The temple town of Sringeri in Karnataka’s Chikkamagluru saw the appearance of a ‘flag’ atop Shankaracharya statue on August 13. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state leaders were quick to declare that the flag belonged to the Social... Read More
Category - Religion
Bengaluru witnessed deadly riots on the night of August 11 when a mob, enraged over a derogatory Facebook post, attacked Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy’s residence and police stations at DG Halli and KG Halli. Murthy’s nephew Naveen... Read More
A three-minute video of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a Hindu temple has gone viral. Several social media users on Twitter and Facebook have shared the video along with the claim, “New Zealand’s PM visited a Hindu temple... Read More
On August 2, Home Minister Amit Shah informed that he has contracted the coronavirus and has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. Soon after, a 26-second video of members of the Muslim community raising ‘Azadi’ slogans during a mock... Read More
A 2:15-minute video is being widely shared on social media where people can be seen beating a person wearing a burqa. The person is being accused of entering a ladies toilet. Twitter user ‘@GalaxyAbhishek’ shared this video on August 8 along with... Read More
Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a one-minute video that shows men uprooting plants from a field. The viral text associated with the video reads, “Tree plantation drive was started by Pak PM Imran Khan. Look how namazi people oppose... Read More
A video of priests embroiled in a verbal altercation and toppling the donation box in a temple has been shared on social media. Twitter user @TapasNiyama linked the video to the Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan held on August 5 and how the event has brought... Read More
On August 6, media outlets published a syndicated news report by Press Trust of India (PTI). The report stated that the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), a trust constituted by the Uttar Pradesh State Sunni Central Waqf Board to construct a... Read More
Sixteen people from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations 2019, as per media reports. The results were declared on August 4. News18 reported that two candidates from North Kashmir’s Kupwara... Read More
Several social media users have shared a two-minute video with the claim that people fought and stole goats at Gujarat-Maharashtra border. A Twitter user posted the viral video with the caption, “Today it’s starting with goats. Tomorrow it... Read More