused said the victim had "falsely" accused him of molesting his niece and made him wear a garland of shoes.
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Jaya Bachchan's Mother Indira Bhaduri Not Dead: Sources Close To Family Confirm
Reports of Jaya Bachchan's mother Indira Bhaduri's death have been circulating. Now, sources close to the family have confirmed that this news is false
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"Goa Is Doing Fine": Mumbai Cop Debunks Claim About Ratan Tata's Dog's Death
Mumbai Police senior inspector Sudhir Kudalkar has debunked fake news which was making rounds on social media about the death of Ratan Tata's pet dog "Goa".
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"Congress' Politics Is Limited To False Promises": PM Modi At Haryana Rally
Amid the heated campaigning ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lambasted Congress for its politics of "false promises".
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Drunk Woman Handcuffed On Brazil Flight After Falsely Claiming Plane On Fire
A passenger, on board a Brazilian flight, had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat after she repeatedly screamed that the aircraft was on fire.
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Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
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Sitaram Yechury, Indira Gandhi, And JNU Students' Union: All About The Viral Image
Veteran CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, who died at 72 while receiving treatment for a chest infection, was misrepresented in a viral image that falsely linked him to the Emergency era.
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Kiren Rijiju Trashes Zakir Naik's "False Propaganda" Over Waqf Amendment Bill
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik of trying to mislead Indian Muslims and spreading "false propaganda" over the government's Waqf Amendment Bill.
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UP Jail Inmate Found Hanging In Prison, Woman Claims Husband Was "Killed"
Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.
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Bomb Threat Forcing Mumbai-Frankfurt Vistara Flight To Land In Turkey "Unfounded"
A bomb threat, which caused a flight operated by India's Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in Erzurum, eastern Turkey two days ago has turned out to be false, according to the local governor.
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Centre Issues Guidelines To Crack Down On Misleading Ads By Coaching Centres
Under the new guidelines, coaching centres are prohibited from making false claims regarding courses offered, duration among others
-
"Fake": Centre Rubbishes 'Secret Memo' On Indian Diplomats
External Affairs Ministry on Friday termed as fake a 'secretly issued memo' that has surfaced on social media and that falsely attempts to link Indian diplomats abroad with violent crimes.
-
Case Against Tejasvi Surya For Misleading Claim Over Farmer's Suicide
The Haveri Police station in Karnataka registered an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya for a false claim that a farmer in the district died by suicide after having his land claimed by Waqf board.
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UP Man Poses As Army Officer, Demands Rs 50,000 On False Promises, Arrested
A man was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly posing as an Army officer and demanding Rs 50,000 from a person on the false promise of getting his family members released from prison, police said.
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How A Deleted LinkedIn Post Ignited Misinformation And Mass Unrest In England And Northern Ireland
The stabbings at a children's dance party on July 29 led to a wave of unrest fuelled by misinformation, particularly the false narrative that the suspect was an illegal migrant.
-
Molestation-Accused Was Made To Wear Shoe Garland. 9 Years Later, A Murder
The accused said the victim had "falsely" accused him of molesting his niece and made him wear a garland of shoes.
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Jaya Bachchan's Mother Indira Bhaduri Not Dead: Sources Close To Family Confirm
Reports of Jaya Bachchan's mother Indira Bhaduri's death have been circulating. Now, sources close to the family have confirmed that this news is false
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"Goa Is Doing Fine": Mumbai Cop Debunks Claim About Ratan Tata's Dog's Death
Mumbai Police senior inspector Sudhir Kudalkar has debunked fake news which was making rounds on social media about the death of Ratan Tata's pet dog "Goa".
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"Congress' Politics Is Limited To False Promises": PM Modi At Haryana Rally
Amid the heated campaigning ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lambasted Congress for its politics of "false promises".
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Drunk Woman Handcuffed On Brazil Flight After Falsely Claiming Plane On Fire
A passenger, on board a Brazilian flight, had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat after she repeatedly screamed that the aircraft was on fire.
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Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
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Sitaram Yechury, Indira Gandhi, And JNU Students' Union: All About The Viral Image
Veteran CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, who died at 72 while receiving treatment for a chest infection, was misrepresented in a viral image that falsely linked him to the Emergency era.
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Kiren Rijiju Trashes Zakir Naik's "False Propaganda" Over Waqf Amendment Bill
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik of trying to mislead Indian Muslims and spreading "false propaganda" over the government's Waqf Amendment Bill.
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UP Jail Inmate Found Hanging In Prison, Woman Claims Husband Was "Killed"
Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.
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Bomb Threat Forcing Mumbai-Frankfurt Vistara Flight To Land In Turkey "Unfounded"
A bomb threat, which caused a flight operated by India's Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in Erzurum, eastern Turkey two days ago has turned out to be false, according to the local governor.
