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Nagpur clashes: Cryptic cauliflower memes referring to mass killings in 1989 Bhagalpur riots resurface

Oishani Bhattacharya & Prantik Ali30th March 202523rd May 2025

Often, innocuous-seeming symbols are encrypted with coded messages. For instance, in the United States, a hangman’s noose is associated with the far-Right, White supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (or the…

Old video from Bangladesh viral as Muslims attacking Hindus in Bengal’s Malda district

Shinjinee Majumder29th March 202529th March 2025

At least 34 people were arrested and internet services shut down in West Bengal’s Malda district after communal clashes were reported from Mothabari and surrounding areas. Tension erupted on Wednesday,…

Ex-Columbia scholar Ranjani Srinivasan refutes US’ ‘self-deportation’ claim; uni head resigns amid Trump crackdown

Indradeep Bhattacharyya29th March 202529th March 2025

Ranjani Srinivasan, the former Columbia University (CU) PhD scholar from Chennai, has refuted media reports and US homeland security secretary Kristy Noem’s claim that she self-deported from the US. Speaking…

Muslim youth threatens to get policeman suspended? Scripted video viral

Pawan Kumar28th March 2025

A 24 second video is currently viral on social media with the caption “Salim threatened the police”. In the video, a man wearing a cap generally worn by Muslims threatens…

Flying coconut: Clipped video of News Nation show ‘Operation Pakhand’ viral with false claims

Abhishek Kumar28th March 2025

A clip from news channel News Nation featuring a man making a coconut fly in the air using some hand gestures has been doing the rounds on social media. However,…

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,…

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No, Jhargram vendor who sold jhal muri to PM Modi is not an SPG commando

CRPF action on ‘Trinamool goons’? Old video from Bangladesh falsely viral