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Alt News fact-checks ‘pro-Pak’ slogans in Pune. Sakal’s news channel accuses it of ‘misleading people’

The Pune police might have announced that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans were not raised during a Popular Front of India protest in Pune on September 23, but the media is unconvinced.

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Alt News calls out Shiv Aroor, Chitra Tripathi, Sudhir Chaudhary, Rajat Sharma’s misinfo on Indian Navy ensign

India Today anchor Shiv Aroor did a show the other day outraging that Manmohan Singh’s government had the Indian Navy bring back a colonial ensign after it was banished during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s rule.

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Md Zubair's laptop; devices with FSL for data analysis, Delhi Police tells HC in objectionable tweet case

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has told the Delhi high court that a laptop and other devices seized from Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair are deposited with the forensic science laboratory for recovering data that needs to be analysed regarding an alleged objectionable tweet posted by him in 2018 against…

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Two think-tanks face tax ‘survey’

The Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted “surveys” at the premises of two think tanks and a charity

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Supreme Court grants Zubair permission to seek quashing of Sitapur FIR at Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair permission to approach the Delhi High Court to quash an FIR lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur.

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Alt News' Mohammad Zubair granted liberty to move Delhi High Court for quashing of Sitapur FIR

Mohammad Zubair was given bail on July 20

The Hindu

Supreme Court grants liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to move Delhi HC for quashing of Sitapur FIR

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to approach the Delhi High Court for quashing of the FIR lodged against him at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.

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Arshdeep trolling: BJP leader files complaint against Zubair for ‘conspiring’ with ‘Pakistani elements’

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a police complaint against Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, accusing him of working with “Pak agencies” to set a “Khalistani” narrative against cricketer Arshdeep Singh.

Newslaundry

Delhi-based businessman behind Mohammed Zubair's arrest: Police

NEW DELHI: The Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a 36-year-old Delhi-based real estate businessman who originally belongs to Ajmer in Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday.

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‘Har Har Shambhu’ row: How TV news manufactured a ‘fatwa campaign’ over a cleric’s remark

Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s largest Islamic seminary, is back in the headlines for another “fatwa”, reported first by news agency ANI and amplified by sections of the legacy media – ostensibly to manufacture a controversy where none existed.

Newslaundry

NL Interview with Zubair: ‘They said India is so poor, why would anyone donate to you for fact-checking?’

You’re back in Bangalore? With your family? How has it been since you returned home?

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I think I was made an example for others: Mohammed Zubair

Alt News co-founder says Supreme Court judgment on his bail is a landmark verdict in protecting liberties

The Hindu

Reporters Without Orders Ep 229: Assam student jailed, Alt News cofounder bailed

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Pratyush Deep.

Newslaundry

‘Welcome’, ‘hopeful’, and why India needs a bail law: Editorials on Zubair’s release

“Fortifying freedom” and “why we need a bail law” – this was the crux of two editorials in leading newspapers on the Supreme Court granting Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair interim bail in all the cases filed against him. After 23 days, Zubair walked out of jail last night.

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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair walks out of Tihar as Supreme Court grants bail in U.P. cases

Supreme Court Bench slams Uttar Pradesh saying the exercise of power of arrest must be pursued sparingly

Newslaundry

‘Power of arrest must be pursued sparingly’: Supreme Court gives Zubair bail in all cases

Twenty three days after his arrest, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair in all six cases registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh police. He had already got interim bail in the case registered against him by the Delhi police for insulting…

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India court orders release of journalist Mohammed Zubair on bail

Alt News co-founder was arrested last month after an anonymous Twitter user lodged complaint over a four-year-old tweet.

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India's top court orders release of jailed Muslim journalist

India’s top court has granted bail to a Muslim journalist more than three weeks after he was detained for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweets

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India court orders release on bail of journalist over 'provocative' tweet

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of a prominent journalist arrested last month over what police said was a "highly provocative" 2018 tweet aimed at straining ties between majority Hindus and minority Muslims.

The Hindu

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair

The protection of bail will by default also apply to any future FIRs registered against him.

Dynamite News

SC directs UP police not to take precipitative action against Mohammad Zubair in FIRs till July 20

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh police not to take any precipitative action against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in any of the FIRs filed in the state till July 20. Read more on Dynamite News

The Hindu

SC asks Uttar Pradesh to not take any action against Zubair without its nod

Bench has said the ‘vicious cycle’ of cases filed by the State Police against the Alt News co-founder for his tweets seem to have ‘similar content’

The Times of India

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair seeks urgent hearing in SC on his plea against FIRs

NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Monday sought an urgent listing of his plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious feelings.

The Times of India

Lakhimpur Kheri court denies bail to Mohammed Zubair

BAREILLY: The court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Ruchi Srivastava on Saturday denied bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case filed in Lakhimpur Kheri for allegedly "promoting enmity" through a tweet.

The Hindu

Mohammed Zubair denied bail in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Case relates to fact-checking a report broadcast by Hindi television channel.

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