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Madhya Pradesh: Video of assault on woman viral with false communal claim – Alt News

Trigger Warning: Violence A video of a man beating up a woman is being widely shared on social media. In the video, the man first slaps the woman and later kicks and punches her in the face and body. At the end of the footage, she is seen in an unconscious state. It is claimed …

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Video of school students rehearsing for cultural event viral with communal spin – Alt News

A video of a group of girls in red and white uniforms is making the rounds on social media. In the clip, a woman is sitting on a chair while the girls can be seen kneeling down and touching the ground with their foreheads a number of times like one does while offering prayer. The …

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AI images of US actor Dwayne Johnson go viral, users claim he performed ‘aarti’ – Alt News

Images of the Hollywood actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, who is also known by the ring name ‘The Rock’, are viral on social media showing him dressed as a Hindu priest inside a temple offering prayers. Several social media users have shared the image claiming that the actor performed ‘Aarti’ as per Hindu …

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Photo from 2021 farmers’ stir falsely viral as Sakshi Malik pinned to the ground – Alt News

Indian wrestlers including some Olympian medalists have been protesting since April 23, 2023, in Delhi demanding the arrest of BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in multiple cases of alleged sexual harassment including one under the POCSO Act. On May 28, 2023, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated …

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Old video shared with false claim that Karnataka govt has revoked hijab ban – Alt News

A video is viral on social media in which one can see several burqa-clad women walk through a gate even as they are hailed or heckled by some people. A police official can be seen in the video directing the women to walk. The video is being shared with the claim that the Karnataka government …

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Wrestlers detained in Delhi: AI image of ‘smiling’ Vinesh & Sangeeta Phogat viral – Alt News

Some of India’s top wrestlers, led by Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik, were detained by Delhi Police on Sunday, May 28, after they had been stopped from marching towards the new Parliament building from their site of protest at Jantar Mantar. The Wrestlers, who have been demanding the arrest of the Wrestling Federation …

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Video of Yazidi women rescued by Syrian forces viral with false claims that they’re Hindus from India, Bangladesh – Alt News

A video is viral on social media with the claim that the UN (United Nations) Army has rescued 38 women from ISIS tents, who were kept there as sex slaves by the terror group. It is also claimed that these women are from India and Bangladesh, and a majority of them are Hindu. Some social …

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Fact check: Telugu actress Sanjjanaa Galrani converted to Islam in 2018, not after watching The Kerala Story – Alt News

Images of Telugu actress Sanjjanaa Galrani (alternatively spelt as Sanjana) and her family have been circulating on social media with the claim that the actress converted to Islam after watching the film ‘The Kerala Story’. Users have also claimed that the actress had undertaken the sacred Haj pilgrimage after converting to Islam and getting married. …

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Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee is not part of The Kerala Story, viral claim false – Alt News

Following the release of ‘The Kerala Story’, television actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee has been targeted by social media users over her marriage with Shahnawaz Sheikh. The actress married Sheikh, who was her gym trainer, in December 2022. While sharing pictures of the couple, social media users have written that Devoleena played a supporting role in ‘The …

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Power bill defaulter assaults staffer: Incident unrelated to Cong’s free electricity promise; viral claims false – Alt News

A video circulating on social media shows a man physically roughing up and verbally abusing an employee of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) in Karnataka’s Koppal district. The video is accompanied by a claim that the person refused to pay electricity bills based on the promise of free electricity made by the recently elected …

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