Fact-Checking Policy

GulfHindi.com publishes in a space where rumour travels fast — visa amnesties that were never announced, fee changes that never happened, job schemes that do not exist. Checking is most of the work.

What every article goes through

1. Source of record. A claim about a rule, fee, deadline or law must trace back to the issuing authority — a ministry statement, gazette notification, official portal or on-record spokesperson. A screenshot circulating on WhatsApp is not a source.
2. Two sources for contested facts. Anything disputed, or attributed to an unnamed official, needs independent corroboration before it runs.
3. Attribution. Where we rely on another outlet's reporting, we name it and link to it, and we say that the claim is theirs rather than ours.
4. Numbers checked at origin. Figures are taken from the original dataset or statement, not from a secondary report of it.
5. Editor review. Anything involving a named person, a contested claim or original reporting is read by a human editor before publication.

What we will not publish

• Forwarded messages, voice notes or screenshots presented as news without independent confirmation.
• Visa, amnesty or job announcements that we cannot locate in an official source.
• Quotes we have not verified as genuine.
• AI-generated or AI-altered images presented as documentary photographs.

When we cannot confirm

We say so in the article — explicitly, in the body, not only by omission. A story that is genuinely uncertain runs with that uncertainty on the page, or it does not run.

Flagging a claim for checking

Email [email protected] with the claim, where you saw it, and a link if you have one. We prioritise claims that are spreading and could cause someone to lose money or miss a legal deadline.

When a check fails after publication

The article is corrected under our corrections policy, with a dated note explaining what changed. If a story was wrong at its foundation, it is withdrawn and replaced with a note saying so — not deleted quietly.