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Unrelated videos from Maharashtra, MP combined to create false narrative of ‘UP police treating Muslim accused’

Ankita Mahalanobish27th December 202427th December 2024

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Visuals/ Sexual Harassment A video compilation is going viral on social media. The clip begins with what appears to be CCTV footage showing a group of girls…

Kejriwal did not say Ambedkar was drunk while writing Constitution; 12-year-old video clipped, shared falsely

Abhishek Kumar27th December 202427th December 2024

Amid the nationwide political uproar over Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament about B R Ambedkar, a nine-second clip of a speech by former Delhi chief minister Arvind…

Homeless man’s video from Bangladesh falsely shared as Hindu monk forcibly converted

Abhishek Kumar26th December 2024

A video is viral on social media in which a group of people are seen forcibly grabbing an old man from the street and cutting off his dreadlocks. This video…

Bangladesh village fire video peddled with false communal spin

Shinjinee Majumder24th December 2024

Amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, social media platforms are flooded with unverified videos and images of alleged attacks on the minorities in the country. A video currently circulating on…

Threats, conspiracy claims, closure orders: How Delhi BJP neta Ravinder Negi tyrannizes Muslim vendors

Abhishek Kumar21st December 202421st December 2024

Since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government assumed power, India has witnessed a noticeable rise in Hindutva-driven forces. Hindutva as an ideology advocates for India to be defined primarily as a…

No, Rahul Gandhi did not admit to pushing BJP MPs on Parliament premises; claim by BJP leaders false

Diti Pujara19th December 202420th December 2024

The last week of Parliament’s Winter Session, which began on November 25, has been nothing short of dramatic. With the Opposition staging protests against Union home minister Amit Shah’s remarks…

How Indian media reported Adani group’s US indictment

Oishani Bhattacharya & Diti Pujara17th December 202420th December 2024

On November 20, billionaire Gautam Adani, along with seven other Adani group executives, was indicted by a United States court on charges of fraud and bribery. The Adani group chairperson,…

Bangladeshi TikToker thrashed for ‘stealing’: Video viral with ‘Hindu woman forced to wear Hijab’ claims

Ankita Mahalanobish17th December 202417th December 2024

A video showing a woman being heckled and assaulted by a group of men while she tries to cover her head with a scarf is viral on social media. It…

Critically ill tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has not passed away; reports, posts by Indian media, I&B ministry false

Shinjinee Majumder16th December 202416th December 2024

On the night of Sunday, December 15, the Union ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) posted on X (formerly Twitter) that tabla maestro Zakir Hussain was no more. Within minutes,…

Video of burning Halloween prop in China shared as ‘Hindu genocide’ in Bangladesh

Ankita Mahalanobish15th December 2024

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Visuals A short video apparently showing a human body tied up and placed above a fire is being shared on X (formerly Twitter) as yet another incidence…

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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