Fact-Check

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on the revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) applicable to popcorn, refuting reports that sugar-coated or caramel popcorns would be taxed at 18% under revised rates

The “29 seconds” narrative spread rapidly on X, but the Delhi High Court had reserved its detailed 133-page judgment on 9th July 2025, pronouncing it nearly two months later after extensive hearings and deliberations.

The truth is that house numbers are not allotted in many villages, and therefore, symbolic or notional house numbers are given to voters in the electoral roll.

The doctored video was widely shared by Pakistani propaganda handles on social media to mislead people and push an anti-India narrative.

Refuting The Wire’s propaganda, the Bihar CEO first detailed the scope of SIR in an X post on 26th August, and said that verification of 7.89 crore voters was conducted house-to-house by booth level officers.

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday was heard peddling lies on the Constitution of India, MK Gandhi and Nathuram Godse

The minister’s reply only reiterated ABC Rules and limited central support, with no mention of Supreme Court. Yet activists and media projected it as Centre backing dog lovers against the Court’s 11th August directive.

It, however, turns out that Rahul Gandhi’s claim is baseless. The Election Commission said that this person named Subodh Kumar is not a common voter, but he is a booth level agent (BLA) of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

The Election Commission often assigns 'House Number 0' or 'notional addresses' to include voters without well-defined or permanent residential addresses, such as homeless people.

Pro-Congress users have revived a debunked 2023 claim about Ramkamal Das’s “dozens of sons” to push Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” claim, ignoring that it stems from a legal Guru–Shishya tradition in which disciples record their Guru’s name in place of their biological father’s.