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    Religion

    Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar

    Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

    29th April 20253rd May 2025
    At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent...
    Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India
    Kinjal

    Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle

    8th April 2025
    The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the footage. A video from Bangladesh has been doing the rounds on social...
    Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle

    Hoardings with fake quotes attributed to prominent Muslims appear in UP’s Pratapgarh

    Archit15th August 2021

    A video of hoardings attributing communal statements to prominent Muslim names recently emerged on social media. They were installed on the boundary wall of Uttar Pradesh-based TP Inter College in…

    Video of violence in family dispute shared with false communal spin

    Priyanka Jha13th August 2021

    A video of a young woman mercilessly beaten has been circulating on social media. It has been claimed that a Muslim girl was beaten by her father after he saw…

    Fact-check: Is Islamic Studies an optional subject for UPSC exam?

    Priyanka Jha10th August 2021

    A user named Kanak Singhi posted a picture on the Facebook group ‘देश का DNA‘ (Desh Ka DNA). In the accompanying caption, she suggested that one could become an IAS…

    Video viral with false claim that illegally constructed mosque was torn down in Unnao

    Kinjal9th August 2021

    A video of a bulldozer tearing down a white building with dome-shaped structures has gone viral on social media platforms. It has been claimed that the visuals are from Unnao,…

    Video of people offering namaz in knee-deep water is from Bangladesh

    Kinjal3rd August 20214th May 2022

    Footage of a large crowd of people offering namaz in knee-deep water is circulating widely on social media against the backdrop of Eid. Now Namaz in rivers ,what the hell…

    Fact-check: Were 5000-year-old idols of Hindu deities discovered underwater in Bali?

    Kinjal30th July 2021

    Recently, social media users have been widely circulating a few photos of Hindu idols seen underwater. It has been claimed that 5,000-year-old idols of Hindu deities were recently discovered underwater…

    Hindu man who died in bull attack mocked assuming he was Muslim

    Aqib Pathan26th July 2021

    A 30-second CCTV footage of a bull attacking an elderly man, tossing him in the air, has been shared on social media with several people mocking his death. A sarcastic…

    No, Amul has not fired 1.38 lakh employees who consume beef

    Kinjal21st July 2021

    A claim that Amul owner Anand Seth recently fired 1.38 lakh employees who consume beef is viral on social media. Facebook user Shri Radhe Krishna shared the claim on three…

    Cadbury Australia’s website screenshot shared to claim products with beef sold in India

    Archit21st July 2021

    On July 17, right-wing influencer Madhu Purnima Kishwar tweeted shared a screenshot of confectionary company Cadbury’s website. The screenshot stated, “Please note, if any of our products contain gelatine in…

    Fact-Check: Does Himalaya’s neem, tulasi, lasuna supplements contain bovine extract?

    Archit20th July 20212nd April 2022

    In the second week of July, several social media users shared a claim suggesting that the Himalaya Drug Company’s neem, tulasi, and lasuna supplements contain halal-certified meat. This claim has…

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