Acting on a complaint filed by activists Indrajeet Ghorpade and Utkarsh Mishra, the News Broadcasters & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has ordered five television news channels to take down broadcasts…
Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story
An image of a woman with what looks like burn injuries on her face is viral on social media alongside the photo of a couple. It is being claimed that…
NBDSA orders removal of Zee News’ ‘Mehendi Jihad’ reports, pulls up Times Now Navbharat for ‘Love Jihad’ bulletin
Acting on two specific complaints, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has come down heavily on Zee News and Times Now Navbharat over reports on ‘Mehendi Jihad’ and…
Muslim man held minor girl at knifepoint after failed ‘love jihad’ attempt? No, video viral with false communal claims
A video of a young man holding a schoolgirl at knifepoint as she pleads with him in Marathi was widely shared on social media with communal claims that the perpetrator,…
Victim of ‘Love Jihad’? No, woman with bruised eye in viral pic is a Bangladeshi Muslim who met with an accident
A photo collage featuring an image of a woman and a man, and the same woman with her right eye bruised is viral on social media. Right-wing users claim that…
Bengal woman’s murder by relatives peddled with false ‘Love Jihad’ narrative
The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of its graphic nature. A video is going viral on social media in which a blue travel bag…
Muslim girls harassed by Hindutva activists in Karnataka: 2021 video viral with ‘Love Jihad’ spin
A video of two visibly distraught women, one of whom is seen wearing a burqa, being remonstrated by a group of men is viral on social media with users claiming…
T Raja Singh calls for violent action against ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘Land Jihad’ in Solapur, booked for hate speech
BJP leader Raja Naval Singh Lodh ‘Tiger’ alias T Raja Singh has been booked by Maharashtra Police for delivering a hate speech in Solapur on January 6 where he addressed…
‘Bhagwa Love Trap’: An elaborate conspiracy theory in response to the ‘Love Jihad’ narrative
A video surfaced on social media on April 7, 2023, featuring a man addressing a crowd outside a mosque in Farooq Nagar, Nagpur. Facing the gathering that emerges from the…
Hindu man stabs Muslim woman in MP; incident called ‘Love Jihad’ on social media
A video of a man being beaten up is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that this is another case of ‘Love Jihad’, from Seoni, Madhya…