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‘Ya Allah. This was a fighter jet!!!!’: Pak X user’s tweet could be first ‘report’ on Operation Sindoor

Abhishek Kumar11th June 202511th June 2025

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

Pawan Kumar10th June 2025

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

Abhishek Kumar10th June 202510th June 2025

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

Kinjal10th June 2025

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

Abhishek Kumar9th June 202510th June 2025

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…

AI clip of man’s narrow escape from lioness viral as real incident; Republic, News18 misreport, later tweak story

Ankita Mahalanobish9th June 2025

Late-night CCTV footage showing a lioness walking on the streets and sniffing a man sleeping on the road before walking away from him has shocked internet users. The video was…

Misa Bharti’s luxurious house? Alt News traces viral video to Turkmenistan-based realtor’s TikTok account

Shinjinee Majumder9th June 2025

In the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections scheduled later this year, a video of a hijab-clad woman showcasing a luxury house has gone viral on social media with claims…

Kangana Ranaut was not shown the middle finger at a performance; viral video is from an event in Pakistan

Ankita Mahalanobish6th June 2025

A video, seemingly taken by someone in the audience during a public performance, in which event attendees are showing the middle finger to someone on stage has gone viral. Those…

‘Jihadis’ pelting stone at paramilitary convoy in Kashmir after India-Pak ceasefire? Old video, false claim

Pawan Kumar4th June 2025

A video in which a group of people are seen throwing stones at vehicles passing through a valley has been doing the rounds on social media. Sounds of gunshots are…

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Video from 2023 Nepal plane crash viral as last moments from inside Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad

2022 video of Patna High Court judge reprimanding cop linked to Sharmishta Panoli case