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    Claim Type: Social Media Claim

    Religion

    Jabalpur resort murder: Accused, victim from same community; police rubbish communal spin

    Kalim Ahmed21st November 2022

    A 14-second-long video clip of a youth speaking to the camera while a bleeding woman lies on a bed with her throat slit is viral on social media. In the…

    Politics

    Delhi murder accused Aftab Poonawalla is a Muslim; contrary claims made on social media are false

    Indradeep Bhattacharyya15th November 202215th November 2022

    Soon after the news of the alleged murder of 26-year-old Shraddha Walker in Delhi’s Mehrauli by her partner became viral, the religion of the accused, Aftab Ameen Poonawalla, became a…

    ReligionSociety

    Accused in 17-yr-old’s murder in Delhi not Muslims, false claim viral on social media

    Shinjinee Majumder31st October 202231st October 2022

    A CCTV footage of a person being stabbed in a narrow lane is being circulated on social media with the claim that the accused belongs to the Muslim community. National…

    Politics

    Misinformation, false claims about UK PM Rishi Sunak flood social media

    Shinjinee Majumder29th October 2022

    On October 27, the United Kingdom got its first non-white Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak. At 42, the former chancellor of the exchequer also became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in…

    Religion

    RSS mouthpiece, Sudarshan News scribes cook up MP rape convict’s name, add communal twist

    Kinjal28th October 2022

    Recently, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court delivered its verdict on an appeal made by a rape convict and reduced his life sentence to 20 years’ rigorous…

    Society

    Child-theft rumours: A sordid saga unfolds as police look for effective measures

    Kalim Ahmed17th September 202223rd September 2022

    [The following story includes graphic photos and videos. Readers’ discretion is advised.] In the first week of September, Alt News started receiving multiple requests daily to verify audio and videos…

    Sports

    Fact-check: Were Twitter accounts calling Arshdeep Singh ‘Khalistani’ all from Pakistan?

    Mohammed Zubair & Abhishek Kumar7th September 20227th September 2022

    On September 4, Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets in the Super 4 Match of the 2022 Asia Cup. At a certain point in the game, Pakistan’s score was 151…

    News

    Viral BBC Hindi tweet on ‘Brahmastra’ team’s monetary support for Pak flood victims is fake

    Kinjal5th September 2022

    Bollywood film ‘Brahmastra’, slated to be released in September 2022, has been in the headlines for some time now. A call to boycott the film, too, has gained momentum on…

    Politics

    Viral text claiming seventeen influential GOI office bearers hail from Odisha is false

    Diksha Kundu31st August 20221st September 2022

    A text message widely shared on social media claims that seventeen influential positions in the Government of India (GOI) are held by persons from Odisha. According to the viral message,…

    Politics

    No, State Bank of India logo was not inspired by Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad

    Shinjinee Majumder16th August 202216th August 2022

    A claim that suggests that the official logo of the State Bank of India was inspired by the aerial view of the Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad is being circulated on…

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