On the intervening night of February 15-16, Jamia Coordination Committee released a 44-second CCTV footage of police excess inside a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university. The footage…
Alt News probes ABVP’s link with JNU student exposed in India Today sting
On January 10, India Today broadcast a sting operation where first-year French degree program student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Akshat Awasthi, confessed his involvement in the January 5 attack….
Blog imitating India Today attributes fake quote to WB CM Mamata Banerjee
“যে কাজটা পারবেন না সেটা করতে যাবার দরকার নেই ইসরো কে বললেন মমতা,” reads the headline of a Bengali blog post which attributes a statement to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata…
India Today clarifies: Screenshot showing 177 seats for NDA is dummy data
“Did Indiatoday showcase the Exit Poll Numbers by mistake ?? If so, future looks bleak for BJP.” tweeted a user with a screenshot of a India Today broadcast. It was…
India Today deletes article about ‘Amit Shah’s granddaughter refusing to wear BJP hat’
A video of Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah sharing candid moments with his granddaughter went viral on social media. To the amusement of social media users, Amit Shah was…
Did gun toting men force people to participate in TMC’s mega rally? No, its an old India Today broadcast
A video of an India Today broadcast showing masked men waving guns at people has gone viral on social media. Masked men in the video can be seen brandishing guns…
Video wrongly linked to religious conversion in Pakistan by India Today in 2016 viral once again
An India Today broadcast is being shared by several individual users on social media with the narrative – “Hindu Women abducted, converted to Islam and sold for 50k rupees in Pakistan by Cops.” The…
Cherry-picked photos, misleading narratives: How Postcard News, India Today got it wrong
“See the difference…” said a post by Facebook page Postcard English which juxtaposed two photographs- one showed former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the other showed Prime Minister Narendra…
India Today circulates old videos of Kohli, Akshay Kumar as messages on Kathua & Unnao
On April 14, 2018, news channel India Today reported that Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has expressed anguish over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases. Breaking this news on the channel,…
Gold plated journalism: India Today and fake news
India Today has responded to reports that one of its editors’ contract was terminated allegedly after she refused to delete a tweet. Angshukanta Chakravorty, Editor with DailyO was allegedly asked…