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Fact-check: Did Akhilesh Yadav say “Jinnah got India freedom”?

Priyanka Jha9th November 2021

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya recently tweeted an 18-second video featuring SP leader Akhilesh Yadav. Malviya alleged that Yadav claimed Muhammad Ali Jinnah got India freedom from British colonial…

Were degrees of Srinagar medical college students “cancelled” for celebrating Pak’s win in T20?

Kinjal5th November 20215th November 2021

On October 24, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in the T-20 World Cup. J&K police filed cases against medical students in Srinagar who allegedly celebrated Pakistan’s win on campus….

Old video of rowdy-sheeter killed in Bangalore falsely shared as Tripura violence

Kinjal5th November 2021

A video of a few people attacking another person with sharp weapons is viral. It has been claimed that the footage depicts an attack on a Muslim home in Tripura….

Old video of Rohingya camp in Bangladesh engulfed in fire shared as Tripura

Aqib Pathan3rd November 2021

A video of a settlement engulfed in a fire has been shared with the claim that the incident took place in Tripura. The state had recently witnessed communal riots where…

BBC’s video report on Delhi riots shared to depict police complicity in Tripura violence

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd November 2021

A video of a BBC report on police’s alleged complicity during communal riots has been shared with the claim that the report is on the Tripura violence. At least seven…

Old video from UP falsely viral as huge protest by Muslims in Tripura

Aqib Pathan30th October 2021

A video of a crowd of Muslim men is circulating with the claim that a huge protest rally from Kadamtala in Dharmanagar, North Tripura district was taken out against the…

Old photo shared as Muslim men in Tripura stand with burnt religious textbooks

Aqib Pathan30th October 2021

A photograph of two men standing with charred books in their hands has been shared claiming the image was taken in Tripura. Viral claims insinuate that the charred books were…

Video from 2018 from Bihar falsely shared as Tripura police supporting mobs

Aqib Pathan29th October 202130th October 2021

A video of a policeman chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the presence of a group of men carrying saffron flags has been shared on social media with the claim that…

Video from 2011 revived as SP leader Kamal Akhtar thrashed by UP police

Kinjal28th October 202128th October 2021

A news broadcast of a speech by SP leader Kamal Akhtar has been making the rounds online. He is heard saying that to date no IPS, PCS or officer has…

Video from Bangladesh shot in May shared as man hacked to death in Tripura

Archit27th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] A mosque and a few shops were reportedly vandalised and set ablaze at Panisagar sub-division in North Tripura…

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