Archit Mehta, Author at Alt News

No, Dr Ambedkar did not say reservation should be abolished the day a tribal woman becomes President

Archit Mehta & Kalim Ahmed26th July 2022

Droupadi Murmu took the oath to become the 15th President of India on July 25. Ever since it was announced that Murmu won the presidential election by an overwhelming margin,…

Religion

Old video of Muslim man dying by suicide during Kanwar Yatra viral with communal spin

Archit Mehta22nd July 202222nd July 2022

[Disclaimer: Video contains self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.] A 20-second clip of a Kanwar procession is viral on social media. In the clip, a man jumps in front of a…

Religion

UP police debunks claim that Hindus offered namaz at LuLu Mall

Archit Mehta21st July 202222nd July 2022

On July 10, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated LuLu Mall in Lucknow. The grand opening witnessed a footfall of over one lakh people. Two days later, on July…

Media analysis News Religion

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit Mehta11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

Religion

Staged child kidnapping video from Egypt viral in India targeting Muslims

Archit Mehta5th July 2022

A 30-second clip circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem – Twitter and Facebook – shows a person in a burqa allegedly drugging a child in public and placing the…

Media analysis News Religion

Zee News claims Buddhists “clashed” with Muslims in Ladakh. But what is the truth?

Archit Mehta27th June 2022

On June 16, Zee News posted a two-minute broadcast that showed people marching on hilly terrain. The march was carried out to create awareness for establishing a Gompa in Kargil,…

News

No, ANI did not misquote AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel in his speech against Nupur Sharma

Archit Mehta & Kalim Ahmed11th June 202211th June 2022

In the last week of May, BJP national spokesperson Nupur Sharma made controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammad on the national news channel Times Now. This sparked outrage in the Muslim…

News

Inside the world of scripted ‘CCTV’ videos on Facebook

Archit Mehta9th June 202210th June 2022

Earlier this year, novelist Paulo Coelho tweeted a video from India. The video allegedly shows CCTV footage wherein a physically challenged person is trying to reset a tricycle’s chain on…

News

Hyd rape case encounter: A recap of ‘bloodlust’ in media, celebration by MPs, celebrities

Archit Mehta30th May 20221st June 2022

A commission set up by the Supreme Court to investigate the alleged encounters of the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad rape case has submitted a report stating that the…

Politics Religion

Dainik Bhaskar falsely reports pro-Pak chant raised in Bhilwara based on old video

Archit Mehta19th May 202220th May 2022

On May 19, Dainik Bhaskar published a report with the headline, “Slogans of Pakistan in Bhilwara: Video of Pakistan slogans in Sanganer area surfaces, case registered in Subhash Nagar police…