Society

Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt

Indradeep Bhattacharyya3rd September 2025

In two related but unconnected developments, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq have found themselves in the midst of controversies after being invited to speak at…

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…

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…

Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny

Oishani Bhattacharya19th July 202520th July 2025

The Punjab Police has drawn flak on social media over a controversial post allegedly shared on its X account (@PunjabPoliceInd) that draws parallels with a horrific incident of custodial death…

‘Overstepping threshold of freedom of speech’: Cartoonist under fire over edited toon gets interim relief

Oishani Bhattacharya16th July 2025

On July 15, the Supreme Court granted Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya interim relief from arrest. The top court’s direction comes a day after it reproached the cartoonist over an “inflammatory”…

Dozens arrested in Odisha after 2 Dalit men tortured on false charges of cow smuggling

Pawan Kumar11th July 202511th July 2025

Incidents of violence by so-called cow protection groups affiliated to Hindutva outfits have been on the rise in several north Indian states. Now, one such incident has come to light…

Hindu teacher garlanded with shoes in Bangladesh? No, video viral with false communal claims

Pawan Kumar8th July 20258th July 2025

A video showing a man wearing a garland of shoes around his neck and surrounded by a group of people, who appear to be Muslims, is viral on social media….

Dainik Bhaskar, OpIndia misreport that 300 illegal firearms & 50,000 cartridges seized from Lucknow man

Abhishek Kumar7th July 2025

On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…

Dalit man tortured in Jhansi? Old video resurfaces; police says victim, assailants from same community

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd July 20252nd July 2025

A 55-second-long clip, purportedly showing a Dalit labourer with his hands tied and his head being shaved against his will as a crowd laughs at his plight, is viral on…

Video of husband assaulting wife in UP viral with false communal claims that Muslim man beat up Hindu woman

Prantik Ali28th June 202510th July 2025

Trigger Warning: The story has visuals and descriptions of violence & domestic abuse. Reader’s discretion advised. A video of a man physically assaulting a woman—kicking, slapping, and even hitting her…