As protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) continue across the nation, violence was reported in some states. On December 20, Surajit Dasgupta,…
Video from Kuwait showing mock drill shared as attack on Sultan of Oman
A video is being shared widely on WhatsApp and social media platforms with the claim that the Sultan of Oman was attacked. ઓમાન ના સુલતાન પર ઘાતકી હુમલો.. અદ્ભૂત બચાવ…
CAA Protest: No, Bengaluru cop did not threaten to punch historian Ramachandra Guha
December 19 witnessed nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). People across the country took to the streets while the police in most states denied permission for protest and…
Video from 2017 of eviction from forest area in Assam viral in the context of NRC
A video where the police are seen thrashing civilians was shared with the claim that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being exercised in Assam. The clip has gone…
No, girl with Rahul Gandhi is not Jamia student who opposed police lathi-charge
A photograph of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accompanied with a burqa-clad woman is doing the rounds on social media. Along with this, two more images of a woman who saved…
No, RBI is not scrapping Rs 2000 notes; News18 fact-check viral with false claim
A screengrab of an alleged News18 broadcast is viral on social media. Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the image. The text on…
Old photos from Pakistan shared as weapons seized from Jamia Milia campus
“ജാമിയ മിലിയ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ക്യാമ്പസിൽ നിന്നും പോലീസ് പിടിച്ചെടുത്ത ആയുധശേഖരം (Arms recovered by the police from Jamia Millia University campus -translated)”, reads a message by a Facebook user on December 16, 2019….
Was AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan part of a mob that torched buses on December 15? – A fact-check
On December 15, the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) took a violent turn in New Delhi when at least six buses were set ablaze and many private vehicles…
Sourav Ganguly’s claim daughter’s Instagram story on CAA protests “not true” is false
On the night of December 18, former cricketer and incumbent BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly posted a tweet in reference to his daughter, Sana Ganguly. “Please keep Sana out of all…
Images of detention centres in the US shared as Assam
In the view of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a set of images are being circulated with the claim that they represent detention centres in Assam for illegal…