Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
A graphic is viral on social media containing a purported statement issued by Rahul Gandhi. According to the image, Gandhi had stated that six or seven-year-old boys had complained to…
The working of the Election Commission (EC) has come under intense scrutiny in recent times with the Opposition scaling up its protest against the electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar…
After the video of a man being slapped on an Indigo flight went viral recently, several social media users highlighted the incident as showing the plight of Muslims in India. …
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a press conference on August 7 in New Delhi in which he made serious allegations of voter list manipulations in at least one Karnataka constituency…
With the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of voter list underway in poll-bound Bihar, several reports have emerged highlighting irregularities and flaws in the said exercise. Employees at multiple…
This story was originally published on Bellingcat and has been republished by Alt News as part of an editorial collaboration between the two organisations. They describe themselves as “cow protectors”…
Old pictures showing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi meeting heads of other countries have resurfaced on social media with captions suggesting that the…
Following the alleged custodial death of a temple security guard in Tamil Nadu, a video depicting an alleged incident of police brutality has been gathering traction on social media. In…
On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…
