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1 year after opting out, more than 1 lakh people across India have again started to avail LPG subsidy

Alt News Desk10th April 201712th July 2018

In March 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the privileged sections of the country to give up subsidy on cooking gas as part of the “Give it up” initiative. Many people responded positively…

Another ‘Harthal’ embarrassment for Kerala BJP, post-mortem report of BJP worker attributes death to high blood pressure

Alt News Desk10th April 201712th July 2018

A strike called over the “custodial death” of one of its workers in Kasargode district has landed the Kerala BJP in a soup. The post-mortem report, which came out on…

Yet another Right-Wing Fake News Site that makes money via Porn Ads, falsely targets CPI-ML leader Kavita Krishnan

Pratik Sinha8th April 201722nd June 2017

The first thing that you see when you open an article on a site called hamariaawaz.in is four little squares with animated GIFs of intense porn action right on top…

PM Modi, CM Raje get mocked for keeping mum about cow vigilante terrorism while tweeting about Stockholm attack

Pratik Sinha8th April 2017

PM Narendra Modi tweets about everything on this planet including wishing people on their birthdays, remember people on their death anniversaries, retweeting other people’s tweets during campaigns like #SelfieWithDaugther and…

Social media erupts after BJP leader Tarun Vijay’s racist comment – “We’re Not Racist, We Live With South Indians”

Alt News Desk7th April 201712th July 2018

Last week, in a targeted attack against Nigerian students, three young men were brutally attacked with dustbins, chairs etc by a large mob inside Ansal Plaza mall in Greater Noida….

Love Jihad wall writings pop-up in various places in Ahmedabad

Pratik Sinha3rd April 2017

With 2017 being an election year for Gujarat, at least 2 cases of rioting have been reported in Gujarat in the last month. The first case of rioting happened in…

“If I win, I will start good slaughterhouses here”, says Kerala BJP leader

Alt News Desk2nd April 201712th July 2018

“Give me votes, I will start good slaughterhouses here” – This is the winning slogan for N.Sriprakash, the BJP candidate for the byelection to the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency in…

Dalit man allegedly murdered for his “crime” of being romantically involved with a higher caste woman

Pratik Sinha1st April 20171st April 2017

In a ghastly incident, a 25-year-old man, Manthani Madhukar, from Khanapur village in Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency of Telangana was allegedly murdered for being romantically involved with a girl from…

Vadavali Riots in Gujarat – A Fact Finding Report

Pratik Sinha31st March 201719th July 2017

A team of human rights activists and social activists from various organisations based out of Ahmedabad such as Jan Sangharsh Manch, HRLN, Jan Vikas, Action Aid, Aman Biradri etc visited…

Racial attack on people of African origin in Greater Noida, several injured in the mob-attack

Pratik Sinha28th March 2017

In yet another incident in the National Capital Region, people of African origin were the target of a vicious racial attack which left several of them grievously injured. Earlier, a…

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The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Viral video of South Africa’s Temba Bavuma responding to Bumrah’s ‘bauna’ jibe is AI-generated