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Proof: Bengal bypolls: Humayun Kabir detained in Murshidabad after casting vote

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T03:32:23Z","headline":"Bengal bypolls: Humayun Kabir detained in Murshidabad after casting vote","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/by-election-2026-live-updates-tamil-nadu-assam-west-bengal-bypolls-voting-results-election-commission/liveblog/134721070.cms","v":1}

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SHA-256

66f3a32d32e34a4cef82ebea01e8585cd41b6b5d7067cd9454554f833098eb99

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970126, mined 2026-10-06 03:47 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 03:39 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 03:41 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-66f3a32d32e3.json prints 66f3a32d32e34a4cef82ebea01e8585cd41b6b5d7067cd9454554f833098eb99. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-66f3a32d32e3.json and headline-66f3a32d32e3.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-66f3a32d32e3.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.