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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…

To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid

Shinjinee Majumder5th April 20255th April 2025

“Tum kala kamal likho, hum lal gulaab likhenge…” [Roughly translated as: You may say the rose is black, we shall keep saying it’s red, tinged in the colour of love.]…

Holi 2025: Consent goes for a toss again; violence against women, religious minorities takes front seat

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shinjinee Majumder28th March 20254th April 2025

On Holi this year, Congress-ruled Telangana became an easy target for the Opposition. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party went all guns blazing after the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police issued…

‘BeerBiceps’ Ranveer Allahbadia crying after backlash over controversial remarks? No, video is from 2021

Shinjinee Majumder12th February 2025

YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, who runs the channel ‘BeerBiceps’, is facing backlash over controversial remarks made during an episode of stand-up comedian Samay Raina’s YouTube reality show ‘India’s Got Latent’. The…

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…

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…

No, Savarkar biopic is not India’s official submission to the Oscars

Ankita Mahalanobish28th September 2024

The makers of the film ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ recently claimed in an Instagram post that the film had been officially submitted for the Oscars. The post featured a poster of…

Painter shot multiple times: Viral video is from Brazil, no connection with India

Prantik Ali11th July 202411th July 2024

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual viral video in view of the graphic nature of the clip. A video is viral on WhatsApp in particular with the…

Police debunk false claims of Amethi woman’s death in queue to avail ‘Mahalakshmi’ benefits

Prantik Ali17th June 2024

Some social media users have claimed that a woman died after suffering a heatstroke in Amethi while she was waiting in a queue to avail benefits of the Congress’s Mahalakshmi…

Pune crash: Rapper in viral video is not the minor accused

Oishani Bhattacharya24th May 202424th May 2024

A speeding Porsche Taycan crashed into a motorcycle at Kalyani Nagar, Pune, in the wee hours of Sunday, May 19, killing two. The four-wheeler was allegedly driven by the minor…

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After Maoist deaths, BJP Karnataka shares ‘cauliflower’ meme, a reference to the 1989 Bhagalpur riots

Viral video where Muslim woman claims she had ‘halala’ with her former father-in-law is scripted