A 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14. She succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The UP…
Meats pieces thrown by Muslims outside temple in UP’s Hathras? Police debunks false claim
On February 13, one Navneet Gautam tweeted a video with the claim that Muslims are throwing pieces of meat outside a Hindu temple in ‘Nai ka Nagla’ neighbourhood of Uttar…
Jagran-owned Vishvas News continues as IFCN signatory despite violating codes of conduct
In March 2020, Meta (previously Facebook) announced a partnership with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN, set up in 2015 by US no-profit Poynter Institute) ‘to reduce the spread of misinformation…
Boys conversing in this video hail from Hindu community; video viral targeting Muslims
A video of two boys having a conversation about Hindus, Muslims and Islam is widely circulating on social media. One of the boys, who is on a cycle, claims or…
PM Modi’s speech in Varanasi: Mix of false claims, half-truths and exaggerated praises
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections will be held between February to March next year. Campaigning for the polls has begun and it is not unusual for the incumbent government…
Dainik Jagran’s misleading reports portray mass burials in Prayagraj haven’t risen due to COVID
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India did not only overwhelm an unprepared healthcare system but also choked crematoriums unaccustomed to performing mass funerals. Many of those unable…
Unrelated case of rape-murder in West Medinipur linked to West Bengal post-poll violence
West Bengal was gripped with violence soon after the ruling TMC won the third term in the assembly elections. The violence allegedly took the lives of at least 12 people,…
Who runs Kreately? – Alt News investigates the factory of hate and misinformation
A popular method used to gift-wrap disinformation and hate in illusions of the truth is the creation of dubious websites that pose as ‘news’ outlets. One such venture that has…
BJP Bengal shares clipped video to claim TMC candidate threatened women voters
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal tweeted a video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Krishnanagar North assembly constituency candidate actor Koushani Mukherjee claiming that she threatened voters. In the video, she…
Republic Bharat deletes misleading report on Priyanka Gandhi without clarification
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s speech during Kisan Panchayat in Mathura was interrupted over an alleged rape case in Rajasthan where Congress is in power. A minor girl’s parents alleged…