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Mumbai Ram Navami rally: Journalist’s X post documenting use of expletives, hate-filled songs under police glare

Oishani Bhattacharya18th April 202519th April 2025

Trigger Warning: Mention of Strong Expletives In a classic case of shooting the messenger, Mumbai Police recently flagged tweets by independent journalist Kunal Purohit which documented anti-Muslim slogans and expletives…

Murshidabad: Old video from Maharashtra peddled as Bajrang Dal workers reaching Bengal to save Hindus

Oishani Bhattacharya18th April 202518th April 2025

A 16-second video showing a fleet of motorcycles is viral on social media. The video frame has a Hindi text embedded in it that reads, “Rajasthan Bajrang Dal reached West…

BJP’s T Raja Singh continues spewing venom

Ankita Mahalanobish18th April 2025

T Raja Singh is not new to controversy. Notorious for delivering vitriolic speeches especially against Muslims, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Hyderabad’s Goshamahal has, in the past, called for…

HCU land row: Video of goats killed in Uttar Pradesh village fire falsely shared

Pawan Kumar18th April 2025

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the footage. Amid the outcry over the Telangana government’s clearance drive of the…

Bangkok amusement park stunt viral as Israelis throwing Palestinian prisoners in acid tank

Ankita Mahalanobish17th April 2025

A disturbing video is circulating widely on social media, showing a man being assaulted by two others, tied up with a rope, and then lowered into a fuming tank marked…

Old, unrelated video shared as footage of Saurabh Rajput murder case crime scene

Pawan Kumar17th April 2025

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual videos in view of the graphic nature of the footage. The murder of Saurabh Rajput from Meerut allegedly by his wife…

BJP’s photo collage on communal unrest in Bengal on Hindu fests: 8 out of 9 pics from CAA stir, 6 from other states

Shinjinee Majumder14th April 202515th April 2025

At least three people have been killed in large-scale violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad resulting from protests against the Waqf Amendment Act. While the Calcutta high court has ordered deployment…

Video of Russian girl with uncle falsely shared as Muslim man marrying child bride in Iraq

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair12th April 2025

On January 21, 2025, Iraq’s parliament passed amendments to the country’s personal status law, giving Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage. The amendments would change the previously…

Viral videos of scuba divers’ ‘Ram Setu exploration’ are AI-generated

Ankita Mahalanobish11th April 202511th April 2025

Videos showing scuba divers exploring submerged ruins with inscriptions are viral on social media with claims that it is an exploration drive of the Ram Setu—a now-submerged chain of corals…

Kancha Gachibowli forest clearance in Telangana sparks wave of unrelated, AI-generated visuals of animal suffering

Oishani Bhattacharya10th April 2025

Amid the outcry over the Telangana government’s clearance drive of the Kancha Gachibowli forested land, near the University of Hyderabad (UoH), social media was rife with images and videos showing…

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Police thrashing TMC workers in Bengal? 2023 video falsely viral on polling day

Uncle-niece video goes viral with false claims and Islamophobic comments