Hindutva groups organising events where prominent Right-wing faces call for the creation of the Hindu Rashtra and issue direct or veiled threats to minorities have become common in India, but…
No conclusive data linking air pollution to deaths? Union environment minister’s statement shockingly uninformed
In response to a question by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change Kirti Vardhan Singh recently claimed in Rajya Sabha that there was no…
Fact check: Does VB G RAM G guarantee jobs? Several clauses in the new Act scream ‘No’
The Modi government, which has never kept its reservations about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) a secret, has put the final nail in its coffin through…
Another day, another ‘lynching’: Migrant worker from Bengal killed in Odisha on ‘Bangladeshi’ suspicion
A Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district was allegedly lynched in Odisha’s Sambalpur on December 24 by a mob which accused him of being a ‘Bangladeshi, his family…
Hindutva hooligans target Christians across cities: Jabalpur BJP VP leads charge by abusing the visually impaired
“You were blind in this life, and you’ll be blind in the next. You apply vermilion to your hairline and bring your daughter to a Christian home!” As India geared…
The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links
In July, after self-styled godman Premanand Maharaj made some sexist remarks on women who are involved with multiple men, a video of two women’s reaction to the controversy grabbed much attention…
Dipu Chandra Das’s ‘last video’? Old, unrelated clip from Dhaka falsely viral in Mymensingh ‘lynching’ case
A 40-second clip of a man being dragged by police is viral on social media with the claim that it shows the last moments of Bangladeshi youth Dipu Chandra Das,…
Muslim man cooking Biriyani with sewage water? It’s an AI-generated video
A video purportedly showing a Muslim man cooking with sewer water is circulating widely on social media. Users claim that the Muslim man made biryani using water from a roadside…
Kerala ‘lynching’: Victim was asked if he was Bangladeshi; brutality shocks autopsy surgeon
Five persons were arrested for allegedly lynching a Dalit man from Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of theft in Kerala’s Palakkad district on December 17. The victim, Ramnarayan Baghel, 31, was…
AQI chants at Delhi stadium when Rekha Gupta greeted Messi: TOI deletes video without citing reason
As part of India tour, football legend Lionel Messi visited Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on December 15. When Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta came onto the stage at the stadium…