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Still from 2014 Bhojpuri movie shared as violence against Hindu woman in West Bengal

Alt News Staff7th April 202115th April 2021

West Bengal elections have become a hotspot for communal misinformation as claims suggesting that the Mamata Banerjee government is unsympathetic towards the state’s Hindu population are widespread. In the latest…

Image of 2013 Bangladesh riots shared as violence against Hindus in West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri7th April 2021

A photograph of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along…

Photo of Delhi CM Kejriwal giving mask to school boy predates COVID-19

Archit5th April 2021

An image of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal putting on an anti-pollution mask on a school boy has been shared on social media. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia can also be…

Video of Yogi Adityanath using abusive word is NOT edited

Pooja Chaudhuri5th April 20215th April 2021

On April 5, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s bite to ANI on COVID vaccination led to a Twitter storm after many pointed out that he used abusive language on…

BJP Bengal shares clipped video to claim TMC candidate threatened women voters

Pooja Chaudhuri5th April 20215th April 2021

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal tweeted a video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Krishnanagar North assembly constituency candidate actor Koushani Mukherjee claiming that she threatened voters. In the video, she…

Old images viral to falsely show cash, gold sized from MK Stalin’s son-in-law in IT raid

Archit3rd April 20213rd April 2021

The sixteenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu is scheduled to be held on April 6, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Madurai on April 2. On the same day,…

Congress shares blurred video to portray PM Modi waving in empty field, deletes later

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd April 2021

A blurred video of Prime Minister Modi waving in what looks like an empty field was shared by Congress and later taken down. An archived link to the tweet can…

Fact-check: Did Sonia Gandhi sit on Manmohan Singh’s seat during Bangladesh visit?

Rohan Datta2nd April 2021

A photograph of the president of the Congress party Sonia Gandhi along with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been making…

No, Wasim Rizvi wasn’t beaten up for filing plea to remove 26 verses from Quran

Anuradha Prasad1st April 2021

The former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi recently filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from the Quran which according to…

Bengal elections: Fake ‘surveys’ claim unfavourable results for AITC and BJP

Archit31st March 20211st April 2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election began on March 27. It is going to take place in eight phases until April 29. In the final week of March, All India Trinamool…

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