Politics

Bangladeshi Hindu woman’s ‘murder’ by man seeking sexual favours given false communal spin

Ankita Mahalanobish16th October 2025

An image of the seemingly lifeless body of a woman lying on the ground is being widely circulated on social media. It is claimed that a 60-year-old Hindu woman was…

Unrelated photo shared to challenge reports of female journalists’ exclusion from Muttaqi presser

Prantik Ali15th October 202516th October 2025

In the wake of the controversy over female journalists not being allowed to attend a press conference by foreign minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan embassy in…

Burning bottle of inflammable adhesive thrown into shop: Gujarat incident given false communal spin

Ankita Mahalanobish14th October 202514th October 2025

A video, seemingly CCTV footage from a shop, is viral on social media showing a man tossing a substance engulfed in flames inside the shop. A little girl standing inside…

Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda

Diti Pujara13th October 2025

How far is taking something too far during election campaigning? With each social media post, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit hits a new low. Over the past several weeks, Assam…

Durgapur ‘gang rape’: Mamata Banerjee falsely claims crime occurred at 12:30 am; asks why victim stepped out so late

Shinjinee Majumder & Indradeep Bhattacharyya13th October 202513th October 2025

While speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport on October 12 on the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that…

Durgapur ‘gang rape’: BJP leaders leave out non-Muslim name from list of accused; give communal spin to crime

Shinjinee Majumder & Indradeep Bhattacharyya12th October 202513th October 2025

Reacting to the alleged gang rape of an MBBS student in West Bengal’s Durgapur, leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikai on October 12 claimed on X that four…

Did Rani Mukherjee reprimand Rajdeep Sardesai at India Today conclave? Clipped video shared falsely

Shinjinee Majumder11th October 2025

A video of Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee seemingly rebuking journalist Rajdeep Sardesai is viral on social media. In the viral clip, Mukherjee can be seen sternly asking Sardesai to sit…

Fake ‘Wire’ clipping viral claiming Modi asked ECI to add fake voters in Bihar

Ankita Mahalanobish10th October 202510th October 2025

A photograph apparently showing part of an article by media outlet The Wire is being shared on social media. The image features a purported quotation by the election commissioner of…

Sonam Wangchuk’s father Sonam Wangyal had no CIA links; false claim viral

Abhishek Kumar9th October 2025

Vijay Patel, a Right-wing influencer who calls himself an ‘investigative reporter’ and frequently shares baseless conspiracy theories, has claimed that the father of Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk, Sonam Wangyal, worked…

PM says attack on CJI ‘angered every Indian’, Hindutva brigade hails attacker as a hero

Ankita Mahalanobish9th October 2025

Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone on record condemning the attack on Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai, the Right-wing social media brigade, which amplifies pro-BJP…