A purported newspaper clipping of popular Bengali daily বর্তমান (Bartaman) is shared on social media with its headline reading, “৪২টা আসন দিন হিন্দু কীভাবে কাঁদা তে হয় দেখিয়ে দেব: মমতা (Give…
BJP Bengal doctors video to claim Mamata Banerjee asked people to vote for BJP
“The impact of MODI TSUNAMI – Mamata Banerjee appeals everyone to vote for BJP!” – the official twitter handle of BJP Bengal declared in a tweet that the Chief Minister…
Photoshopped image shows Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee with Pak PM & Army Chief
An image of Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan interacting with the country’s army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa is being circulated on social media. Congress leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Navjot Singh…
No, Mamata Banerjee did not exclusively promote Islam or Urdu at the United India rally
After the mahagatbandhan rally in Kolkata organized by the TMC, social media user Gaurav Pradhan tweeted a screenshot of a television news broadcast attributing a statement to West Bengal CM Mamata…
Amit Malviya tweets clipped video to claim Arijit Singh sang ‘Gerua’ to send political message to Mamata
The 28th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was inaugurated at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in the city on Thursday, December 15, in the presence of Bengal Governor…
Old, unrelated images of injured protesters shared as those of BJP supporters thrashed by ‘Mamata’s goons’
“कोलकाता में बीजेपी की रैली में ममता बनर्जी ने अपने गुंडों से हमला कराई हिंदू भाई लोगों पर देश को बचाना है 2019 में बीजेपी को जिताना है” (Mamata Banerjee’s…
BJP way ahead of others in political ad spending on Meta; proxy pages spent more than official ones
With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections barely a few weeks away, political campaigns have reached a fever pitch both on the ground and virtually. With India ranking very high on…
ABP reporter Debmalya Bagchi’s arrest in Bengal: Veracity of complaint, police ‘excesses’ under scanner
Days after the arrest of Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) reporter Debmalya Bagchi in Kharagpur, West Bengal, multiple questions are being raised about the nature of police action against the well-known journalist…
Locals taking shelter in Kolkata mall: How a viral video metamorphosed into hateful, Islamophobic social media post
In the evening of April 17, as Kolkata was still soaking in the ‘Naboborsho’ (Bengali New Year) mood in spite of an already unforgiving summer, a video started to go…
Alt News ground report: ‘Temple in Shibpur burnt by Muslims’ claim false
Violence erupted in the Shibpur area of Howrah district in West Bengal on March 30 evening, when two rallies, one taken out by the Vishva Hindu Parishad and another by…