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By Shefali Srivastava A viral post on social media claims that a student returning from a protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, was brutally murdered. However, this claim is false. BOOM found that the East Bardhaman Police of West Bengal has denied the claim on social media, stating that it is a rumour, and that action will be taken against those spreading it. The police also confirmed to BOOM that no such complaint has been received. The claim was shared in the wake of a real incident where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and H...
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By Nidhi Jacob Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a recent speech at Serampore, West Bengal, claimed that the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to grant holidays for Durga Puja but allocates holidays for Muslims during Ramzan. Shah’s claim is false. BOOM found that the West Bengal government grants holidays not only for Durga Puja but for other religious occasions as well. At the 18:14 timestamp, Shah states, “[Mamata Banerjee] opposes the Ram Mandir. She does not give permission for Durga Visarjan but gives holidays for Muslim workers on Ramzan. We do not have a problem with that,...
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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya BONGAON, West Bengal - On April 7, the modest house of Mridulal Mandal at Kaya village in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district had over 150 guests. None of them had any blood or marital relation with the Mandals. They had come to attend the annual fair of the Matua religious sect at Thakurnagar, about 3km from Kaya, and spent the night at Mandal’s place. They had simple vegetarian meals. “Our connection is greater than blood relations. We are followers of the same path,” said Mandal with a hearty smile, speaking of his guests. It is common among the Matua communi...
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By Dipanjan Sinha Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in politics is an ethical debate that the entire intellectual spectrum is unsure of. But in an unexpected turn of events, the Bengal branch of the CPI (M)- The Communist Party of India (Marxist)- often accused of being opposed to computers in the 90s, stepped ahead of others a few weeks ago with an AI generated presenter, Samata. In two episodes that are out now, the avatar, a sari-clad woman, reads out the party’s perspective on recent events in West Bengal in English. The first episode out on March 27 was about the collapse of a building ...
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By Srijit Das A set of two photographs is circulating on social media with a false claim that it shows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has faked her crown injury. In one of the photos circulated online, Banerjee can be seen lying on a bed, blood trickling from the center of her forehead. The other image shows her delivering a speech, holding a microphone, with an adhesive bandage visible on the left side of her forehead. BOOM found that the image of Banerjee with an adhesive bandage on the left side of her forehead dates back to January this year when she sustained an injury in a ca...
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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya Sandeshkhali, West Bengal — A remote, impoverished area in West Bengal in the Sundarban region along Bangladesh border has been on the boil since the second week of February. Hundreds of women hit the streets at Sandeshkhali, staging agitations demanding action against local leaders of the state’s ruling party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC). They have alleged widespread economic exploitation and sexual harassment. Over the past three weeks, properties of several TMC leaders have come under attack and several parts of Sandeshkhali witnessed...
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By Swasti Chatterjee A disturbing video of a group of men sexually assaulting a woman on a bike in Bihar has surfaced on WhatsApp with a false claim that it shows an incident from West Bengal. The captions further give the incident a communal spin and state that the accused are Muslims who attacked a Hindu woman. The video is circulating on WhatsApp with an English caption, "Look how much lenience the dirty demon Mamatha Banergy CM of west Bengal has given to the Muslim bastards who openly harass & assault Hindu women.This is the horrible state of affairs in all states where the useless,antina...
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By Hera Rizwan The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), on Monday, clarified that while intimation for updating the Aadhaar database is regularly sent to holders, no Aadhaar numbers have been canceled. This statement follows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the BJP-led Centre was 'deactivating' Aadhaar cards in her state, made just a day prior. Addressing a public distribution event in Birbhum district, Banerjee claimed that the central government deactivated Aadhaar cards of individuals in the state before the Lok Sabha polls, preventing them from accessing...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agitated after hearing slogans of Jai Shri Ram being chanted on the streets is viral online as a recent video. BOOM found that the claims are misleading, the video dates back to May 2019 and was taken in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The clip shows Banerjee's convoy passing by as some people on the streets can be heard chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans. Banerjee then comes out of the car and begins reprimanding the men. The video is being shared with the caption, "The scene of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata B...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra being manhandled by the Delhi Police is viral online as a recent video and is being connected to her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video is from October 2023 when Moitra, along with other senior party leaders was dragged out of New Delhi's Krishi Bhawan following a sit-in protest. Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 over cash-for-query allegations, after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi accused her of taking bribes from businessman Darshan Hi...
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