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Nuns out on bail; ‘police excess’ & Bajrang Dal’s role in Chhattisgarh case under scanner

Oishani Bhattacharya4th August 20257th August 2025

An NIA court on August 2 granted bail to the two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Vandana Francis and Preethi Mary, and a tribal man named Sukhman Mandavi arrested in Chhattisgarh…

Viral screenshot of Trump’s post on Modi not responding to tariff concerns is doctored

Shinjinee Majumder2nd August 2025

Two days after US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Indian imports and an additional ‘penalty’, a screenshot of a post by him, allegedly shared on the platform TruthSocial,…

Bajrang Dal activist who ‘stopped’ Blinkit meat delivery says he was saving Sanatan Dharma

Ankita Mahalanobish & Diti Pujara2nd August 2025

On July 15, a delivery executive with Eternal’s (formerly Zomato) quick commerce arm, Blinkit, was stopped by workers of Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Bajrang Dal in Ghaziabad. The reason? He was…

Unrelated & AI-generated visuals linked to 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka

Ankita Mahalanobish2nd August 2025

On July 30, 2025, the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far eastern region was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 8.8, prompting tsunami alerts in parts of Russia, Japan, and the…

Incident of cheating in PWD exam in Chhattisgarh given false communal narrative

Pawan Kumar29th July 2025

A video purportedly from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur is being widely circulated with claims that a woman in a burqa was caught with devices used for cheating during the entrance exam for…

Video of wife ‘cheating’ on husband viral with communal claims that lover hid Muslim identity is actually scripted

Pawan Kumar29th July 202529th July 2025

A video in which a woman is allegedly caught cheating by her husband is viral on social media with communal claims. Social media users claim that a married Muslim man…

Viral photos show Assam couple from 2017, not Muslim man from UP marrying his daughter-in-law after son’s death

Pawan Kumar25th July 2025

Photographs of an old man with a younger woman are circulating on social media with communal claims that the man in the image, a Muslim named Mohammad Shakeel, married his…

Screenshots from scripted video shared with claims that 72-year-old man married 21-year old woman

Pawan Kumar23rd July 2025

A set of photographs of an elderly man and a young woman dressed in wedding attire and wearing garlands is viral on social media. Those sharing these images claimed that…

UAE’s ‘new policy’ for Golden Visas leaves Indian media red-faced: How it all started

Ankita Mahalanobish22nd July 202522nd July 2025

In the first week of July, several media outlets misreported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was introducing a new nomination-based Golden Visa. According to these reports, Indians could enjoy…

Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny

Oishani Bhattacharya19th July 202520th July 2025

The Punjab Police has drawn flak on social media over a controversial post allegedly shared on its X account (@PunjabPoliceInd) that draws parallels with a horrific incident of custodial death…