Social Media Fact-Check

Pro-Congress journalist Mrinal Pande falsely claimed that when the armies of Mahmud of Ghazni attacked and plundered the Somnath Temple, its priests were sitting outside and singing Bhajans asking for Lord Shiva's blessings, even as historical sources document that priests and local Hindus fought bravely.

Amid caste discrimination claims in the IIT Bombay Sahil Wakode suicide case, Ambedkarite activists are recalling the 2023 Darshan Solanki suicide case and falsely alleging that Solanki committed suicide due to caste harassment.

Many so-called pro-Dalit voices on X claimed that Sahil Wakode was not using a mobile phone but a calculator.

On 8th September 2026, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj shared video in which a YouTuber claimed that the government was doing a ‘cover-up’ of the Satya Niketan building collapse incident, by installing barricades and jammers and deploying forces.

"The public is advised to verify information through authentic sources before sharing such claims," Delhi Police stated.

Numerous reels have been posted with the “Behti hawa sa” song from the 2009 film 3 Idiots. These reels are giving calls to “save” Phunsukh Wangdu (also spelt Phunsuk Wangdu) and to pressure the Central government into heeding Wangchuk’s demands.

In response to Zubair’s post, Northern Railway issued a clarification. It said that the Rudrabhishek puja ceremony was not performed in a regular passenger coach, but in a privately chartered saloon coach booked commercially via IRCTC.

On 8th July, Mohsin Kazmi from Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, who claims to be working at Jindal Steel in Odisha’s Sambalpur, uploaded a video on his Instagram page with more than 3 lakh followers.