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A fight that broke out between two groups was reported by Sudarshan News as Muslims attacking and chasing ‘secularists’ with sticksfor offering chadar at Jaspur dargah in Uttarakhand.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Pooja_Chaudhuri&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1376909766920835080&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Fsudarshan-news-communalises-clash-between-muslim-groups-at-uttarakhands-jaspur-dargah%2F&sessionId=9b927bdaf594d5bd8341e9a6c2d120e1d72450cb&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px https://www.altnews.in/sudarshan-news-communalises-clash-between-muslim-groups-at-uttarakhands-jaspur-dargah/More

Sudarshan TV tweeted a video claiming that three temples were vandalised in Dwarka, Delhi. “Another temple was gripped by hate,” read its tweet. (Archive Link)https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=aqib_starlin&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1381882750240653313&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Fdelhi-man-angry-with-god-defiles-hanuman-idols-sudarshan-news-adds-false-muslim-angle%2F&sessionId=a38df3c7e67050b01ec22660f5dce36215b2dbba&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px https://www.altnews.in/delhi-man-angry-with-god-defiles-hanuman-idols-sudarshan-news-adds-false-muslim-angle/More

The rapidly growing COVID-19 cases in India has left family members of coronavirus positive patients fending for Remedsivir, a patented anti-viral drug approved by the USA’s FDA. Even as the effectiveness of Remdesivir has been questioned by doctors and scientists, desperate patients are buying the drug for as high as Rs 40,000 on the black market. The Gujarat…More

Karnataka witnessed close to 600 deaths due to COVID on May 8, its highest since the start of the pandemic. The infection shows no signs of decelerating as the state recorded 48,781 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. But Karnataka is also witnessing a rise in communal disinformation. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya recently accused Muslim…More

A video of a crowd brutally attacking a man is circulating on WhatsApp as an incident from West Bengal. The clip shows the man lying in a pool of his own blood. One of the fact-check requests we received said that a Muslim mob had thrashed a Hindu man. Since post-poll violence in West Bengal,…More

A video of a crowd brutally attacking a man is circulating on WhatsApp as an incident from West Bengal. The clip shows the man lying in a pool of his own blood. One of the fact-check requests we received said that a Muslim mob had thrashed a Hindu man. Since post-poll violence in West Bengal,…More

A video of a densely packed marketplace has gone viral on social media as New Delhi’s Jafrabad and Seelampur areas. It has been claimed that the video shows Muslims who flocked to the markets for Eid shopping. The people seen in the clip are not wearing masks and clearly flouting social distancing norms. Facebook user…More

A video that shows policemen beating an unarmed man with lathis is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that he is an ambulance driver who killed patients in Telangana’s Nizamabad Hospital by obstructing their oxygen supply because his source of income was transporting dead bodies to crematoriums. Several have claimed that the man’s name…More

On January 21, farmer unions rejected the Centre’s proposal to keep the farm bills in abeyance for 18 months and reiterated their demand for the repeal of farm laws. The 11th round of talks between the central government and farmer unions are set to take place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on January 22, reported The…More

Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some.] A video of cream applied on the bodies of two burn victims has been shared on social media with the claim that they were attacked with acid for playing Holi in Dhakrauli village, Khanpur area in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Radharamn Das, vice-president and spokesperson of Kolkata’s ISKCON temple,…More