Old video viral as "communists" in Kerala attack pro-CAA rally by BJP-RSS - Alt News

 A video of a group of bikers attacked by a mob is circulating on social media. It is being shared with the claim that a BJP-RSS rally, in support of CAA and NRC, was attacked by “communists” in Kerala. The tweet has garnered close to 500 retweets. This is how Communists in …Read more at ...... Read More
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Old, unrelated video shared as CAA support rally by Sadhus, Agoras in Haridwar - Alt News

 A video is viral on Twitter and Facebook with the claim, “A procession of Sadhus, Agoras, in Haidwar in support of Modi’s CAA. No one knows where these people live and how they are receiving messages. No stone pelting, No Cruel slogans, No bus burning, No police Attack, No Pak zindabad, No …Read more at ...... Read More
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Old, unrelated video shared as CAA support rally by Sadhu, Agoras in Haridwar - Alt News

 A video is viral on Twitter and Facebook with the claim, “A procession of Sadhus, Agoras, in Haidwar in support of Modi’s CAA. No one knows where these people live and how they are receiving messages. No stone pelting, No Cruel slogans, No bus burning, No police Attack, No Pak zindabad, No …Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Is this the video of US drone strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani?

 A video has gone viral on social media claiming to be of the very drone attack that killed Soleimani. India Today Anti Fake News War Room has found that the video has nothing to do with Soleimani's killing.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Were these animals rescued from the Australian bush fires?

 AFWA has found that five out of the seven images are not from the ongoing bush fires in Australia.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Did this SFI worker fake injuries after violence at JNU?

 Students' Federation of India activist Soori Krishnan was reportedly injured in the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 5. His photo with a bandaged head was also published by mainstream media.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Republican Congressman targets Obama on Iran with morphed image

 The original image is of Obama shaking hands with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Read more at ...... Read More
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Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Hindu women assaulted by Muslims in Pakistan - Alt News

 A video, where two men can be seen attempting to take a girl hostage while an elderly woman tries to stop the duo, was shared by Renee Lynn, the author of ‘India Stripped: Voice of India’, on January 7, 2019. In the video, both the women are beaten and pushed around by …Read more at ...... Read More
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Morphed photo viral as ABVP Assam protesting against CAA, NRC - Alt News

 A photo was circulating on social media last week that shows a group of people holding ABVP flags and a large banner which has photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah with footprints on their faces. The text of the banner reads, "We don't support NRC, CAB, CAA. …Read more at ...... Read More
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Muslim student from JNU falsely blamed for 'masterminding' violence at the university - Alt News

 On January 6, 2019, Bollywood filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted two screenshots – a Facebook post by JNU student Afzal Husain Khan and a screenshot of Khan’s Facebook bio – and claimed that a Muslim student of the varsity had ‘planned’ an attack on ABVP members. Pandit’s tweet came after JNU ABVP members …R...... Read More
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JNU Violence: ABVP, BJP office-bearers falsely claim SFI activist 'faked' injuries - Alt News

 ABVP national organising secretary Ashish Chauhan tweeted photographs of SFI activist Soori Krishnan and suggested that he faked sustaining injuring during violence in JNU on January 5-6. In two of the photographs, Krishnan can be seen with bandages on his head and both arms which are absent in the third image. Comedy …...... Read More
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Old, unrelated images viral as sex toys, condoms found inside JNU campus - Alt News

 On January 6, a day after the recent attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by masked assailants armed with lathis and iron rods, several social media users posted two images of sex toys with the claim that these belong to students of JNU. Twitter user @Shubham85395292 posted the images and said, “Last …Read more at ...... Read More
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Video of ABVP member assaulting AISA student shared by journalists as Left parties attacking ABVP - Alt News

 A video of a man in a red jacket beating up another person in a green clothing is widely circulating on social media to espouse the claim that students associated with Left parties attacked ABVP members thus triggering the violence in JNU on the intervening night of January 5-6. Journalist Sumit Kumar …Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: This European kid was not beaten up by a Muslim immigrant for having blue eyes

 A disturbing photo of a child with bruises and stitches below the eyes is going viral on social media with the claim that a 12-year-old Swedish kid was beaten up by a Muslim immigrant for having blue eyes. Our fact check team found out that the claim was falseRead more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Touching image of kangaroo hugging woman has no relation to Australian bush fires

 The devastating bush fires in Australia have triggered several heart-wrenching images of trapped animals on social media. Several comforting pictures of humans rescuing animals are also available on the Internet.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: This video has nothing to do with anti-CAA stir in Uttar Pradesh

 A short video of a policeman hitting a protester on his head with a baton is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that the viral video is from Uttar Pradesh. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral video is from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)....... Read More
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No, Umar Khalid did not raise "Hinduo se azadi" slogan at Gateway of India, Mumbai - Alt News

 BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Bagga tweeted an 18-second clip of a protest at the Gateway of India, Mumbai on the intervening night of January 5-6. The protest was against the violence at JNU Delhi, where masked goons entered the campus with weapons and thrashed several students. The sloganeering at the Mumbai protest …Read more at ...... Read More
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Image of symbolic 'one eye bandaged' protest shared as CAA protesters faking injury - Alt News

 Since the past few days, an image of a Muslim woman with a bandage on her eye during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been shared by many. The woman is being ridiculed for wrapping the bandage over her hijab, indicating that she is faking her injury. On December …Read more at ...... Read More
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