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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…

Bull getting tortured: Distressing video from Punjab falsely viral as ISKCON Bangladesh

Prantik Ali9th December 20249th December 2024

The story uses only screenshots in view of the graphic nature of the video being fact-checked. A disturbing video showing four individuals brutally thrashing a bull is viral on social…

Old video viral with false claim that Muslims demolished Hindu temple in Bangladesh

Prantik Ali3rd December 20243rd December 2024

A minute-long video showing scores of men, some with skull caps, breaking down and destroying a structure is being widely shared on social media with the claim that is of…

Jahangirpuri temple stone-pelting a fight among juveniles from same religion, no communal angle: Police

Oishani Bhattacharya6th November 2024

A 26-second clip showing a group of boys throwing stones at each other on what appears to be a temple premises has gone viral on social media. Users are widely…

Mentally unstable Hindu man thrashed near Andhra temple; video goes viral with false ‘Muslim conspiracy’ narrative

Shinjinee Majumder5th November 20247th November 2024

A video of a man repeatedly saying Jai Sri Ram is viral on social media. In the clip, he is seen being confronted by a mob outside a temple. Some…

Old video of a fight onboard aircraft shared with false communal narrative

Ankita Mahalanobish28th October 2024

A video of a physical fight inside an aircraft is circulating widely on social media. A man dressed in a black shirt is seen in the clip being assaulted by…

Karwa Chauth: Bajrang Dal strikes in Karol Bagh, objects to Muslim women applying Mehndi on Hindus

Shinjinee Majumder25th October 2024

Tension gripped New Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on Saturday, October 19, as Hindutva activists tried to stop Burqa-clad women from applying Mehndi, also known as Henna, on Hindu women on…

India TV and others falsely dub Ghaziabad incident as ‘Urine Jihad’, Both Accused and Complainants are Hindu

Oishani Bhattacharya17th October 202418th October 2024

A 32-year-old woman working as a house help for a real estate business owner was arrested on October 16 for allegedly using her urine for cooking. The Ghaziabad police registered…

PIB claim on Islamic countries not having Waqf property is false

Oishani Bhattacharya14th October 2024

Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on August 8 proposed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024, in the Lok Sabha, which sought to amend…

‘What is our fault?… that we are Hindus?’ Tales of attacks on minorities pour in from Bangladesh

Shinjinee Majumder18th August 2024

“..We always remained silent; whatever the students did, they did well. We had nothing to say. We stayed quiet… everything they did was fine. But today, why should we be…

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