Cartoons, criticism and crackdowns: How Section 69A is being used to silence dissent
In recent months, the Government of India has invoked Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, to block social media posts by several users within the country. Orders shared...
Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men
In a conversation with Alt News on March 23, the complainant in the Varanasi Iftar-on-boat case offered a series of shifting and evasive responses, mirroring the inconsistencies that now surround...
Social media and mainstream media are rife with the claim that slain gangster Atiq Ahmed, who was a Samajwadi Party MP from 2004 to 2008, supported the UPA when it…
Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence/Abuse. Graphic Imagery Three pictures of a heavily injured woman have gone viral on social media. Right Wing political activist Sadhvi Prachi shared the images on Facebook…
Asad, the son of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed, and Ghulam, one of Asad’s associates, were killed in encounter with UP Police on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Jhansi. The two…
Almost a week since former Jammu & Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik’s explosive interview with senior journalist Karan Thapar for The Wire, no mainstream TV news channel has yet managed to…
A 30-second video clip is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that some people from the Muslim community pelted stones at the participants of a Shobha Yatra…
History sheeter and five-time MLA Atiq Ahmed, 62, and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants in Prayagraj on the night of April 15 while being escorted by…
A nine-second video clip of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has been making the rounds on social media platforms. In the video clip, Gehlot remarks, “Amritpal Singh is saying that…
A video clip is making rounds on social media with the claim that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was ‘foolishly’ seen offering a handshake to a differently-abled person in a public…
In an in-depth report published on April 3, Alt News exposed how 23 websites hosted on a single IP address (13.232.63.153) spent crores of rupees creating ‘disclaimers’ to run political…
Social media is rife with posts claiming that the Tata Group has built the new Parliament house in just 17 months and that the Indian multinational conglomerate has charged only…