ख़्वाजा के दरबार में पोहचे आदित्य ठाकरे । शिवसेना का मुख्य मंत्री बनने की मांगी थी मन्नत जो हुई पूरी। मेरा ख़्वाजा चाहें उसे नवाज़े ।हिंदुत्व के मुद्दों पे अडग…
Viral message claims ‘Nirbhaya’ helpline number launched for women safety. What is the truth?
Send this *Nirbhaya* number to your wife, daughters, sisters, mothers, friends, and all the ladies you know..ask them to save it.. all the men please share with all the ladies…
Uddhav Thackeray paying tribute to Sonia Gandhi? No, photoshopped image shared
On November 27, several people tweeted a picture of Uddhav Thackeray supposedly paying tribute to Sonia Gandh with the text “Welcome to Milawati Party. Finally, now onwards we r all…
False claim: Dog meat seized at Nashik railway station
According to a message shared widely on social media and WhatsApp, 500 kilograms of dog meat has been seized by officials from Nashik railway station. A photograph accompanies the viral…
Image of Narasimha idol in ISKCON, WB viral as 32,000 year old idol found in Germany
An image of Narasimha, part lion and part man avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, has gone viral on social media. According to a post by Facebook page संस्कृत का…
Images from Karnataka, WB shared as Babri masjid photos from British Library archive
A set of photographs has been posted on social media with the narrative that these represent the now demolished Babri masjid of Ayodhya, taken from the archive of the British…
New York restaurant to serve human flesh? No, this is satire
Has a restaurant in New York received government approval to sell human flesh as meat? A lengthy message to this effect has been shared widely on WhatsApp. As seen in…
Katta News: Who is breaking stories on Maha politics? Alt News source verification
A new entrant on Twitter, breaking updates on Maharashtra politics, Katta News has garnered significant attention on social media. The Twitter handle @katta_news was created on November 18. Two days later, it broke the…
Movie still shared as image of 26/11 martyred cop Tukaram Omble
A photograph of a bloodied policeman is making the rounds on social media with the claim that he is Tukaram Omble of Mumbai police who was martyred in the 26/11…
Cadbury products contaminated with HIV? Old image from Nigeria used to share false claim
Over the last week, Alt News has received several requests on it’s Android application to fact-check an image which sources BBC and cautions people to not have Cadbury products as…