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A Christmas stained with hate: From Kerala to Assam, Hindutva hooligans ruin celebrations

Kinjal31st December 2025

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the country ‘hope, warmth and commitment to kindness’ on Christmas and posed a video of himself taking part in a church service on December…

Bangladeshi Hindus seeking help? AI video made by Indian user falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar31st December 2025

A video is going viral on social media apparently showing a young man vlogging from Bangladesh with shops behind him on fire. In the video, he says, “This is Bangladesh….

Kuldeep Sengar did not walk out of jail; photo of Unnao rape convict outside Tihar Jail is AI-generated

Prantik Ali30th December 2025

A photograph of ex-BJP MLA and Unnao rape-convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar being garlanded by a man in saffron clothing outside Delhi’s Tihar Jail is viral. He is surrounded by a…

Sanatan Rashtra Mahotsav: In a new low, Union culture ministry, Delhi govt sponsor event inciting Islamophobia

Ankita Mahalanobish30th December 202530th December 2025

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

Oishani Bhattacharya27th December 202528th December 2025

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’

Shinjinee Majumder27th December 202529th December 2025

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

Indradeep Bhattacharyya26th December 202526th December 2025

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

Kinjal25th December 2025

“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

Oishani Bhattacharya & Pawan Kumar24th December 202524th December 2025

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

Oishani Bhattacharya23rd December 202523rd December 2025

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,…

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