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Targeting of Jemimah through rage bait highlights failure of X’s policy and success of BJP’s hate politics

Ankita Mahalanobish & Shinjinee Majumder7th November 20257th November 2025

Even as the country was celebrating India’s cricket World Cup triumph, the social media space saw a proliferation of rage-bait content through which a section of Hindutva flagbearers targeted Indian…

Bihar polls: PK’s Jan Suraaj Party second highest spender on digital ads after BJP

Abhishek Kumar6th November 20256th November 2025

An analysis of Meta ad spending by political parties in Bihar ahead of the elections throws up a surprise: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, a political newbie which is fighting…

‘Bring 10 Muslim girls, get a job’: No action yet against UP BJP leader for incendiary speech

Shinjinee Majumder5th November 20256th November 2025

No action has been initiated against UP BJP leader and ex-MLA Raghavendra Pratap Singh who promised job to Hindu men if they could ‘bring’ 10 Muslim girls. This, the former…

Col Sofia Qureshi’s video on ‘saffronisation’ and using Indian Army for gimmicks ahead of Bihar Elections is fake

Prantik Ali5th November 2025

A video of Colonel Sofia Qureshi calling out “saffronisation” in the Indian Army and saying that her job is to defend the country and not be an ideological vessel for…

Did Rahul Gandhi say ‘I don’t get any disease, I have direct connection with God’? No, viral video is clipped

Oishani Bhattacharya3rd November 2025

A 15-second-long clip in which Rahul Gandhi says, “I don’t get any disease, I have a direct connection from above, I directly speak to God,” is being shared by social…

Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story

Oishani Bhattacharya31st October 2025

An image of a woman with what looks like burn injuries on her face is viral on social media alongside the photo of a couple. It is being claimed that…

Hindu youths desecrated temples in UP with ‘I love Muhammad’ graffiti to frame Muslim peers, arrested

Shinjinee Majumder31st October 20253rd November 2025

Visuals with the words “I love Muhmad” and “I love Mamud” spray-painted on the walls of two temples are viral on social media. In one of the videos showing the…

Rahul Gandhi did not call Chhath puja a ‘drama’; claim by Modi, BJP camp false

Ankita Mahalanobish31st October 202531st October 2025

Rahul Gandhi’s comments on Chhath puja at an election rally in Bihar have raised a political storm. It is being claimed that the Congress MP called Chhath puja, celebrated primarily…

Viral video of News18’s Amish Devgan touching Amit Shah’s shoe is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya30th October 2025

A clip showing News18 managing editor Amish Devgan sitting with Home Minister Amit Shah and holding his shoe with both hands to help him pick up his leg is being…

Video from Paraguay falsely shared as Bangladeshi infiltrator robbing Hindu family’s house in India

Ankita Mahalanobish30th October 2025

A CCTV video showing a man scaling a barbed wire-lined wall and stealing a bicycle is circulating on the internet, with the claim that he was an illegal Bangladeshi infiltrator…

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