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No, ISRO chief S Somanath did not visit RSS office in Bengaluru after Chandrayaan landing

Oishani Bhattacharya1st September 2023

A 9-second clip featuring the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, is viral on social media with the claim that the ISRO chairman visited the Bengaluru…

Another surgical strike in Pak? Centre, PIB, Army refute Dainik Jagran report

Abhishek Kumar31st August 2023

On the front page of its national edition dated August 22, Hindi daily Dainik Jagran claimed the Indian Army had carried out a surgical strike on Pakistan once again. The…

No, Mamata Banerjee did not say Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’

Shinjinee Majumder30th August 202330th August 2023

A clip of Mamata Banerjee apparently claiming that Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’ is currently viral on social media. Several verified accounts have shared this clip in…

Nuh & after: ‘Godhra was just a trailer,’ say Hindutva leaders in Delhi, Punjab; cops stop Jantar Mantar meet midway

Oishani Bhattacharya30th August 2023

After the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal announced nationwide protests against the communal clashes in Nuh, Haryana, Right Wing outfits such as United Hindu Front, Hindu Mahasabha, All India…

No, Rajesh Pilot did not fly the IAF plane that bombed Mizoram in 1966; false claim by Amit Malviya, ABP News

Abhishek Kumar28th August 202328th August 2023

In his reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently mentioned the bombing of Mizoram in 1966 while targeting the…

Old video of ISRO chief dancing viral as celebrations of Chandrayaan 3 landing

Shreyatama Datta26th August 2023

In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Soon after this, as the mainstream and…

Investigation: How Facebook page promoting Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel violated EC norms in 2022 state polls

Abhishek Kumar26th August 2023

In April 2023, Alt News published a report that revealed how a network of 23 websites and their associated Facebook pages – all hosted on the same IP address –…

Is AIIMS Darbhanga operational? No, PM Modi’s recent claim false; even land has not been finalized for the facility

Abhishek Kumar25th August 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while virtually addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Regional Panchayati Raj Council in West Bengal, stated on August 12, “From Guwahati in Assam, Kalyani in West Bengal,…

Man chops finger to protest against police inaction over brother’s suicide, video viral with misleading claim

Shreyatama Datta24th August 2023

Trigger Warning: Suicide, Self Harm The story uses only screenshots and not actual tweets in view of the graphic nature of the viral video. A video of a man chopping…

Iranian nomadic family’s video viral as infiltration in Manipur from Myanmar

Kinjal19th August 2023

In a video being shared on social media, a group of people are seen making a difficult trek through the mountains. It has been claimed that the people in the…

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Clash in Murshidabad? Old video from Varanasi given communal spin, falsely linked to Bengal polls

Shashi Tharoor slammed Modi govt & praised Pak diplomacy? The video is AI-generated