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Photos of Mira Nair and young Zohran Mamdani with Epstein, Clinton & others are AI generated

Ankita Mahalanobish5th February 20265th February 2026

After the US Department of Justice released around 3.5 million pages in compliance with the Epstein files transparency act on January 30, 2026, an email was retrieved that mentioned Indian-American…

Beef over a steak: Olypub row escalates with waiter’s arrest, counter complaint against Kolkata influencer

Anindya Hazra2nd February 20262nd February 2026

Olypub, one of Kolkata’s most iconic food destinations, is in the news for all the wrong reasons, thanks to a Bengali actor-influencer who went the ‘Right’ way. Sayak Chakraborty, a…

Himanta’s communal tirade against Miya Muslims: Police complaint filed, defiant Assam CM cites SC ruling

Shinjinee Majumder2nd February 2026

Days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s vicious communal tirade targeting “Miya Muslims” sparked an outrage across the country, a police complaint was filed by activist Harsh Mander against…

Six government medical colleges in Gujarat: Kanimozhi’s claim correct, AI ‘fact check’ shared by BJP false

Prantik Ali30th January 2026

A regional women’s conference organized by the DMK on January 26 at Sengipatti in the district of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has been in the centre of a controversy after DMK…

Did Chandrababu Naidu Claim 23 Lakh Crore Jobs Were Created in 18 Months? Edited Clip Goes Viral

Shinjinee Majumder28th January 2026

A clip of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu saying that 23 lakh crore jobs have been created in the state over the last 18 months is viral on…

Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

Shinjinee Majumder28th January 2026

A video of a man bursting all the balloons of a child balloon seller wearing a skullcap is being circulated on social media as an act of hate. The video…

Photo of vandalised Gandhi bust from West Bengal falsely shared as Bangladesh incident

Prantik Ali21st January 202621st January 2026

A photo is viral on social media, showing a decapitated statue of Mahatma Gandhi. Amid the escalating diplomatic tensions between India and Bangladesh, several users have circulated the photo as…

Balasore horror: Cow vigilantes who ‘lynched’ Makandar Mohammad were known to him

Oishani Bhattacharya18th January 202618th January 2026

Trigger Warning: Graphic Visuals of Violence It was a stroke of bad luck that brought 35-year-old Sheikh Makandar Mohammad face to face with the miscreants who lynched him on January…

4 hate speech events per day in 2025; 88% in BJP-ruled places: CSoH report confirms India’s slide into hate politics

Shinjinee Majumder17th January 202617th January 2026

The annual report on Hate Speech Events in India or 2025 published by the Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSoH) confirms India’s accelerating descent into politics of hate…

Alt News Impact: YouTube removes hateful music video glorifying anti-Muslim violence

Oishani Bhattacharya16th January 202616th January 2026

Three days after Alt News had written to YouTube flagging a hateful music video called ‘Hindu’ posted by the channel ‘Rohit Rai’, the platform has taken down the video for…

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Adani case: Journalist Ravi Nair gets one-month stay on sentence. Here’s a look at his posts that led to conviction

With call for ‘Mohammad’ Deepak’s killing, Hindu Raksha Dal’s Lalit Sharma stakes claim in hardline Hindutva ranks