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Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men

Shinjinee Majumder26th March 20263rd April 2026

In a conversation with Alt News on March 23, the complainant in the Varanasi Iftar-on-boat case offered a series of shifting and evasive responses, mirroring the inconsistencies that now surround…

Himanta defends ‘shooting’ video point blank; says it will be re-uploaded with ‘Bangladeshi’ tag

Oishani Bhattacharya19th March 202619th March 2026

With less than a month to go for the Assam assembly elections, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has reiterated his stance on “Miya Muslims” while defending the Assam BJP’s February…

Killed in cow-vigilante shootout in Rajasthan: 14 days on, Aamir’s family awaits police action

Shinjinee Majumder15th March 202616th March 2026

Aamir, a truck driver from Haryana, was shot dead in an alleged confrontation with cow vigilantes linked to the Bajrang Dal in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi on March 2. Nearly two weeks…

Uttam Nagar on edge after Tarun Kumar’s death: Claims, counterclaims fuel rising communal tensions

Pawan Kumar & Abhishek Kumar12th March 202612th March 2026

On a narrow lane in Uttam Nagar, what began as a trivial incident on Holi involving a child and a balloon, spiralled within minutes into a violent confrontation that left…

Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

Shinjinee Majumder28th January 2026

A video of a man bursting all the balloons of a child balloon seller wearing a skullcap is being circulated on social media as an act of hate. The video…

The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Oishani Bhattacharya & Pawan Kumar24th December 202524th December 2025

In July, after self-styled godman Premanand Maharaj made some sexist remarks on women who are involved with multiple men, a video of two women’s reaction to the controversy grabbed much attention…

The long march to Hindu Rashtra: From meat ban to ‘Mandir Wahi Banega’ — Bageshwar Baba’s padyatra had it all

Prantik Ali5th December 20255th December 2025

The 10-day ‘Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra’ organized last month by Hindutva icon Dhirendra Shastri lived up to expectations as the apparently ‘apolitical’ rally turned into a platform for aggressive political…

Muslim driver ‘assaulted’ in Agra over ‘Jai Sri Ram’: Arrested Rohit Thakur has a history of similar cases

Shinjinee Majumder5th December 20256th December 2025

A week after a 57-year-old Muslim taxi driver from Agra was allegedly harassed and assaulted for refusing to chant Jai Sri Ram, the main accused, Rohit Thakur, has been arrested….

NSA Ajit Doval did say ISI recruited more Hindus than Muslims in India; his ‘deepfake’ claim is false

Shinjinee Majumder17th November 202517th November 2025

In the wake of the terrorist attack in New Delhi on November 10 that left at least 13 dead and many others injured, a video of National Security Adviser (NSA)…

AI video of COAS Upendra Dwivedi saying Indian Army to reduce non-Hindu soldiers by 50% goes viral

Prantik Ali14th November 2025

A video of the Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, making controversial remarks about the Indian Army and claiming that by 2028, the number of non-Hindu soldiers would be…

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