On September 13, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini from Tehran for not wearing her hijab according to official dictates. Mehsa Amini died three days later, allegedly in police…
No, viral video doesn’t show Rahul and Cong leaders inebriated during Bharat Jodo Yatra
A video of Rahul Gandhi and some other Congress leaders coming out of a restaurant is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the politicians were…
Did Rahul refuse to perform ‘aarti’ to Hindu deity Durga? Clipped video shared with false claim
In the middle of the Navratri festivities, a 23-second video of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. Due to the poor quality of the…
Analysis of Saam TV clip of PFI protest reaffirms no pro-Pak slogans raised
On September 23, a day after Popular Front of India (PFI) offices across the country were raided by multiple law-enforcement agencies, a protest by PFI activists in Pune created a…
From Dharm Sansad to hate speech PIL: The curious case of Ashwini Upadhyay
Last week, as advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay stood in the Supreme Court arguing for his own petition on hate speech, he must have remembered that not-so-distant afternoon at…
Girl seen with Rahul Gandhi in viral pic is not the one who had shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’
An image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media, in which he can be seen with a girl. BJP leaders and supporters have claimed that the girl…
PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised
On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…
News channels show old, unrelated video as clip of cheetah brought to India from Namibia
On September 17, cheetahs brought from Namibia were released at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Since then, social media users and media outlets have been circulating a video…
Picture of PM Modi taking photo with lens cap on is morphed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17 released wild cheetahs brought from Namibia at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Following this, the prime minister was also seen taking…
Fact-Check: Burqa-clad woman on DTC bus in viral clip is not a child kidnapper
On September 19, Alt News received a series of videos on our WhatsApp tip line (+91 7600011160) clubbed together as an incident of child kidnapping in Delhi. The tipper, who…