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Old photo shared to claim West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee faked her leg injury

Kinjal10th May 2021

A collage featuring two photos of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been circulating on social media. In the first, the CM is sitting in a wheelchair while the…

Old videos stitched together to falsely claim ‘Hindus retaliating in West Bengal’

Aqib Pathan & Pooja Chaudhuri10th May 2021

A massively widespread video compilation has been shared with the claim that Hindus have started retaliating in West Bengal. The state had witnessed violence soon after TMC emerged victorious in…

Video from Bangladesh shared as female BJP worker dragged by TMC goons in West Bengal

Anuradha Prasad10th May 2021

A video of a group of people forcibly dragging away a young woman while she keeps pleading is massively viral on Twitter and Facebook. People can be heard conversing in…

Misleading video portrays EAM Jaishankar meeting G7 delegates after COVID scare

Archit10th May 2021

The Group of Seven (G7) meeting in London on May 5 was hit by a COVID-19 scare after India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entire team said they were…

Postcard News makes false allegation to target Muslim volunteers performing last rites in Karnataka

Mohammed Zubair9th May 2021

Karnataka witnessed close to 600 deaths due to COVID on May 8, its highest since the start of the pandemic. The infection shows no signs of decelerating as the state…

Old video from Venezuela shared as BJP worker lynched by TMC in West Bengal

Kinjal8th May 2021

[Warning: This report may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.] A disturbing clip of a group of people slitting a young boy’s throat has gone viral on social…

How BJP MP Tejasvi Surya communalised BBMP bed scam with misinformation

Archit7th May 20218th May 2021

On May 4, BJP MP from South Bangalore constituency Tejasvi Surya entered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) South zone COVID war room during work hours (around 3 pm) and…

Video from Brazil shared as BJP worker Uttam Ghosh lynched by TMC goons in West Bengal

Nitika Amin7th May 20217th May 2021

A gruesome video of a group of men hacking a man to death with axes has been linked to the post-poll violence in West Bengal. Alt News has not attached…

News18 falsely claims ‘Pakistan zindabad’ chanted after UP panchayat poll result

Anuradha Prasad6th May 2021

After the results of the recently-concluded gram panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, News18 UP Uttarakhand broadcasted a video of a group celebrating the victory of an elected pradhan (head) in…

BJP passes off India Today journalist’s photo as slain BJP worker in West Bengal

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha6th May 2021

In the wake of reports of the death of at least 14 people in political violence that broke out after the results of West Bengal assembly elections were declared, BJP…