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Holi 2025: Consent goes for a toss again; violence against women, religious minorities takes front seat

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shinjinee Majumder28th March 20254th April 2025

On Holi this year, Congress-ruled Telangana became an easy target for the Opposition. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party went all guns blazing after the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police issued…

Nagpur violence: Video evidence disproves CM Fadnavis’s claim that burnt effigy had no religious text

Shinjinee Majumder26th March 2025

Simmering communal tensions led to violent clashes in Nagpur on March 17. Right-wing outfits, such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, led protests seeking the removal of…

Woman raising ‘Azadi’ slogans in viral video is NOT ex-Columbia scholar Ranjani Srinivasan

Ankita Mahalanobish & Indradeep Bhattacharyya25th March 202525th March 2025

Within hours of it being widely reported that an Indian PhD scholar at Columbia University named Ranjani Srinivasan self-deported after their visa was suddenly revoked by the US government last…

Inflammatory speeches by RW leaders leading to Nagpur violence: Who said what

Abhishek Kumar25th March 20251st April 2025

On March 17, 2025, violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra, after claims began circulating that a piece of cloth with a verse from the Quran inscribed on it was burnt during…

Did signage in Uttarakhand urge Muslims to buy only from Muslim vendors during Eid?

Ankita Mahalanobish20th March 2025

A photo of a signboard, apparently from Uttarakhand, nudging Muslims to buy from other Muslims has gone viral. The widely shared image shows a signboard signed off by Muslim Samaj,…

India’s Champion’s Trophy celebrations: BJP leaders, others single out police action in Telangana

Prantik Ali19th March 2025

On 9 March, the Indian men’s cricket team lifted the ICC Champions Trophy after 12 years, defeating New Zealand in the finals. Following the win, large crowds gathered on the…

Viral footage of Bangladesh student leader Nahid Islam kissing Jamaat-e-Islami chief is doctored

Oishani Bhattacharya19th March 2025

An image featuring Bangladeshi student leader Muhammad Nahid Islam, the convenor of the National Citizen Party (NCP), and Jamaat-e-Islami supremo Shafiqur Rahman, where the two appear to be in a…

Misinformation on Balochistan train hijack: ABP News, Dainik Jagran share 2022 video of train attack

Ankita Mahalanobish18th March 202519th March 2025

A viral video of explosions targeting a moving train is being circulated by media outlets and on social media with claims that it shows the recently hijacked passenger train in…

Mock drill video falsely viral as terror attack at Vellore tech institute

Kinjal17th March 2025

A few videos of Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Institute of Technology campus are being shared on social media in which a group of people are seen entering the college campus in…

Mohammed Shami was not forced to break Ramadan fast; doctored video viral

Abhishek Kumar17th March 2025

During India’s match against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy, a picture of Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami drinking an energy drink went viral on social media, garnering a variety of…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘1 crore vote surge in Maharashtra’ claim not supported by EC data

News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker