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1<script>self.__next_f.push([1,"\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eFueling public interest and anticipation, several purported news outlets and social media accounts have recently been sharing an alleged news item, claiming that the central government has announced free travel for senior citizens across trains, buses, metro services, and even domestic flights.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eAs \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q8zI7Aw4oOuA6GMGSrGGUeA6N0HRrKzPVe-W0W77BjY/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eper the news\u003c/a\u003e, senior citizens will be able to avail of the travel benefits using government-issued identity cards, such as Aadhaar or Voter ID. This initiative aims to encourage travel among the elderly population and promote domestic tourism across the country, the purported report claimed, adding that in addition to centrally-operated railway services, the free travel facility will also be extended to state-run bus services across the country and, in the first phase, to Air India flights.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"665\" src=\"https://newschecker.dietpixels.net/2025/05/image-517.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050671\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eMany such reports can be seen\u003ca href=\"https://haematocon2023.com/free-travel-for-senior-citizens-from-june-15-trains/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e here\u003c/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https://ayaticolleges.com/free-travel-for-seniors/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e here\u003c/a\u003e and\u003ca href=\"https://www.nhcouncilonasd.org/free-travel-for-seniors/#goog_rewarded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFact Check/ Verification\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eA Google search using keywords such as \u0026#8220;senior citizens,\u0026#8221; \u0026#8220;free travel,\u0026#8221; and \u0026#8220;central government announcement\u0026#8221; did not yield us any relevant reports from credible news outlets.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eOn a close analysis of the website, we noticed several inconsistencies.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThere was no ‘about us’ section, nor a ‘contact us page’ on the site. The url does not end with gov.in as is typical for government websites.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe home page of the website postures itself as the official website of “Municipal Corporation Faridabad,” detailing all information on the municipal commission of Faridabad in a single page.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe website also carried other articles, pitched as news reports, on various subjects, as can be seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcfaridabad.com/alert-for-sbi-hdfc-and-pnb-customers-in-2025/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcfaridabad.com/epfo-revolutionizes-pf-access/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eWe also noticed that all articles were published in the name of one Catherine Johnson, and carried the image of a woman, supposedly Johnson. However, a reverse image search on Google revealed that the image was actually of Florence Colgate, a British student from Kent.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eAccording to the reports published by\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2132896/Florence-Colgate-Girl-Britains-beautiful-face.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Dailymail\u003c/a\u003e and\u003ca href=\"https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/27/does-this-woman-have-the-perfect-face/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Time.com\u003c/a\u003e, in 2012, then eighteen-year-old Florence Colgate, a student from Kent, England, was described as having the \u0026#8220;perfect face,\u0026#8221; with her features reportedly aligning closely with an international blueprint for ideal facial proportions—measuring optimal ratios between the eyes, mouth, forehead, and chin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"863\" src=\"https://newschecker.dietpixels.net/2025/05/image-518.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050685\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eWe then submitted a sample of the writeup to an AI detection tool by Grammarly, which revealed that the text on the alleged report was 100% AI generated.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"587\" src=\"https://newschecker.dietpixels.net/2025/05/image-519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050698\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eFollowing this, Newschecker submitted the link of the website on Scam Detector, a prominent online fraud prevention tool, which rated the website as “Questionable” and “Controversial” with a score of 36.7 out of 100.\u
1003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"220\" src=\"https://newschecker.dietpixels.net/2025/05/image-520.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050711\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u0026#8220;The Scam Detector website Validator gives mcfaridabad.com a low trust score on the platform: 36.7. It signals that the business could be defined by the following tags: Questionable. Controversial. Flagged.. We are confident about our score as we also partner with other high-tech, fraud-prevention companies that found the same issues. So, why this low score? We came up with the 36.7 score based on 53 aggregated factors relevant to mcfaridabad.com\u0026#8217;s industry. The algorithm detected possible high-risk activity related to phishing, spamming, and other factors noted in the Questionable. Controversial. Flagged. Tags above. Long story short, we caution you about using this website. But let\u0026#8217;s explain in more detail,\u0026#8221; the \u003ca href=\"https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/mcfaridabad-com-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ereview of the website\u003c/a\u003e on Scam Detector read.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eTo verify the claim further, we reached out to Diptimoy Dutta, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway, to inquire whether the central government has made any official announcement regarding free travel for senior citizens across all government-run transport services, including railways. He confirmed the report as fake.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe transport Minister of West Bengal, Snehasis Chakraborty also dismissed the report and said, \u0026#8220;Nothing like that is happening.\u0026#8221;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe report also mentions Air India by name. We have reached out to Air India authorities for clarification and their response, if received, will be included as an update to this report.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe fake report was also featured by a number of similar websites posing to be credible government platforms or news outlets, and matched word-to-word with the write-up on \u003ca href=\"http://mcfaridabad.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emcfaridabad.com\u003c/a\u003e, indicating a concerted push to spread fake information.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"537\" src=\"https://newschecker.dietpixels.net/2025/05/image-522.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17050737\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThere have been recurring instances of similar claims, stating that Indian Railways has introduced a new policy offering a 50% concession on train tickets for senior citizens. The Indian Railways discontinued senior citizen concessions in\u003ca href=\"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1607179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e March 2020\u003c/a\u003e as part of its COVID-19 safety and cost-control measures. The government has repeatedly clarified since, that due to financial constraints, there are currently no plans to reinstate these concessions. Furthermore, the IRCTC booking portal reflects this policy, as senior citizens are charged the same fare as general passengers. Notably, there was also no mention of restoring these concessions in the Union Budget for 2025–26.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eNewschecker has, in the past, fact checked similar attempts at misinformation, where fake websites of government entities or educational institutions are set up to spread false information regarding government schemes and projects, causing confusion among readers. One such instance can be seen \u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/fact-check/ai-deepfake/centre-slaps-occupancy-tax-on-tenants-no-such-fee-suspicious-website-shares-ai-generated-fake-news-report\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e, where a webpage posing to be that of an educational institution, falsely claimed that the government was planning to introduce an ‘occupancy tax’ for tenants. \u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/centre-to-impose-gst-on-upi-transactions-over-%e2%82%b92000-no-fake-ai-generated-report-goes-viral\"\u003eAnother report\u003c/a\u003e by the same website claimed that UPI transactions would soon be taxed with GST, while another claimed that a new \u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/fake-ai-generated-reports-on-4-day-workweek-new-labour-code-shared-as-real-news\"\u003e4-day workweek\u003c/a\u003e was being considered.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThese fake websites primarily intend to earn revenue from advertisement, says Karan Saini, a cybersecurity researcher. \u0026#8220;The site is using AdSense from the looks of it. Generally, Google AdSense has rules for what sites get accepted into their program, where sites with low quality or inaccurate content aren’t accepted. This has been turned upside down with LLM’s being able to write text that appears high quality.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eFurthermore, he asks the public, especially senior citizern to exercise caution while receiving any news on any government schemes. “If you come across any suspicious or misleading news, always verify it through official government websites or trusted sources before accepting it as true. As a general practice, it is better to consume content from sources you already know are trustworthy.” he added.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe news that the central government has announced free travel for senior citizens across trains, buses, metro services, and even domestic flights was found to be false and baseless.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/fact-check/ai-deepfake/centre-slaps-occupancy-tax-on-tenants-no-such-fee-suspicious-website-shares-ai-generated-fake-news-report\"\u003eAlso Read: Centre Slaps ‘Occupancy Tax’ On Tenants? Dubious Website Shares AI-Generated Fake News Report\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/centre-to-impose-gst-on-upi-transactions-over-%e2%82%b92000-no-fake-ai-generated-report-goes-viral\"\u003eAlso Read: Centre To Impose GST On UPI Transactions Over ₹2,000? No, Fake AI-Generated Report Goes Viral\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/fake-ai-generated-reports-on-4-day-workweek-new-labour-code-shared-as-real-news\"\u003eAlso Read: Fake AI-Generated Reports On 4-Day Workweek, New Labour Code Shared As Real News\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"is-style-info wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSources\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReport by\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2132896/Florence-Colgate-Girl-Britains-beautiful-face.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Dailymail\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReport by\u003ca href=\"https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/27/does-this-woman-have-the-perfect-face/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Time.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview by Scam Detector\u003cbr\u003eConformation from Diptimoy Dutta, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway\u003cbr\u003eConformation from Snehasis Chakraborty, The transport Minister of West Bengal\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith Inputs: Kushel Madhusoodan, Newschecker.com\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"])</script>
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1<p class="parsed py-4 text-smd lg:text-md" sx="[object Object]">The Central government has announced free travel for senior citizens across trains, buses, metro services, and even domestic flights.
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4<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Fueling public interest and anticipation, several purported news outlets and social media accounts have recently been sharing an alleged news item, claiming that the central government has announced free travel for senior citizens across trains, buses, metro services, and even domestic flights.</p>
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8<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q8zI7Aw4oOuA6GMGSrGGUeA6N0HRrKzPVe-W0W77BjY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the news</a>, senior citizens will be able to avail of the travel benefits using government-issued identity cards, such as Aadhaar or Voter ID. This initiative aims to encourage travel among the elderly population and promote domestic tourism across the country, the purported report claimed, adding that in addition to centrally-operated railway services, the free travel facility will also be extended to state-run bus services across the country and, in the first phase, to Air India flights.&nbsp;</p>
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16<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many such reports can be seen<a href="https://haematocon2023.com/free-travel-for-senior-citizens-from-june-15-trains/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a>,<a href="https://ayaticolleges.com/free-travel-for-seniors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a> and<a href="https://www.nhcouncilonasd.org/free-travel-for-seniors/#goog_rewarded" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a>.</p>
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20<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Fact Check/ Verification</strong></h2>
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24<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Google search using keywords such as &#8220;senior citizens,&#8221; &#8220;free travel,&#8221; and &#8220;central government announcement&#8221; did not yield us any relevant reports from credible news outlets.</p>
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28<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On a close analysis of the website, we noticed several inconsistencies.&nbsp;</p>
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32<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There was no ‘about us’ section, nor a ‘contact us page’ on the site. The url does not end with gov.in as is typical for government websites.&nbsp;</p>
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36<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The home page of the website postures itself as the official website of “Municipal Corporation Faridabad,” detailing all information on the municipal commission of Faridabad in a single page.&nbsp;</p>
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40<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The website also carried other articles, pitched as news reports, on various subjects, as can be seen <a href="https://www.mcfaridabad.com/alert-for-sbi-hdfc-and-pnb-customers-in-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.mcfaridabad.com/epfo-revolutionizes-pf-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
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44<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We also noticed that all articles were published in the name of one Catherine Johnson, and carried the image of a woman, supposedly Johnson. However, a reverse image search on Google revealed that the image was actually of Florence Colgate, a British student from Kent.&nbsp;</p>
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48<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the reports published by<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2132896/Florence-Colgate-Girl-Britains-beautiful-face.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Dailymail</a> and<a href="https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/27/does-this-woman-have-the-perfect-face/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Time.com</a>, in 2012, then eighteen-year-old Florence Colgate, a student from Kent, England, was described as having the &#8220;perfect face,&#8221; with her features reportedly aligning closely with an international blueprint for ideal facial proportions—measuring optimal ratios between the eyes, mouth, forehead, and chin.<
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56<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We then submitted a sample of the writeup to an AI detection tool by Grammarly, which revealed that the text on the alleged report was 100% AI generated.</p>
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64<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Following this, Newschecker submitted the link of the website on Scam Detector, a prominent online fraud prevention tool, which rated the website as “Questionable” and “Controversial” with a score of 36.7 out of 100.</p>
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72<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;The Scam Detector website Validator gives mcfaridabad.com a low trust score on the platform: 36.7. It signals that the business could be defined by the following tags: Questionable. Controversial. Flagged.. We are confident about our score as we also partner with other high-tech, fraud-prevention companies that found the same issues. So, why this low score? We came up with the 36.7 score based on 53 aggregated factors relevant to mcfaridabad.com&#8217;s industry. The algorithm detected possible high-risk activity related to phishing, spamming, and other factors noted in the Questionable. Controversial. Flagged. Tags above. Long story short, we caution you about using this website. But let&#8217;s explain in more detail,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/mcfaridabad-com-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review of the website</a> on Scam Detector read.</p>
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76<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To verify the claim further, we reached out to Diptimoy Dutta, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway, to inquire whether the central government has made any official announcement regarding free travel for senior citizens across all government-run transport services, including railways. He confirmed the report as fake.</p>
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132<p class="is-style-info wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Sources</strong><br>Report by<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2132896/Florence-Colgate-Girl-Britains-beautiful-face.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Dailymail</a><br>Report by<a href="https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/27/does-this-woman-have-the-perfect-face/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Time.com</a><br>Review by Scam Detector<br>Conformation from Diptimoy Dutta, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway<br>Conformation from Snehasis Chakraborty, The transport Minister of West Bengal</p>
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