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ANI – A tale of inadvertent errors and oversights

Pooja Chaudhuri21st October 20184th January 2019

In a tragic accident, a train mowed down Dussehra revellers gathered close to railway tracks near Amritsar. At least 60 people were feared dead. Soon after, videos of the disaster shot…

Media analysis: How ‘fanatic evangelism’ was declared as motive behind Gurgaon shooting

Pooja Chaudhuri19th October 201822nd March 2019

On October 13, the wife and son of a Gurgaon district judge were shot in broad daylight by their personal security officer (PSO) while on duty. On October 16, the police…

Viral: 2008 bronze statue of Sardar Patel by Gujarati sculptor circulated as Statue of Unity

Alt News Desk14th October 2018

A Chinese looking Sardar Patel? If social media is to be believed, the first pictures of the Statue of Unity have revealed that Sardar Patel’s face has very strong Chinese…

Viral: 2010 image of crowded train shared as migrants fleeing Gujarat in recent violence

Pooja Chaudhuri12th October 2018

“गुजरात से भागते बिहार और यूपी के लोग भारत पाकिस्तान विभाजन 1947 याद आ गया (People from UP and Bihar feeling Gujarat. A reminder of India Pakistan separation in 1947).” An…

Old, unrelated image from 2013 used to portray police response to recent farmers’ agitation

Arjun Sidharth3rd October 20183rd October 2018

Violent clashes took place between police and farmers on October 2 when security personnel sought to prevent farmers from several states from entering the national capital. The farmers who had…

Aligarh ‘encounter’: Media outlets wrongly report Umar Khalid involved in abducting kin of deceased

Pooja Chaudhuri1st October 20183rd October 2018

In an alleged case of fake encounters, the Uttar Pradesh police on September 21 shot dead two purported criminals – Mustaqeem and Naushad – in Aligarh’s Harduaganj, and ‘invited’ media…

The shadowy world of Flynn Remedios – IndiaScoops, IndiaScribes, Bollywood and more

Arjun Sidharth27th September 2018

IndiaScoops is a website that recently came under the scanner after it published a report which claimed that 35 lakh rupees had been spent by the PMO for Prime Minister…

Pakistani journalists and media house share fake video of Kashmiri being tortured in India

Jignesh Patel25th September 20182nd April 2019

Hamid Mir, a prominent Pakistani journalist and news anchor has shared a gruesome video of a Kashmiri being purportedly tortured in India. He tweeted, “Look at this torture in Kashmir…

Accident during Muharram procession portrayed as sword attack by Muslims on Hindu boy

Jignesh Patel23rd September 201825th September 2018

A claim about a Hindu boy’s throat being slit by a sword during a Muharram procession in Gauri Bazar area of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh is circulating on social…

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No Rolls Royce for Saudi Arabia players, reports by nat’l, int’l media outlets false

A woman’s body discovered in a trolley bag in Yamuna Expressway is a case of honour killing