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Fake newspaper clipping shared to claim Delhi CM Kejriwal accused of rape in 1987

Pooja Chaudhuri29th January 20206th February 2020

An alleged newspaper clipping from June 8, 1987, has been shared by several social media users. The purported report by ‘The Telegraph’ says that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was…

Old video viral as Rajput women with swords standing up against Muslim women of Shaheen Bagh

Archit29th January 202029th January 2020

Around January 26, several social media users posted a 10-second video clip of women waving swords with the claim that Rajput women stood up against the Muslim women of Shaheen…

Gautam Gambhir targets AAP with video of a school under renovation

Pooja Chaudhuri28th January 2020

On January 27, BJP Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir tweeted a video suggesting that it shows a dilapidated school in the capital. “They say fight the election on education, I say fight…

Video of Russian rocket viral as failed launch test of Pakistan’s Ghaznavi missile

Archit28th January 202028th January 2020

Ahead of India’s 71st Republic Day celebrations, several social media users posted a video of a failed missile launch claiming it is from Pakistan. On January 25, Twitter-user @arpispeaks posted…

Media misreport: Lawyers Kapil Sibal, Indira Jaising, Dushyant Dave wrongly linked with alleged PFI support for CAA stir

Jignesh Patel & Pratik Sinha28th January 202031st January 2020

Since the last two days, reports have emerged that according to an Enforcement Directorate report, Popular Front of India (PFI) mobilised Rs 120 crores during protests against the Citizenship Amendment…

Video related to Chhattisgarh elections shared claiming BJP bribing voters in Delhi

Archit27th January 202028th January 2020

Since the past one week, a 20-second video has gone viral with the claim that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is paying Rs 700 in exchange for a vote. On January…

Journalist Arfa Khanum’s speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers

Alt News Desk27th January 20203rd February 2020

“The Islamists want CAA protests to be ‘inclusive’ only till the time you, the non Muslims, start accepting their religious identity, beliefs and supremacist slogans as gospel,” tweeted BJP IT cell…

Anti-CAA protesters at Lucknow confess taking bribes? No, clipped video viral

Archit27th January 20203rd February 2020

A 20-second video of a woman donning a hijab speaking to a reporter is widely circulating on social media. Accompanying claims suggest that she accepted that women protesting against the…

Tarek Fatah – A case study of unrelenting divisive misinformation

Pooja Chaudhuri27th January 202029th August 2020

A prominent name on social media, Tarek Fatah is an active Twitter user with over 6 lakh followers. But on numerous occasions, the Pakistani-Canadian writer has been found using the…

Video of VHP leader viral as Naseeruddin Shah’s brother supporting CAA

Nibedita Sen27th January 202027th January 2020

A video of an elderly man speaking in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is viral with the claim that he is Rizwan Ahmed, brother of actor Naseeruddin Shah….

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘1 crore vote surge in Maharashtra’ claim not supported by EC data

News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker