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Ganesha idol desecrated in Karnataka’s Belur: False communal angle, ‘conversion mafia’ theory pop up

Abhishek Kumar24th September 202524th September 2025

Following the discovery of the desecration of an idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha in a temple in Hassan district of Karnataka on September 21, a section of social media…

Man seen removing drain cover in viral CCTV footage from Mumbai is not a Muslim

Ankita Mahalanobish24th September 202524th September 2025

A 36-second video, which appears to be CCTV footage, is going viral, which shows a man stepping out of an auto-rickshaw and forcefully wrenching open an iron grating or a…

Pakistani actress’s image wrongly viral as wife of late PAF commander arrested over ‘affair’ with Indian diplomat

Oishani Bhattacharya23rd September 2025

An image of a woman is being shared on social media with claims that she is the wife of late Pakistan Air Force squadron leader Usman Yousuf, who was killed…

‘Success of demonetisation?’ Video of kids flaunting old, demonetised notes not from Pakistan but Lucknow

Prantik Ali23rd September 202523rd September 2025

A video of two minor scrap dealers flaunting wads of currency notes is viral on social media. In the video, two men ask the kids if they can take some…

Congress, AAP share clipped video to claim Bansuri Swaraj insulted National Anthem

Pawan Kumar23rd September 2025

Some Congress and AAp-linked social media handles have shared a video of BJP leader and Lok Sabha member Bansuri Swaraj, in which she is apparently seen leaving the stage in…

Tear gas cannister caught by protester: Pakistan video from 2022 shared as Nepal

Shinjinee Majumder22nd September 2025

Amid the recent unrest in Nepal, several unverified images and videos went viral on social media. One such video shows a man catching a tear gas canister and throwing it back….

Anurag Thakur-Jay Shah-Afridi video is not from Aisa Cup India-Pak match

Abhishek Kumar17th September 202517th September 2025

Hours after the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match finished at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, 2025, a video started circulating on social media showing ICC president Jay…

Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh

Prantik Ali17th September 2025

Trigger Warning: The story mentions details of violence. Readers’ discretion advised. A video showing a woman sitting on the ground and crying inconsolably as she tries to answer a mob…

Nepal GenZ was protesting against a ‘corrupt’ system. In highlighting social media ban, media missed the point

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 202524th September 2025

Trigger Warning: Graphic Imagery What the world witnessed in Nepal last week was not just a protest against a social media ban, but a spontaneous outpouring of pent up anger…

Nepal unrest: I-Day video from Sikkim with ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans falsely viral

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 2025

Amid the recent unrest in Nepal, several unverified images and videos have gone viral on social media. One such video shows a group of people carrying Indian flags and chanting…

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Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story

Hindu youths desecrated temples in UP with ‘I love Muhammad’ graffiti to frame Muslim peers, arrested