Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested three persons in connection with the alleged assault on Muslim vendors selling chicken puffs in the Maidan area on December 7, where a large crowd…
SIR gives BJP fresh excuse to demonize Muslims and create polarization; Bengal, Delhi units lead the way
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
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
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…
Imran Khan’s sister slammed Pak Army chief Asim Munir? Media picked up deepfake and ran it as news
A clipping from an interview of Aleema Khanum, sister of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, is going viral. It is being claimed that in the chat with Sky News,…
Hindi is not India’s national language; Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose amplifies oft-repeated falsehood
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
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
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
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
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…