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Former MP BJP President falls for clipped Rahul Gandhi video, social media clips his statement and targets him

Arjun Sidharth25th April 201925th April 2019

“UP में ऐसी भी महिलएँ हैं जो हर हफ्ते बच्चा देती हैं , साल भर में 52 बच्चे देती हैं” (There are women in UP who give birth every week,…

Did a TMC leader pull-out a gun on live TV? No, it was a mike

Pooja Chaudhuri25th April 201921st May 2019

A video clip viral on social media is being shared with the claim that it shows a TMC worker pull-out a revolver at a BJP worker during a live debate…

Buddhist man in burqa caught for terror attack in Sri Lanka? No, it’s an old video

Mohammed Zubair24th April 201924th April 2019

A video of man removing his burqa in front of two police personnel has gone viral on the Indian social media ecosystem. It is being claimed that Sri Lankan police…

False claim: Sadhvi Pragya has been acquitted of terror charges

Arjun Sidharth18th April 2019

Sadhvi Pragya, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, will be contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket. News of Pragya’s nomination from Bhopal, MP had sparked…

BJP MLA Raja Singh plagiarises Pakistan Army song, dedicates it to Indian army

Alt News Desk14th April 201914th April 2019

On April 12th, BJP MLA Raja Singh announced the release of his new song on Ram Navami dedicated to the Indian Army. You can listen to Raja Singh’s song here:…

Vote Jihad: Burqa clad man caught voting? Old images viral with false claim

Arjun Sidharth11th April 2019

A photograph of a man in a burqa has been shared widely on social media along with a message that refers to ‘vote jihad’ in the garb of the burqa….

Major Gaurav Arya tweets 2006, 2010 images as Baloch attack on Pak troops; deletes later

Pratik Sinha29th March 2019

“News of 7 Pakistani Army soldiers being killed by Baloch freedom fighters of Jaish-al-Adl is trickling in. My Baloch friends say that they will keep attacking Pak Army till they…

Facebook pages spent Rs 2.5 crore on political ads in 2 weeks; BJP leads by huge margin

Pooja Chaudhuri23rd March 201924th March 2019

“Ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have run on Facebook or Instagram” amounted to Rs 2.5 crore between March 2 and 16, revealed Alt News’s weekly…

3 out of Facebook’s 7 fact-checking partners have shared misinformation post-Pulwama

Pooja Chaudhuri & Priyanka Jha18th March 201917th August 2020

“We are committed to fighting the spread of false news on Facebook, especially ahead of the 2019 General Election campaign season,” Manish Khanduri, Facebook India’s news partnership head, said in…

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Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh

Video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing in red bodysuit is a deepfake