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Sunday, September 28, 2025
TopicWhatsApp rumours

Topic: WhatsApp rumours

Tamils and Biharis aren’t fighting. Something else is fuelling the fear and fury

Police control rooms in Coimbatore and Tiruppur have received hundreds of calls. Officers who can speak Hindi are answering the same question from Bihari migrants: Are we safe?

Palghar lynching: Muslims, Christians usual suspects. No one blamed Facebook, WhatsApp

The blame game after Palghar lynching is a fresh reminder of how the politics of hate can ruthlessly hijack the much-needed development agenda.

Rumour has it that riots are breaking out in your neighbourhood. What would you do?

Just this Sunday on Delhi streets, the Bharat Mata Ki Jai chants – an otherwise innocuous patriotic slogan – produced a menacing web of rumours.

Imran Khan’s victory in Pakistan polls, and free-speech perils on WhatsApp

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Supreme Court cracks down on lynchings, says Parliament must bring law to control ‘mobocracy’

The SC was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, but the verdict comes as India grapples with another form of mob violence, triggered by a WhatsApp rumour.

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We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.