News24, Zee News misreport hotel fire in Bangladesh as Hindu temple incident
Dhaka: Following the coup in Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's departure from the country, social media has been flooded with videos of looting and arson. One such video, showing a building on fire, has been falsely circulated as a Hindu temple set ablaze by Muslim fundamentalists.
The Twitter account Visegrád 24 shared the video, claiming the burning building was a Hindu temple. This misinformation was further propagated by News24 and Zee News Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, which also described the viral video as a Hindu temple on fire.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 6, 2024
The ethnic violence continues in Bangladesh.
Islamist have set a Hindu business on fire pic.twitter.com/RsJXRET74s
Fact-checking by Bangladeshi fact-checker Sohanur Rahman revealed that the building in question is actually the Raj Palace Coffee Shop & Restaurant in Satkhira, Bangladesh, not a Hindu temple. This was corroborated by information found on the Facebook page Kalaroa Speech and images on Google Maps.
Fake Alert❌
— Shohanur Rahman (@Sohan_RSB) August 6, 2024
This isn't a temple, it's actually a restaurant in Satkhira. pic.twitter.com/wmfYZ0fknO
Despite this, the false claim was shared by several social media users, including Sunanda Roy, Hindu Voice, and Random Sena, known for spreading fake information.
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Air India Express introduces late-night Bengaluru–Mangaluru service
International services at M’luru cancelled on March 7
Mangaluru: Air India Express will introduce a late-night daily flight service on the Bengaluru–Mangaluru–Bengaluru sector starting March 10, 2026.
According to the sources, flight IX 5971 will depart from Bengaluru at 9.25 pm and arrive in Mangaluru at 10.40 pm. The return flight, IX 5972, will depart from Mangaluru at 11.10 pm and reach Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, at 12.20 am.
The additional service will operate daily and will remain in effect until March 28, 2026.
Meanwhile, Air India Express has cancelled all its scheduled international flights from Mangaluru International Airport (IXE) on March 7 due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
The Bengaluru–Mangaluru sector already has multiple daily services. Apart from Air India Express, IndiGo also operates flights on this route.
