A seven-second-long clip showing an explosion near a building is viral on social media in the context of the recent escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel. Israel on June…
Times Now, Republic, others published reports based on fake ‘confidential’ letter that Pakistan PM was hospitalised
A “confidential” document dated April 27, 2025, bearing the emblem of the Pakistan prime minister’s office saying that the PM has been hospitalised in Rawalpindi, made it to several news…
Operation Sindoor: Grief on the ground, glory on TV screens
Trigger Warning: The story has details of deaths, including those of minors; reader’s discretion advised. “National media showed what they had to. Our endeavour is to give you our version…
Video from 2023 Nepal plane crash viral as last moments from inside Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad
A 30-second-long video showing scenes from inside an aircraft is viral on social media and is being shared as footage showing last moments before the London-bound Air India flight, AI171,…
2022 video of Patna High Court judge reprimanding cop linked to Sharmishta Panoli case
Days after social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli was arrested over a controversial post, a clip of court proceedings where a judge schools a police officer about misusing power has gone…
‘Ya Allah. This was a fighter jet!!!!’: Pak X user’s tweet could be first ‘report’ on Operation Sindoor
Gone are the times when people waited for a news bulletin on TV or the morning newspaper the next day to know about an important event. With mobile phones with…
2006 image from Odisha linked to recent anti-naxal operation in Chhattisgarh
The central government, along with the administration in Chhattisgarh, has intensified its crackdown against Naxalism with its latest ‘Operation Kagar’. In the first four months of 2025, 197 Maoists have…
Man filming chat with Canadian cop in viral video is not Indian
After reports emerged that an Indian blogger was detained in Turkey for performing obscene acts, a video went viral on social media in which a man is seen recording his…
Old video of police brutality from UP viral again. Action was taken against cops in 2017
A video depicting police brutality has surfaced on social media. In the video, two cops are seen torturing a man by placing a stick on his legs and standing on…
Give me screen time, I’ll give you fodder for communal debates: Shahabuddin Razvi’s give & take with news channels
Of late, ‘Maulana’ Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, who claims to be the president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has emerged as a favourite of several mainstream media channels by dint…