Politics

Bajrang Dal activist who ‘stopped’ Blinkit meat delivery says he was saving Sanatan Dharma

Ankita Mahalanobish & Diti Pujara2nd August 2025

On July 15, a delivery executive with Eternal’s (formerly Zomato) quick commerce arm, Blinkit, was stopped by workers of Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Bajrang Dal in Ghaziabad. The reason? He was…

Unrelated & AI-generated visuals linked to 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka

Ankita Mahalanobish2nd August 2025

On July 30, 2025, the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far eastern region was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 8.8, prompting tsunami alerts in parts of Russia, Japan, and the…

Man who shouted ‘Allah Hu Akbar’ & ‘Death to Trump’ on UK flight is a Hindu

Prantik Ali31st July 202531st July 2025

A video, around 24 seconds in length, is viral on social media, which shows a man onboard an airplane shouting ‘Allah Hu Akbar’, ‘Death to America’, and ‘Death to Trump.’…

Incident of cheating in PWD exam in Chhattisgarh given false communal narrative

Pawan Kumar29th July 2025

A video purportedly from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur is being widely circulated with claims that a woman in a burqa was caught with devices used for cheating during the entrance exam for…

Video of wife ‘cheating’ on husband viral with communal claims that lover hid Muslim identity is actually scripted

Pawan Kumar29th July 202529th July 2025

A video in which a woman is allegedly caught cheating by her husband is viral on social media with communal claims. Social media users claim that a married Muslim man…

Video of Chinese solar power plant viral as BJP govt’s feat in Gujarat

Oishani Bhattacharya29th July 2025

A 19-second clip showing a floating solar panel plant apparently from Gujarat is viral on social media. Several users on social media have praised the BJP government in Gujarat for…

‘Poor should remain poor’: Bengal BJP shares clipped video distorting context of Mamata’s 2024 Martyrs’ Day remarks

Prantik Ali25th July 2025

A couple of days after Trinamool Congress’s annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Bengal BJP’s official X handle shared a video claiming that West Bengal chief minister Mamata…

Assamese film shoot video falsely shared as gangrape-murder in Jharkhand

Abhishek Kumar25th July 2025

A video in which a woman is seen lying in the bushes with a crowd gathered around her is doing the rounds on social media. A group of policemen are…

Muslim family murdered by Bajrang Dal in UP? Video from Pakistan viral with false claim

Pawan Kumar25th July 2025

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Details, Mention of Dead Bodies  The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in question in view of the extremely graphic nature of the footage. …

Dhaka tragedy: AI images circulated by media as actual footage of jet crash into Uttara school

Ankita Mahalanobish24th July 2025

While reporting on the aviation disaster in Dhaka in which a military jet crashed into a school building killing at least 31 people, some media outlets used photos of an…