Religion

When devotion takes a violent turn: 2025 Kanwar Yatra marred by cases of vandalism, assault as cops look on

Pawan Kumar12th August 2025

The Kanwar Yatra, which takes place during the auspicious Hindu month of ‘Shravan’ or ‘Saavan’, is a crucial pilgrimage for Hindus who worship the deity Shiva. However, the arduous yatra…

No, all Kukis did not come to Manipur under Congress rule in 1968 as refugees from Myanmar

Diti Pujara9th August 2025

Claims that Manipur’s Kuki tribe are refugees from Myanmar, welcomed to the state by the Congress government in 1968 and now have the upper hand, as they enjoy the Scheduled…

Man slapped on Indigo flight: Misleading to claim incident shows ‘plight of Muslims’ in India

Abhishek Kumar9th August 20259th August 2025

After the video of a man being slapped on an Indigo flight went viral recently, several social media users highlighted the incident as showing the plight of Muslims in India.  …

Bajrang Dal activist who ‘stopped’ Blinkit meat delivery says he was saving Sanatan Dharma

Ankita Mahalanobish & Diti Pujara2nd August 2025

On July 15, a delivery executive with Eternal’s (formerly Zomato) quick commerce arm, Blinkit, was stopped by workers of Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Bajrang Dal in Ghaziabad. The reason? He was…

Video of wife ‘cheating’ on husband viral with communal claims that lover hid Muslim identity is actually scripted

Pawan Kumar29th July 202529th July 2025

A video in which a woman is allegedly caught cheating by her husband is viral on social media with communal claims. Social media users claim that a married Muslim man…

Muslim family murdered by Bajrang Dal in UP? Video from Pakistan viral with false claim

Pawan Kumar25th July 2025

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Details, Mention of Dead Bodies  The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in question in view of the extremely graphic nature of the footage. …

‘Involved with a Muslim man?’ Radhika Yadav’s killing by father sparks flurry of misleading communal claims

Shinjinee Majumder15th July 2025

On July 10, 2025, 25-year-old Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, in her own home in Gurugram. Yadav shot at her three times with his…

Video of Hindu woman kneeling at Rath Yatra in Puri viral with false claims that she was offering namaz

Ankita Mahalanobish11th July 2025

A video showing a female police volunteer pulling away a woman kneeling underneath a large wooden chariot is viral on social media with communal claims that she was offering namaz…

NBDSA orders Times Now Navbharat to take down misleading thumbnail from video on Shimla mosque controversy

Shinjinee Majumder23rd June 202523rd June 2025

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has pulled up Times Now Navbharat (TNN) for using a “misleading” thumbnail on one of its broadcast videos from 2024 that was…

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

Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar29th 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…