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Indian politicians on a spree of denying on-record statements: Alt News compilation

Jignesh Patel21st February 2020

On February 14, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar held a press conference in Pune. Several media outlets quoted the minister saying that he denied ever having called Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…

Video viral as non-Muslims offering namaz after coronavirus outbreak in China is baseless

Kinjal21st February 202021st February 2020

A two-minute video which shows a group of people offering namaz (Islamic prayers) is viral on social media. In the video, while one group can be seen offering prayers facing…

Truth behind photo of man carrying wife during 1971 Bangladesh liberation war

Archit20th February 2020

An image of a man carrying a woman whose clothes are torn has gone viral on social media. According to the accompanying message, the photo is from late poet and…

Old, unrelated image viral as condoms found in Shaheen Bagh

Kinjal20th February 20204th December 2020

Since December 15, peaceful protests led by women against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been taking place at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi.. A few days ago, a picture of used…

Photo of wall painted ahead of Trump’s Ahmedabad visit morphed and shared online

Jignesh Patel20th February 202021st February 2020

A photo supposedly of a man urinating in front of a wall painted with murals of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been shared on social…

Jamia violence: Student from video of police lathi-charge not the man seen in arson video

Pooja Chaudhuri19th February 202020th February 2020

A CCTV footage of police brutality inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus has continued to top social media discourse since it was made public on February 16. In the latest…

Image from 2017 viral as Aamir Khan recently met Turkish President Erdogan

Archit19th February 2020

An image of Bollywood actor Amir Khan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being circulated on social media with the claim that the duo met recently. On February 18, …

India Today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on Jamia police violence – Alt News investigation

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha18th February 2020

On the intervening night of February 15-16, Jamia Coordination Committee released a 44-second CCTV footage of police excess inside a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university. The footage…

Jamia violence: Media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand

Pooja Chaudhuri18th February 202018th February 2020

On February 16, India Today ran ‘exclusive’ footage on the events of December 15, 2019, in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). This was after a CCTV video of police charging students with lathis…

Jamia violence: Student in the CCTV footage is not the one injured in Jamia shooting

Archit17th February 202018th February 2020

On February 15, CCTV videos showing students blocking the door of a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was aired by mainstream media and widely shared on social media….

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Athar Hussain’s horrific ‘killing’ third reported case of lynching this year in Bihar’s Nawada