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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…

Major Gaurav Arya tweets misleading video, defends the misinformation

Jignesh Patel15th March 201916th March 2019

Major Gaurav Arya, an army veteran and host of Republic TV’s show, ‘Patriot’, tweeted a video on March 14. In the video, a group of blindfolded soldiers, whose hands are…

Staged video circulating as Pakistani news channel’s reportage after Balakot air strike

Jignesh Patel9th March 2019

A Facebook user, Bhola Nath Varma posted two videos, supposedly of a Pakistani news channel report saying, “देखिये और सोचिज। (Watch and think- translation)”. The message posted along with the…