A photograph of a wall carving showing a figure riding a bicycle is being shared with the claim that this is at Panchavarnaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli city. The…
Video from West Bengal showing man electrocuted atop train shared as Secunderabad
A horrific video showing a young man electrocuted on top of a train, has been circulated on social media. Owing to the nature of the video, Alt News is not…
Video from Pakistan shared as smart attendance system installed in Delhi govt school
A video has been posted on Facebook wherein school students can be seen registering attendance on a machine through their identity cards. The video has been shared with the claim…
Media misreport that Aatish Taseer moved Supreme Court to challenge OCI cancellation
The home ministry had recently revoked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card status held by Aatish Taseer, the journalist who had penned a TIME magazine cover story on prime minister Narendra…
Kanhaiya Kumar’s image morphed with map showing Indian states as part of Pakistan
An image of CPI leader and former president of JNUSU Kanhaiya Kumar has been shared on social media. It shows the politician purportedly giving a speech in front of a…
Old photo of Baba Ramdev with cancer patient shared to portray him as a womaniser
A photograph of yoga guru Baba Ramdev with a woman, has been circulated on social media with the words, “रात भर शिष्या के साथ अलोम विलोम करने के बाद” चरम…
Dengue cannot be cured or prevented with homeopathic treatment Eupatorium Perfoliatum
Like every year, the cases for mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue, have spiked in different parts of India after the end of the summer season. This year the epidemic has…
Video of BJP critic warning journalist about reporting against govt shared as BJP leader’s threat
An 82-second-clip of a man speaking to a reporter from Times of Today, a digital news portal, is circulating on social media. Facebook user Sukhwinder Singh posted the video with the…
Image of upscale PG accommodation shared as JNU hostel room
An image of a room with twin single beds in circulating on social media with the claim that it’s of a hostel room in Jawaharlal University, Delhi. From a Facebook…
How misinformation is being used to undermine JNU students’ protest: Alt News compilation
Protests by JNU students have been raging in the national capital after the university administration proposed a fee hike in the draft hostel manual. As is the case with every…