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    Pawan Kumar

    Assam Police beating up ‘pro-Pakistan Bangladeshis’? Old video from Bengal shared with misleading communal claims

    2nd June 2025
    On May 12, 2025, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that three more people had been arrested in his state on charges of sedition, bringing the tally to a...
    Assam Police beating up ‘pro-Pakistan Bangladeshis’? Old video from Bengal shared with misleading communal claims
    Kinjal

    Dhaka women’s ‘friendship march’ video falsely shared as West Bengal, inviting filthy comments

    2nd June 2025
    A video clip of a group of women raising slogans on the roadside has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The women in the video are seen...
    Dhaka women’s ‘friendship march’ video falsely shared as West Bengal, inviting filthy comments
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    Fake News Bulletin 1: Fake video of caste violence from Gujarat and more

    Alt News Desk2nd August 2017

    A video of a couple who were stripped, thrashed and paraded around naked is being currently circulated as a video of caste violence in Gujarat. This same video is also…

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    No Times Now, highest number of Pakistani visitors were under BJP rule

    Sam Jawed1st August 20171st August 2017

    #ModiPunishesPak. Here comes yet another TimesNow promoted hashtag. Interesting that instead of China, the channel continues its focus on Pakistan. So why is Modi “punishing” Pakistan? How is he doing…

    PTI image of flooded Gujarat airport joins the long list of fake images in recent times

    Alt News Desk29th July 201720th February 2019

    Overworked or lazy? While glorifying achievements or talking about disasters, fake pictures which are not remotely representative of an event have been repeatedly used to portray events. From media outlets…

    Malicious attempts to portray K.R. Narayanan, India’s first Dalit president, as a Christian

    Sam Jawed28th July 2017

    In their eagerness to project President Kovind as India’s first Dalit president, fake news sites and even sections of media did not spare late president, K.R. Narayanan. “Shocking! K.R. Narayanan…

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    How BJP IT Cell’s smear machine works: A personal story

    Sadanand Dhume28th July 2017

    Having written for international publications for nearly two decades — first as a journalist and then as a columnist — by now I’ve grown used to the usual charges flung by some of those…

    “Amit Shah never flies in chartered planes”. Oh really, Financial Express?

    Alt News Desk24th July 201724th July 2017

    “Amit Shah never flies in chartered planes, doesn’t stay at hotels rather prefers party workers home,” claimed the headline of Financial Express story about the simple lifestyle of BJP President….

    Ban on sale of eggs and meat in Dadri due to Kanwar Yatra is not fake news

    Sam Jawed24th July 201724th July 2017

    Here is an interesting variant to fake news – one where genuine news gets labelled as fake. This is a story about restrictions on the sale of eggs and meat…

    News18 gets a lesson in flags from Twitter users – Pakistani flag vs Islamic flag

    Sam Jawed22nd July 2017

    Pakistani flag in Uttar Pradesh? At least that is what News18India would like us to believe. “Uttar Pradesh, Gonda: Pakistani flag hoisted on an electricity pole, created tension”, tweeted News18India….

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    Media bias: A tale of two riots – Basirhat in West Bengal vs Vadavali in Gujarat

    Sam Jawed18th July 201719th July 2017

    “Where is the media?” This is a question that was frequently asked with reference to the recent Basirhat riots. There was a widespread belief among right-wingers that media did not…

    A call for lynching in Bengaluru after Jinnah’s picture spotted on a bus. And the truth is ..

    Alt News Desk14th July 201714th July 2017

    “How many of you are campaigning against it and will Pledge to Lynch this Owner inside that Bus and Burn it?” This was the violent reaction of Abhishek Singh, a…

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