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Cockroach Janta Party’s majority followers Pakistani? BJYM secretary Tajinder Bagga, others amplify misleading claim

Shinjinee Majumder22nd May 202626th May 2026

With the Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram page crossing the BJP’s 9 million followers mark, what began as a satirical campaign now appears to be snowballing into an online movement. BJP…

Rare earths and rebel armies: How a conspiracy story with no evidence jumped from fringe sites to newsrooms

Abhishek Kumar, Emily Fishbein & Jauman Naw22nd May 2026

This is the second part of a three-part investigation. In Part One, we traced how a fabricated “exclusive investigation” alleging a secret India-Kachin Independence Army rare earths conspiracy first appeared…

Bulldozer action in Kolkata: Demolition stayed by court, panic and uncertainty linger

Anindya Hazra & Ankita Mahalanobish22nd May 2026

The Calcutta high court on May 15 stayed the demolition drive underway in Kolkata’s Topsia neighbourhood, ordering the authorities to maintain status quo at the site. The order effectively stopped…

The conspiracy that wasn’t: How a fake investigation into India, Myanmar rebels and rare earths went around the world

Abhishek Kumar, Emily Fishbein & Jauman Naw21st May 2026

This is the first of a three-part investigation into a coordinated influence operation targeting India’s efforts to secure rare earths from Myanmar’s Kachin region. It traces how a fabricated conspiracy…

Hyderabad: ‘Cow vigilantes’ raid truck, find plywood instead of cattle, vandalize it anyway

Oishani Bhattacharya20th May 2026

On May 16, around midnight, a group of self-proclaimed cow vigilantes in Gudimalkapur in suburban Hyderabad raided a truck on suspicion that it was illegally transporting cattle. However, when the…

I swear I won’t do anything for Muslims, says Bengal BJP MLA Ritesh Tiwari

Oishani Bhattacharya17th May 202617th May 2026

Days after the BJP formed its first government in West Bengal under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, a speech by BJP MLA Ritesh Tiwari has sparked outrage online. “In these 74…

Tamil Nadu anti-Hindi protests from March falsely linked to TVK assuming power

Anindya Hazra16th May 202618th May 2026

A 46-second video is being widely shared on social media with the claim that anti-Hindi protests have erupted across Tamil Nadu after the newly formed TVK government assumed office. The…

Convoy controversy: Rajasthan MP’s cavalcade video falsely linked to BJP, PM Modi

Oishani Bhattacharya15th May 202615th May 2026

A 21-second viral clip showing a long convoy of cars moving along a road is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows a political convoy…

Fake video: Clip showing Suvendu Adhikari talking about ‘finishing’ Muslims is AI generated

Prantik Ali15th May 2026

A video of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is viral on social media, purporting to show him make several controversial statements. In the video, Adhikari starts off by expresses…

Mosques vandalized, Muslim homes burnt down in Meerut? No, Hapur video falsely viral

Oishani Bhattacharya14th May 202615th May 2026

A 28-second video showing a mob carrying saffron flags vandalising a structure and brutally assaulting a man is viral on social media with communal claims. Users are claiming that the…

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Doordarshan anchor calls Delhi student Pakistani for raising CBSE marking grievance

The amplification machine: Who spread a fake rare earths conspiracy across X and Facebook? Who was behind it?