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Kerala ‘lynching’: Victim was asked if he was Bangladeshi; brutality shocks autopsy surgeon

Shinjinee Majumder22nd December 2025

Five persons were arrested for allegedly lynching a Dalit man from Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of theft in Kerala’s Palakkad district on December 17. The victim, Ramnarayan Baghel, 31, was…

AQI chants at Delhi stadium when Rekha Gupta greeted Messi: TOI deletes video without citing reason

Abhishek Kumar22nd December 202522nd December 2025

As part of India tour, football legend Lionel Messi visited Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on December 15. When Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta came onto the stage at the stadium…

Nitish’s hijab-pulling unmasks many; politicians, journos defending Bihar CM reveal misogyny, sexism

Ankita Mahalanobish22nd December 2025

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s act of pulling off a woman doctor’s hijab was reprehensible, raising serious concerns about the issues of dignity, respect, consent, personal boundaries, and limits of…

Row over ‘Ram in Haram’: AAP’s Sanjay Singh quoted Vajpayee; ‘insult’ claim by BJP baseless

Shinjinee Majumder20th December 202520th December 2025

A video of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh is going viral in which he is heard saying, “Haraam mein bhi Ram hai” (“There is Ram even in haram”). Several…

Gurugram: BJP youth leader arrested for sharing fake story about Hindu girl’s murder by Muslim lover

Pawan Kumar20th December 2025

BJP Yuva Morcha member Shaurya Mishra recently shared a collage of four photos on his X handle, claiming that in a shocking incident in Gurugram, a 24-year-old college student named…

Bangladesh on the edge: Newspaper offices torched after Osman Hadi’s death; Hindu man lynched & burnt

Indradeep Bhattacharyya19th December 202522nd December 2025

The death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent face of the July 2024 uprising in Dhaka, at a Singapore hospital plunged Bangladesh into widespread violence yet again on December 18,…

Bondi Beach attack: Video of Australian PM announcing cancellation of Pak visas is a deepfake

Ankita Mahalanobish19th December 2025

A video depicting a press conference by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is viral in which he apparently announces the cancellation of all Pakistani visas following the terror attack at…

You know nothing, Grok! Why X’s AI bot can’t be trusted with fact checks

Oishani Bhattacharya19th December 202519th December 2025

“@grok is this real or AI?”, “Hi @grok, is this photo real or edited?”, “@grok identify the disease in the picture”, “@grok what is the real story?” If you are…

Athar Hussain’s horrific ‘killing’ third reported case of lynching this year in Bihar’s Nawada

Shinjinee Majumder17th December 2025

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Details The alleged murder of 50-year-old Mohammad Athar Hussain in Nawada is the third reported incident of mob lynching in the southern Bihar district this year. Hussain,…

Bihar Police refutes Sudarshan News report on ‘Bangladeshi extremists’ disguised as monks in Gopalganj

Abhishek Kumar16th December 202516th December 2025

A video is circulating on social media showing a man who appears to be a Hindu monk with a tilak on his forehead and a scarf bearing Mahakal’s name. He…

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