A set of photographs of an elderly man and a young woman dressed in wedding attire and wearing garlands is viral on social media. Those sharing these images claimed that…
ECI and Patna admin’s rebuttal of Ajit Anjum’s SIR ‘exposé’ has several loopholes
With the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of voter list underway in poll-bound Bihar, several reports have emerged highlighting irregularities and flaws in the said exercise. Employees at multiple…
UAE’s ‘new policy’ for Golden Visas leaves Indian media red-faced: How it all started
In the first week of July, several media outlets misreported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was introducing a new nomination-based Golden Visa. According to these reports, Indians could enjoy…
Viral images of Ajay Devgn and Shahid Afridi are from 2024 legends’ cricket tournament
Even as a veterans’ cricket match scheduled on Sunday between India and Pakistan in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) was cancelled, images of actor Ajay Devgn engaged in a…
Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny
The Punjab Police has drawn flak on social media over a controversial post allegedly shared on its X account (@PunjabPoliceInd) that draws parallels with a horrific incident of custodial death…
Claim that India has invented a ‘self-sustaining’ generator that runs for 700 years without power/ fuel is fabricated
On social media as well as messaging platform WhatsApp, many shared a video of a ‘self-sustaining’ magnetic power generator with claims that it can run for 700 years without any…
After Cong leader Pappu Yadav stopped from entering Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi’s car in Bihar, old video of him crying viral
A video of Lok Sabha member Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, breaking into tears is being widely shared on social media. In the video, a crying Yadav, sitting…
Man seen with Rahul Gandhi in viral selfie is not the judge who granted him bail but a lawyer
On July 15, 2025, a special magistrate court for members of Parliament (MPs) and Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) in Lucknow granted bail to Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi in a…
Glass shards on Kanwar Yatra route: Delhi Police rubbishes sabotage, communal conspiracy claims
Glass shards strewn on a stretch of road in Dilshad Garden area in Delhi’s Shahdara district through which Kanwariyas were to travel on foot — footage of this took the…
‘Overstepping threshold of freedom of speech’: Cartoonist under fire over edited toon gets interim relief
On July 15, the Supreme Court granted Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya interim relief from arrest. The top court’s direction comes a day after it reproached the cartoonist over an “inflammatory”…