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India Today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on Jamia police violence – Alt News investigation

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha18th February 2020

On the intervening night of February 15-16, Jamia Coordination Committee released a 44-second CCTV footage of police excess inside a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university. The footage…

Jamia violence: Media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand

Pooja Chaudhuri18th February 202018th February 2020

On February 16, India Today ran ‘exclusive’ footage on the events of December 15, 2019, in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). This was after a CCTV video of police charging students with lathis…

Jamia violence: Student in the CCTV footage is not the one injured in Jamia shooting

Archit17th February 202018th February 2020

On February 15, CCTV videos showing students blocking the door of a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was aired by mainstream media and widely shared on social media….

Is classification as ‘developed nation’ by US good news for India? – A fact-check

Pooja Chaudhuri15th February 202015th February 2020

On February 12, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ram Madhav tweeted in celebration – “US classifies India as developed nation” – drawing close to 13,000 likes….

Amit Shah makes false claim that no BJP leader said protestors in Shaheen Bagh will rape women

Ketan14th February 2020

On February 13, Home Minister Amit Shah was interviewed by journalist Navika Kumar in the Times Now Summit. Kumar pointed out the provocative slogans raised by BJP leaders during pro-CAA…

How Twitterati followed by PM Modi spread misinformation about Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’

Archit14th February 202014th February 2020

On the eve of January 7, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), expressing solidarity with the students injured in the JNU attack of January 5. A section…

Car bomb explosion in Iraq revived as CCTV footage of Pulwama terror attack

Arjun Sidharth14th February 202014th February 2020

January 14, 2020 marks one year since the Pulwama terror attack took place. Over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in the attack. Several people have shared a CCTV video which…

Chinese police ‘shooting down’ coronavirus patients? Manufactured clip viral

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair14th February 202015th February 2020

A video clip is massively viral on social media. It shows a group of men who seem to be wielding guns near a police vehicle subsequently moving inside a residential…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘1 crore vote surge in Maharashtra’ claim not supported by EC data

News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker