Jan Mohammad, a primary school headmaster from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district who was suspended after a complaint from a local BJP leader, has been reinstated by the government after an…
Social media arrests: SC upholds Telangana HC directions; restrains arbitrary FIR, mechanical arrests
In a significant move aimed at curbing arbitrary arrests for social media posts, the Supreme Court has upheld a Telangana high court order which mandates prior inquiry and verification of…
All charades dropped: Assam BJP’s AI video shows Himanta ‘shooting point-blank’ at Muslims
With barely a few months to go for state elections, Assam BJP took its communal politics to a new extreme on February 7 when they shared a video on X…
Bus stuck at narrowing of lanes on Mumbai flyover? No, photo shared by Kerala Congress is AI-generated
A photo is viral on social media, showing a bus stuck at the narrow mouth of a lane bifurcation on a bridge. The bridge seen in the photo is of…
Fake ICC ‘media release’ announcing ban on Pakistan viral across social media platforms
Amid the controversy over Bangladesh pulling out of the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup and Pakistan refusing to play against India, a supposed media release by the International Cricket…
NDA party leader moving around in car with forged diplomatic number plate arrested; news reports skip political link
On January 23, the news agency ANI shared an X post about a woman who was arrested in Delhi for moving around in a car fitted with a forged number…
‘Mohammed’ Deepak vs Bajrang Dal: Alt News identifies ‘unidentified’ miscreants mentioned in Uttarakhand FIR
Uttarakhand Police has registered three FIRs in connection with the Republic Day altercation in Kotdwar in Pauri Garhwal district involving Bajrang Dal members and a local individual named Deepak Kumar…
Photos of Mira Nair and young Zohran Mamdani with Epstein, Clinton & others are AI generated
After the US Department of Justice released around 3.5 million pages in compliance with the Epstein files transparency act on January 30, 2026, an email was retrieved that mentioned Indian-American…
Beef over a steak: Olypub row escalates with waiter’s arrest, counter complaint against Kolkata influencer
Olypub, one of Kolkata’s most iconic food destinations, is in the news for all the wrong reasons, thanks to a Bengali actor-influencer who went the ‘Right’ way. Sayak Chakraborty, a…
Himanta’s communal tirade against Miya Muslims: Police complaint filed, defiant Assam CM cites SC ruling
Days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s vicious communal tirade targeting “Miya Muslims” sparked an outrage across the country, a police complaint was filed by activist Harsh Mander against…