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Alwar family feud over property given communal spin on social media

Shinjinee Majumder31st January 2024

A video of some men beating up others with sticks is viral on social media with the claim that Muslims were assaulting Hindus in Alwar, Rajasthan. (Archive) अलवर में मुसलमानों…

Viral ‘exclusive’ video of Virat Kohli at Ram Mandir consecration is actually an old clip from a Ganesh Chaturthi event

Oishani Bhattacharya27th January 2024

The consecration of the idol of Hindu deity Ram at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya took place on January 22 amid the performance of rituals and with Prime Minister Narendra…

Scuba diver’s underwater stunt with saffron flag falsely viral as Indian Navy celebrating Ram Mandir consecration

Oishani Bhattacharya24th January 2024

A 30-second clip of a man underwater waving a saffron flag with Hanuman’s face imprinted on it is being widely shared on social media. It is claimed that this is…

Did Italian PM congratulate Hindus on Ram Mandir? No, viral clip shows her thanking followers for birthday wishes

Shinjinee Majumder24th January 2024

Against the backdrop of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, a clip of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni purportedly ‘congratulating’ the Hindus of India is viral on…

Burj Khalifa photos with Hindu deity Ram’s image projected on it are edited

Shinjinee Majumder23rd January 202425th January 2024

In connection with the consecration ceremony of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir, two images showing the projection of the figure of the Hindu deity Ram on the Burj Khalifa building are…

Congress-linked X handles share Puri Rath Yatra footage as crowd at Rahul Gandhi’s march

Abira Das22nd January 2024

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 14 kick-started his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra‘ from Manipur. Several social media users — many of those linked to Congress — have shared a…

Fight over ‘Akshata’ distribution injures 4 in Karnataka; Rahul Shivshankar calls it ‘Hindumesia’ in misleading tweet

Shinjinee Majumder20th January 2024

Journalist Rahul Shivshankar recently expressed outrage over an incident in Puttur in the Dakshin Kannada district of Karnataka. According to his tweet, a Hindu activist named Santhosh was allegedly beaten…

Old video viral as Pakistan retaliating to missile-strikes by Iran

Shinjinee Majumder20th January 2024

Pakistan on Thursday launched airstrikes at alleged militant hideouts in the Siestan-Balochistan province of Iran in retaliation to missile and drone attacks by Iran at alleged bases of Jaish al-Adl…

An MBA from Australia, Neha Patel now leads violent cow-vigilantes in Gujarat

Oishani Bhattacharya19th January 202419th January 2024

On August 7, Anil Gamit, a resident of Mangaldev village in Gujarat’s Tapi district, was returning to his village with nine buffalo calves in a pick-up truck with another person…

Fact check: Ram Mandir is being built at the same site where Babri Masjid once stood, not 3 km away

Abhishek Kumar17th January 2024

The Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid controversy, which is a dispute over a 2.77-acre piece of land in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, between Hindus and Muslims, reached its climax in 1992 when a…

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Did Rahul Gandhi say ‘I don’t get any disease, I have direct connection with God’? No, viral video is clipped

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