#Thread🚨:On Tuesday morning, days after Muslim students began protesting for their rights to wear the #Hijab in classrooms, students wearing #saffronshawls and #saffronturbans protested against it and shouted slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' 'Jai Shivaji'. (1/n) #BOOMReports#Karnataka
After the protest ended, BOOM saw students collecting #saffronturbans in a pile & recorded a video of their activity. These were collected by youngsters not in uniforms and they were instructing students to drop off the turbans before leaving (2/n) #KarnatakaHijabRow#BOOMReports
Following this, BOOM recorded a video of several Hindu Jagrana Vedike member at a cafe opposite the college talking to some students and then collecting the #saffronturbans in a gunny bag and taking them away. (3/n) #BOOMReports#KarnatakaHijabRow
In the video, you can see Prakash Kukkehalli, district secretary of the right-wing organisation waiting and Umesh Nayak, unit chief of Hindu Jagrana Vedike giving instructions about the #saffronturbans. (4/n) #BOOMReports#KarnatakaHijabRow
Below is a photo of Prakash Kukkehalli standing at Ajjama cafe while other members of the Hindu Jagrana Vedike collected the turbans worn by the students. (5/n) #BOOMReports#KarnatakaHijabRow
Amid heated protests in #Karnataka by some Muslim girls to be allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, a group of students had marched to their college wearing saffron scarves. Protests in Udupi today. (2/n) #HijabRow
Students of MGM college in Udupi wearing saffron scarves and turbans chant #HijabRow.
This morning, CNN projected the victory of Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene on her race to represent the north-west Georgia seat in the House. Taylor's win comes despite criticism of her promotion of a conspiracy theory QAnon. #USElections2020
As elections kick off in the state of #Bihar, Facebook's Ad Library Report reveals that over ₹ 1.11 crore has been spent on political ads on the platform between September 26 and October 25, targetting users in the state. #BiharElections#BiharPolls
While both JDU and BJP spent well above ₹ 20 lakh in the month prior to Phase 1 of elections, its opponents, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janashakti Party and Congress spent ₹ 4.9 lakh and ₹ 4.2 lakh, respectively. #BiharElections2020
RJD and newcomer Plurals were far behind with an expenditure of ₹ 1.5 lakh and ₹ 1.2 lakh, respectively. Surprisingly, West Bengal's Trinamool Congress is also targetting Facebook users in Bihar with political ads from its official page to a tune of ₹ 1.1 lakh.
An image of a group welcoming refugees in Kent, United Kingdom was shared falsely claiming that it showed Samuel Paty, the slain French teacher welcoming refugees a few years ago. (2/n) #FakeNews#France#SamuelPaty boomlive.in/fake-news/no-t…
A nearly three-year-old clip showing protests and counter-protests against the decision to close a prayer hall in the Paris suburb of Clichy was revived falsely claiming it as a recent incident after the attack. (3/n) #FakeNews#France#SamuelPaty boomlive.in/fake-news/2017…
#Thread🚨 Post riots breaking in #Delhi, BOOM has debunked several pieces of misinformation. Posts on social media falsely claimed that DCP Amit Sharma lost his life after being attacked by 'Muslim rioters' in Delhi. (1/n)#DelhiRiots2020#FakeNews boomlive.in/fake-news/delh…
A video showing a group of men vandalise a minaret of a mosque in #Delhi's Ashok Nagar was being falsely labeled 'fake', BOOM has been able to independently verify by visiting the scene. (3/n) #FakeNews#DelhiRiots2020 boomlive.in/factcheck/vide…