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News outlets misidentify Delhi blast suspect Dr Arif, pass off photo of unrelated namesake as key accused

Pawan Kumar16th November 2025

On November 13, three days after an explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort killed 13 people, the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) arrested a 32-year-old cardiologist from Kanpur, Dr Mohammad Arif, in connection…

Muzaffarpur police dismisses reports & BJP’s claims that elderly man was killed for voting for NDA

Pawan Kumar15th November 2025

The Bihar BJP Facebook page and X handle on November 9 shared a screenshot of a Dainik Bhaskar report which said that an elderly Dalit man voted for the BJP-led NDA in…

The case of 3 BJP workers who voted in two states and posted photos of themselves — Alt News investigation

Abhishek Kumar14th November 202515th November 2025

Days after the first phase of voting in Bihar assembly elections, Alt News discovered that the names of at least three individuals were present in voter lists at multiple locations,…

Explosives recovered from Faridabad after Delhi blast? Police deny media reports, say these were crackers

Oishani Bhattacharya14th November 2025

A day after a car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort claimed 13 lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that a cache of explosives was seized from a house…

‘Vote chori’: Rahul Gandhi says 223 voters used same image, Amit Malviya hears 1 woman voted 223 times

Shinjinee Majumder10th November 2025

Soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s press conference alleging massive voter fraud in the 2024 Haryana assembly elections, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya dismissed these charges, calling them laughable….

Targeting of Jemimah through rage bait highlights failure of X’s policy and success of BJP’s hate politics

Ankita Mahalanobish & Shinjinee Majumder7th November 20257th November 2025

Even as the country was celebrating India’s cricket World Cup triumph, the social media space saw a proliferation of rage-bait content through which a section of Hindutva flagbearers targeted Indian…

Bihar polls: PK’s Jan Suraaj Party second highest spender on digital ads after BJP

Abhishek Kumar6th November 20256th November 2025

An analysis of Meta ad spending by political parties in Bihar ahead of the elections throws up a surprise: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, a political newbie which is fighting…

‘Bring 10 Muslim girls, get a job’: No action yet against UP BJP leader for incendiary speech

Shinjinee Majumder5th November 20256th November 2025

No action has been initiated against UP BJP leader and ex-MLA Raghavendra Pratap Singh who promised job to Hindu men if they could ‘bring’ 10 Muslim girls. This, the former…

Col Sofia Qureshi’s video on ‘saffronisation’ and using Indian Army for gimmicks ahead of Bihar Elections is fake

Prantik Ali5th November 2025

A video of Colonel Sofia Qureshi calling out “saffronisation” in the Indian Army and saying that her job is to defend the country and not be an ideological vessel for…

Did Rahul Gandhi say ‘I don’t get any disease, I have direct connection with God’? No, viral video is clipped

Oishani Bhattacharya3rd November 2025

A 15-second-long clip in which Rahul Gandhi says, “I don’t get any disease, I have a direct connection from above, I directly speak to God,” is being shared by social…

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Deepfake alert: Videos of Ravish Kumar, Shiv Aroor and Palki Sharma reporting on NDA leaders’ Pak overtures viral

Sonam Wangchuk ‘safe & sound’, confirms his wife amid deepfakes announcing his ‘death’ going viral