#Thread🚨| Hundreds of students from #AliahUniversity in #WestBengal have taken to the streets to protest against alleged misconduct of police in the death of 27- year- old Anis Khan. Ground report by @adrijabose
#AnisKhan, a 27-year-old former Aliah University student, was found dead outside his home in Howrah’s Amta neighbourhood on Friday night. His parents have alleged that he was thrown off the roof of the building by four men dressed as police officers. @adrijabose reports.
#AnisKhan’s father claimed that four people barged into his Amta home on Friday night, including three civic volunteers. One of the four was dressed in full police gear. @adrijabose reports from #Kolkata.
Aliah University students protest at Esplanade crossing in #Kolkata, West Bengal. Video from @adrijabose. #AnishKhan
The police tried to block the students of Aliah University, but the protest march is still on. @adrijabose reports from Kolkata. #AnishKhan#Kolkata
Police have lathi charged the protesting students at College Street, #Kolkata and taken them into custody. #AnishKhan
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#Thread🚨| Post #Russia’s #Ukraine invasion, several videos and images have gone viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. @boomlive_in has debunked several such tweets and posts. Follow and share this thread to stay one step ahead of misinformation. (1/n)👇 #FakeNews
#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
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…