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Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap calls 1979 Iran hostage crisis ‘Breaking News’, apologizes after being corrected

Abhishek Kumar13th March 202613th March 2026

During a live bulletin on India Today Group’s flagship Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak, anchor and senior managing editor Anjana Om Kashyap on March 5 claimed she was breaking the…

Netanyahu’s brother killed in Iranian missile strike at his home? Unrelated video from US falsely viral

Abhishek Kumar12th March 2026

A video showing a mansion engulfed on fire is going viral on social media. The entire building is up in flames, and firefighters are present at the scene. The video…

Uttam Nagar on edge after Tarun Kumar’s death: Claims, counterclaims fuel rising communal tensions

Pawan Kumar & Abhishek Kumar12th March 202612th March 2026

On a narrow lane in Uttam Nagar, what began as a trivial incident on Holi involving a child and a balloon, spiralled within minutes into a violent confrontation that left…

‘If we’re not here, it will take a second…’: Mamata Banerjee fuels communal fears ahead of polls

Ankita Mahalanobish11th March 202611th March 2026

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing supporters from her dharna stage against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on March 9, made remarks laced with communal…

No, Bahrain has not arrested an Indian national for espionage

Ankita Mahalanobish & Mohammed Zubair10th March 202610th March 2026

Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, several social media users have claimed that Bahrain has arrested an Indian national named Nitin Mohan on charges of espionage for Mossad, the Israeli…

Photo shown by Trinamool to claim Modi disrespected President Murmu is misleading

Prantik Ali10th March 2026

Reacting to the the BJP’s charge of protocol lapses during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to north Bengal, the Trinamool Congress on March 10 produced a 2024 photo showing Murmu standing…

Documenting the war or fabricating it? AI-generated visuals on social media blur the line as Iran conflict escalates

Ankita Mahalanobish9th March 20269th March 2026

Amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, social media has been flooded with unverified images and videos claiming to show scenes from the war. Many of these visuals went into…

Viral clip of Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi ‘admitting’ India gave away Iranian ship’s location is a deepfake

Oishani Bhattacharya9th March 20269th March 2026

A 57-second video of India’s Chief of Army Staff Upendra Dwivedi is viral on social media. Users are sharing the clip with the claim that Dwivedi “admitted” that India had…

Footage from Philadelphia plane crash site falsely viral as ‘confirmed’ visuals from Tel Aviv

Alt News Staff9th March 2026

With tensions continuing to escalate in West Asia, an X handle named GPX (@GPX_Press) shared a video on March 8, 2026, showing a road littered with debris and what appear…

‘Abu Dhabi burning’: 2022 gas cylinder blast video falsely viral amid West Asia conflict

Ankita Mahalanobish8th March 2026

Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, a six-second video clip is circulating on social media. The footage shows an explosion on the top floor of what appears to be…

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No bikes, no booze, no outsiders: Poll panel’s unprecedented orders stump Bengal

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s speech at Varanasi varsity shared out of context, falsely linked to RSS