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Video from UP falsely viral as Delhi govt school converted into madrasa

Kinjal1st December 20212nd May 2023

A video of policemen entering a government school along with a group of civilians is widespread on social media. The video shows Muslim men, women and children reading in a…

No, Akhilesh Yadav did not say SP will change Ayodhya’s name if it comes to power in UP

Kinjal1st December 2021

A screengrab from a Republic Bharat broadcast is viral on social media. It reads, “SP to change the name of Ayodhya if it comes to power”. It is claimed that…

BJP’s poster on campaign for slum dwellers misuses Tamil author Perumal Murugan’s photo

Alt News Desk30th November 2021

BJP leaders JP Nadda, Adesh Gupta and Meenakshi Lekhi tweeted pictures of themselves addressing people on the conclusion of BJP Delhi’s campaign for slum dwellers “Jhuggi Samman Yatra”. The poster…

Fact-check: Does this photo show UPTET aspirants sleeping on roadside at night?

Pooja Chaudhuri30th November 20211st December 2021

The Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UPTET) was cancelled after a question paper for the examination was leaked. The exam was scheduled to be held on Sunday. Against this backdrop,…

Video of Akhilesh Yadav’s spar with Shivpal Yadav is from 2016

Pooja Chaudhuri27th November 202127th November 2021

A video of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and national president of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Akhilesh Yadav in a heated argument while on stage at an SP event is…

BJP leaders share images from S Korea and China in a video on Noida Intl Airport

Archit26th November 2021

In the run-up to the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the BJP government has inaugurated multiple infrastructure projects in the state. On November 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid…

Old images of train coaches in fire falsely shared as recent

Kinjal26th November 2021

Two images of a burning train coach are being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that the fire broke out after a train from Chapra collided with the…

VFX video showing a bird spitting fire believed to be true

Kinjal25th November 2021

A collage of two videos where one of them shows a man giving a speech and the other depicts a bird spitting fire is widespread on social media. People have…

Morphed image shows AAP installed billboard promising caste/ religion-wise divide in Goa

Kinjal25th November 2021

A purported billboard has been making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) installed a billboard that promises to divide Goa on the…

BJP UP shared video of woman thrashed in UP as Rajasthan to target Congress

Kinjal24th November 2021

On November 18, BJP Uttar Pradesh tweeted a video of a group of men beating a woman claiming that this was the state of affairs in Congress-ruled Rajasthan. The party…

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Cow-vigilante violence reaches Bengal: BJP youth leader who led brutal attack in Durgapur still at large

Nuns out on bail; ‘police excess’ & Bajrang Dal’s role in Chhattisgarh case under scanner