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
- 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.
- Two sources for contested facts. Anything disputed, or attributed to an unnamed official, needs independent corroboration before it runs.
- 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.
- Numbers checked at origin. Figures are taken from the original dataset or statement, not from a secondary report of it.
- 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 hello@gulfhindi.com 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 If a story was wrong at its foundation, it is withdrawn and replaced with a note saying so — not deleted quietly.