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By Srijit Das A video showing a huge crowd gathered around a structure that closely resembles the Ram Temple of Ayodhya is being shared online with a false claim that it shows visuals from the yet-to-be-inaugurated Ram Temple. BOOM found that the video is from a Durga Puja pandal of Kolkata, West Bengal which replicated the Ayodhya Ram Temple. We spoke to Sajal Ghosh, the club secretary of Santosh Mitra Square Puja Committee in North Kolkata, who confirmed that the visuals show the Ram temple-themed Durga Puja pandal that was organised by their committee this year. The grand opening of the Ram...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of an argument between a traffic police officer and a scooter rider over the sticker of a Hindu deity on the vehicle is viral online with the false claim that the incident is from Kolkata. BOOM found that the claims were false and the video is from Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The video shows the traffic police officer asking the rider to remove the deity's sticker, which the latter refuses to do. The driver then says that the officer can fine him if he wants, but that he would not remove the sticker. The officer agrees to this and begins fining the driver. BOOM Hin...
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By Srijit Das An old video from Kolkata is circulating on social media with a misleading claim that it shows recent visuals of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers attacking police personnel during a political protest. BOOM found that the incident took place on Kolkata's Mahatma Gandhi Road on September 13, 2022 during the Nabanna Abhijan (march to secretariat). BJP supporters from across the state arrived in Kolkata and marched towards the secretariat or Nabanna on September 13 to protest against alleged corruption of the Trinamul Congress led state government. Soon after reports of clashes b...
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By Hazel Gandhi A series of images, showing the damage sustained by a train from stone pelting, along with an injured passenger, has been shared by several media outlets along with social media users, purporting to show the damage sustained by the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, from the recent incidents of stone pelting at the train. BOOM found these posts and reports to be false; our fact-check revealed that the visuals being shared are from another stone-pelting incident that took place on the Purulia express on January 1, 2023. On Mo...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old photo of a slum overflowing on to a railway track in Kolkata is going viral linking it to the Supreme Court's recent order to stay an eviction drive in Uttarakhand's Haldwani district. BOOM found that the claim is false, and the old photo is from Kolkata. On December 20, 2022, the Uttarakhand HC ordered the residents of Haldwani to evacuate the area claiming that the land belonged to the railway, leading to heavy protests. However, on January 5, 2023, the Supreme court provided relief to the people by halting the demolition order and asked the state and railways to come ...
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By Hazel Gandhi The photos of one Ashoka Hotel in Alapuzzha, Kerala being raided and charged for serving dog meat to customers under the guise of mutton have been going viral online. BOOM has found the claims to be false, and the actual incident is from Howrah in May 2018. Even in Howrah, the Ashoka Hotel was accused of serving rotten meat. There is no mention of any eatery being caught serving dog meat. On Facebook, this incident is going viral with 4 photos: 1. The facade of the Ashoka Hotel 2. A pack of dogs in a shed or kennel-type structure 3. A dog skinned from the neck down The caption ...
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By Sk Badiruddin An old image showing an aerial view of a sea of crowd in Kolkata's Dharmatala area during the 21 July Martyr's Day rally has been falsely shared as Gujarat's Surat during Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Italia's filing of nomination. BOOM found that the photograph was clicked during the Martyr's Day rally on July 21, 2017. The rally, organised by the All India Trinamool Congress on July 21 every year, commemorates the killings of 13 youth Congress workers in 1993. The image is viral in the backdrop of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls. According to reports, AAP announced that t...
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