May 2018 started off on a rather hilarious note for the fake news industry with multiple media organizations falling for a parody account of Tripura Chief Minister, Biplab Deb. But…
Photoshopped image of Pranab Mukherjee at RSS event: Whose handiwork is it?
Hours after former President Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur, a photograph began circulating on social media in the late hours of June 7. It was…
Photo from farmers’ protest in Maharashtra shared with false claim, targets Congress
“This Nagpur Congress neta snatched milk from poor Farmers & spilled it on road. He also abused & threatened police men when they try to stop him” tweeted Rishi Bagree,…
Did India take no loans from World Bank between 2015 and 2017 as claimed on social media?
“70 साल के इतिहास में केवल 3 साल ऐसे हैं जब भारत ने वर्ल्ड बैंक से कर्ज नहीं लिया 2015, 2016, 2017 ये मोदी की विफलता है या सफलता। नमो…
Admin of FB page who called for violence against inter-faith couples now targets Barkha Dutt
On February 4, 2018, Alt News had exposed how a list of more than 100 couples who had entered into inter-religious union was published on a Facebook page, and these…
Photoshopped image circulated to malign INC candidate contesting bypoll in Bengaluru
Assembly bypoll for the Jayanagar constituency in Karnataka is set to take place on June 11. Ahead of the election, one of the candidates in the fray, Sowmya Reddy who…
Image of rape-accused from Gujarat viral as a farmer beaten up by Rajasthan police
“राजस्थान में एक गरीब किसान द्वारा बैंक के कर्जे ना चुकता कर पाने पर सरेआम रस्सियों से बाँध कर पीटती हुई पुलिस…” (A poor farmer in Rajasthan was tied with…
Fake quotes industry targets Congress Party by ascribing false statements to Pranab Mukherjee
Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be addressing RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur on June 7. Mukherjee’s acceptance of the invitation has taken many by surprise. While there are…
No, Ashok Gehlot did not say that generating electricity will remove energy from water
Jab pani mein se bijli nikal jayegi, aur pani kheto mein jayega, toh pani mein se bijli nikal jayegi toh takat hi nikal jayegi, phir kheto mein pani kaam kya…
Dangerous child-abduction rumour frenzy continues, now spreads to Maharashtra
“कृपया। तुमच्याकडे जेवढे ग्रुप आणि कॉन्टॅक्ट नंबर असेल त्यांना हि बातमी पटकन पाठवा लगेच ताबडतोब. आत्ताच अक्कलकोट मध्ये लहान मुलांना घेऊन जाणारे चोर पकडले आहे, मिरजगी ता.अक्कलकोट. लहान मुलांना पळविणे…