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US military base in UAE under attack? Viral video is actually from June 2025

Oishani Bhattacharya5th March 202616th March 2026

A 15-second clip showing a massive explosion is going viral on social media, being shared as footage from the ongoing US–Israel war against Iran. Users claim it captures a United…

Drone strike on US embassy in Riyadh? Journalists, media outlets falsely share old video as fresh footage

Abhishek Kumar5th March 20265th March 2026

Amid rising tensions between Iran and the US–Israel alliance, drones struck the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 3, 2026. The attack reportedly caused minor damage, and no…

‘Dubai is burning’: 2022 skydiving video falsely peddled as Iranian attack

Oishani Bhattacharya4th March 2026

A 15-second video showing objects resembling explosives falling from the sky is being widely shared on social media, with users claiming it captures an Iranian attack on Dubai. On February…

No, Arvind Kejriwal did not say that Virat Kohli was from Koli community

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd March 2026

A 38-second video clip featuring Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is circulating widely on social media. In the clip, Kejriwal praises the Koli community…

Inside the Azim Premji University flare-up: Vandalism, ABVP–AISA face-off, FIRs against students

Anindya Hazra2nd March 20263rd March 2026

Azim Premji University (APU), Bengaluru, has reacted to the violence and vandalism allegedly carried out by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on its campus on February 24 in protest…

Anti-Muslim graffiti on NH: Hindu Raksha Dal member says Muslims are ‘tenants’ in India, should live like that

Shinjinee Majumder2nd March 2026

On the intervening night of February 26 and 27, women associated with the Hindu Raksha Dal (HRD) spray-painted communal slogans on a crash barrier along the Delhi–Dehradun National Highway in…

Cow vigilantes strike in Gandhinagar, chase and topple car, beat up Muslim men transporting ‘buffaloes’

Oishani Bhattacharya28th February 2026

A black SUV without a number plate cruises along the Modhera Temple overbridge in Gujarat in the dead of night, as if on the hunt. It spots a pickup van…

Elderly Muslim man assaulted in Uttarakhand for offering namaz on vacant field ‘near’ temple

Ankita Mahalanobish27th February 202627th February 2026

Trigger Warning: Footage Contains Use of Expletives A video showing an elderly Muslim man offering namaz being assaulted, verbally abused, and forced to chant “Jai Sri Ram” has triggered outrage…

The Kerala Story 2 trailer recycles baseless Islamophobic tropes, fuels familiar fear narratives

Shinjinee Majumder27th February 202627th February 2026

The Kerala high court on February 26 stayed the release of the film, The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond, a day before it was supposed to hit the theatres. The…

Bloodstains on Pashmina: Kashmiri shawl sellers heckled, assaulted across states over faith, identity

Ankita Mahalanobish20th February 2026

For decades, winter announced itself at the doorsteps of people in the Indian plains with the arrival of Kashmiri shawl sellers — walking, cycling, or ferrying through the streets with…

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From self-identification to state control: Trans voices raise alarm over new law

Four more Bengal constituencies, same pattern: Muslims disproportionately marked ‘Under Adjudication’ in SIR