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SIR gives BJP fresh excuse to demonize Muslims and create polarization; Bengal, Delhi units lead the way

Ankita Mahalanobish10th December 202511th December 2025

The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has given the BJP a fresh excuse to intensify its politics of hate. Under the garb of sensitising people about SIR,…

Babri Masjid vs. Gita recital: Months ahead of polls, Bengal politics takes headlong communal plunge

Shinjinee Majumder & Prantik Ali10th December 2025

With barely a few months to go for assembly elections, West Bengal’s political discourse has taken a headlong communal plunge. On Saturday, December 6, the 32nd anniversary of the Babri…

Old video of aviation minister K R Naidu dancing falsely viral amid Indigo crisis

Ankita Mahalanobish10th December 2025

Amid the recent operational meltdown of IndiGo airlines, a video surfaced on social media featuring Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu dancing on stage. The video was compared to…

Hindi is not India’s national language; Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose amplifies oft-repeated falsehood

Oishani Bhattacharya9th December 2025

Addressing a large crowd at a Gita recitation event on December 7 at Kolkata’s Brigade parade ground, West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose made the claim that Hindi was…

Zee, ABP, News 18, India TV face NBDSA flak for ‘Love Jihad’ spin to NCERT text book lesson

Oishani Bhattacharya8th December 20258th December 2025

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…

Asaduddin Owaisi performing aarti of Hanuman? Viral video is AI-generated

Prantik Ali6th December 20256th December 2025

A video is viral on social media showing AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi performing an aarti in front of an idol of Hanuman. X user Shefali Vaidya shared…

Vladimir Putin’s plane escorted by IAF jets? 8-year-old video falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar6th December 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India on December 4 and 5, 2025, for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit. A video has since gone viral on social media, showing Putin seated…

The long march to Hindu Rashtra: From meat ban to ‘Mandir Wahi Banega’ — Bageshwar Baba’s padyatra had it all

Prantik Ali5th December 20255th December 2025

The 10-day ‘Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra’ organized last month by Hindutva icon Dhirendra Shastri lived up to expectations as the apparently ‘apolitical’ rally turned into a platform for aggressive political…

Muslim driver ‘assaulted’ in Agra over ‘Jai Sri Ram’: Arrested Rohit Thakur has a history of similar cases

Shinjinee Majumder5th December 20256th December 2025

A week after a 57-year-old Muslim taxi driver from Agra was allegedly harassed and assaulted for refusing to chant Jai Sri Ram, the main accused, Rohit Thakur, has been arrested….

Video of Udhayanidhi Stalin using computer ‘without switching it on’ is AI generated

Prantik Ali5th December 2025

A video is viral on social media seemingly showing deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu Udhayanidhi Stalin working on a computer with a blank, unlit screen, while three or four…

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Odisha violence: Villagers attacked by tribals in Malkangiri not ‘illegal Bangladeshi settlers’

Three arrested for assault on Muslim chicken patty seller during Gita recital event in Kolkata