An image of Bollywood actor Amir Khan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being circulated on social media with the claim that the duo met recently. On February 18, …
India Today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on Jamia police violence – Alt News investigation
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…
Jamia violence: Media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand
On February 16, India Today ran ‘exclusive’ footage on the events of December 15, 2019, in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). This was after a CCTV video of police charging students with lathis…
Jamia violence: Student beaten in police lathicharge is not the one who torched bike
A video depicting police lathi-charge on unarmed students inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university began circulating on social media since February 15. The lathi-charge took place on December 15 –…
Jamia violence: Student in the CCTV footage is not the one injured in Jamia shooting
On February 15, CCTV videos showing students blocking the door of a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was aired by mainstream media and widely shared on social media….
False claim suggests 40 out of 62 AAP MLAs are accused of rape
On February 13, JDU leader Dr Ajay Alok tweeted (archive link) that 40 out of 62 AAP MLAs are accused of rape. His complete tweet reads: “62 में 40 रेप…
Is classification as ‘developed nation’ by US good news for India? – A fact-check
On February 12, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ram Madhav tweeted in celebration – “US classifies India as developed nation” – drawing close to 13,000 likes….
Muslim family beats Hindu man to death in a train? Incident given false communal angle
On February 14, several social media users claimed that a man named Sagar was lynched by 12 members of a Muslim family. It is being alleged that the man was…
Amit Shah makes false claim that no BJP leader said protestors in Shaheen Bagh will rape women
On February 13, Home Minister Amit Shah was interviewed by journalist Navika Kumar in the Times Now Summit. Kumar pointed out the provocative slogans raised by BJP leaders during pro-CAA…
How Twitterati followed by PM Modi spread misinformation about Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’
On the eve of January 7, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), expressing solidarity with the students injured in the JNU attack of January 5. A section…