Irony alert! Coal Ministry plagiarises pic from Amnesty report on human rights violation by Coal India
Even before the dust has settled over the use of Spain Morocco border to showcase floodlighting along the India Pakistan border, another shocking case of copyright violation comes to light. This case is particularly ironic because the photograph is n...
Alt News Impact: Home Ministry orders inquiry into use of Spain-Morocco border picture in MHA report
Within hours of an Alt News exposé showing how the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) annual report is using a picture of Spain-Morocco border to show Indian border floodlighting, officials in MHA have reportedly admitted to the gaffe and the Home Mi...
Home Ministry annual report uses picture of Spain-Morocco border to show Indian border floodlighting
The headline was striking, the picture was spectacular and the achievement was presented as incredible. "मोदी सरकार ने बॉर्डर पर जो काम किया है वो देखोगे तो गर्व भी होगा और वाह वाह भी करोगे" (Translation:If you see the work done by Modi Govt on India...
TrueIndology or TrueFraudology – Part 2 – A goldmine of fictitious historical claims
In response to the recent Alt News article on fictitious claims about history put out on social media by an anonymous Twitter handle, @TrueIndology, we had a few of its supporters argue that we could only find nine false claims out of all its posts. ...
Chinese axe wielding man passed off as a stone pelter by Indian right-wing
Krishanu Mitra, former spokesperson of BJP's Bengal State Unit, posted a video on his Twitter and Facebook timeline in which he states, "Those criticizing the Indian Army and Maj. Nitin Gogoi should see how other sovereign powers deals with secession...
Install ‘Indian’ Telegram, delete ‘American’ WhatsApp – Old fake viral message in circulation a...
On May 26, BJP's DN Ramesh, a corporator of ward number 142 (Sunkanahalli) in Bangalore, posted a status update on his Facebook page requesting people to delete WhatsApp and start using an alternative messaging service called Telegram. His post claim...
Scores of western women take to social media alleging financial and emotional abuse by an Indian man
A Facebook post about an "Urgent appeal for some social media magic" by Rebecca Tott, a yoga enthusiast from the UK led Alt News to stumble upon an incredible story. Rebecca, in her Facebook post talks of how she has fallen "victim to a sickeningly c...
‘Nationalist’ TV channels battle over the Indo-Pak match
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the most patriotic of them all? "Should India play Pakistan", is the question that is inevitably asked in the run up to every India Pakistan cricket match. With the recent escalation of the tensions between the two c...
Thousands of dead fish due to industrial pollution in Dholi village in Gujarat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_860_8fC3oThe video clip above is from a village called Dholi in Dholka Taluka in Gujarat. Gujarat Government has made lakes in several villages for harvesting storm water. Narmada water is also released into thes...
Long list of online scams; What is the Government doing to protect the citizenry?
A WhatsApp forward is making the rounds, "₹ 500 Balance For Every Indian. Modiji Giving Free Balance. Click here http://balance.modi-gvt.in". When one clicks on the link, it takes you to a webpage which asks for your name, phone number, mobile se...
