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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicViral video

Topic: Viral video

Lynching of Dalit man who ‘stole from Gurdwara gollak’ latest in spate of ‘mob justice’ cases in Punjab

Police have registered case of murder against six men, but no arrests made yet. A video of the incident, which took place in state's Moga district on 15 October, has gone viral.

Manipur security adviser says man burnt alive in viral video was Kuki, recommends CBI probe

The video, says Kuldiep Singh, was taken the same day as the incident of Kuki women being paraded naked, a video of which had gone viral in July.

BJYM leader held for ‘assaulting’ tribal man in Madhya Pradesh, Congress ups ante against Shivraj

FIR lodged against BJP youth wing leader after video surfaces showing him & another accused trashing the man in Anuppur district. BJYM cancels membership of the accused.

Manipur video sets Alwar gang rape victim back by 4 years. She wants right to be forgotten

As the gang rape video of Manipur's Kuki women surfaced online, the Alwar constable's gang rape video from 2019 was picked up, re-circulated, and made viral too. Her phone hasn't stopped pinging since then.

Malda court grants bail to 2 women who were ‘thrashed, stripped’ & arrested for rioting

The incident, a video of which went viral, took place in a market in West Bengal last week. The 2 women were arrested the same day, while 5 people who 'attacked' the women were held too.

‘Deeply disturbing’: SC takes suo motu cognisance of purported Manipur video of women being paraded naked

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud says 'using women as an instrument in an area of communal strife to perpetuate gender violence is unacceptable', tells govt to take action.

‘Spitting’ row: Muslim family’s building demolished amid DJ music, drum beats in Ujjain

Action came after a video purportedly showing unidentified persons ‘spitting’ on a Hindu religious procession surfaced on social media. Ujjain police say building was 'illegal'.

Arrest of Mansa man who ‘assaulted chemist for selling banned drugs’ sparks political war in Punjab

Parvinder Singh was arrested after he allegedly put a garland of shoes around a chemist's neck and paraded him, on finding out that a peddler had procured 'banned capsules' from his shop.

Purported video of ‘rioters being flogged’ go viral after clashes in Gujarat’s Junagadh city

While authenticity of video could not be verified, several social media users claim the two beating the 'rioters' are from Gujarat police. Cops are yet to issue statement on the clip.

Group of men confronts ‘woman wearing Hijab for roaming with Hindu man’ in MP’s Indore, 7 arrested

Cops book accused under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder). Additional DCP says accused manhandled woman's friend, who has been admitted to private hospital.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.