Arjun Sidharth, Author at Alt News

Fake news of Pakistani flag at Congress rally recirculates widely on social media

Arjun Sidharth29th May 201810th July 2018

कांग्रेसियों की रैली में लहराते हैं पाकिस्तान के झंडे क्या आपका खून नहीं खोलता……क्या अब भी आप कांग्रेस को वोट देंगे??? (Pakistani flags are waved at Congress rallies does your blood…

Economics

Paytm support caught bluffing, misleads users on account deletion process

Arjun Sidharth28th May 20189th July 2018

In a recent exposé by The Cobrapost, a senior Vice-President of Paytm is seen acknowledging on camera that the firm was asked to share details of its customers with the…

News

Swarajya editor shares fake quote attributed to senior Twitter India employee

Arjun Sidharth28th May 201810th July 2018

“Some hyper nationalist Hindus from India are spreading hatred against Pakistan. We have suspended their Twitter accounts.” These words have been ascribed to Raheel Khursheed who leads news partnerships at…

Politics

Fake quotes by global leaders praising PM Modi circulate on social media

Arjun Sidharth17th May 201811th July 2018

One of the key ingredients that has contributed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success is his ability to manage popular perception. In fact, portrayal of PM Modi as a karmayogi…

News

Lok Sabha TV appoints journalist who called for genocide in Kashmir and justified 1984 Sikh massacre

Arjun Sidharth14th May 20189th July 2018

In a rather shocking move, a journalist who had called for genocide of Kashmiris, had justified the massacre of Sikhs during 1984 and is notorious for posting hateful tweets has…

Politics

Viral photograph claims Nehru attended RSS shakha meeting. What is the truth?

Arjun Sidharth14th May 201811th July 2018

Had India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru attended an RSS shakha meeting? Apparently so, if one were to believe a Facebook post put up by the page I Support Doval,…

Compilation

Alt News chronicles the most viral fake news in the run up to Karnataka elections

Arjun Sidharth12th May 20189th July 2018

The assembly election in Karnataka may well represent a watershed moment in Indian politics. Karnataka stands between the Congress party and oblivion as the last big state still within the…

Politics

Rahul Gandhi fan page posts fake news of Modi among most corrupt Prime Ministers

Arjun Sidharth12th May 201811th July 2018

A post that has been widely shared on Facebook claims that according to research by BBC News Hub, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ranks 7th among the most corrupt Prime Ministers…

Politics

Viral: Fake news of Pakistan flag waved at Congress rally in Karnataka

Arjun Sidharth11th May 201811th July 2018

A video is currently going viral on social media platforms and particularly on WhatsApp. The video is of a Congress party rally in North Belgaum in Karnataka, and it has…

Politics

PM Modi claims no Congress leader visited Bhagat Singh in jail. What’s the truth?

Arjun Sidharth10th May 201811th July 2018

“When Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt, Veer Savarkar, greats like them were jailed fighting for the country’s independence, did any Congress leader went to meet them? But the Congress leaders…