Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt
In two related but unconnected developments, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq have found themselves in the midst of controversies after being invited to speak at...
Letter claiming ‘RSS did not participate in anti-British movement’ is morphed
An image of a purported historic document with the text “RSS did not participate in any anti-British movement from 1925 to 1947” bearing the emblem of the British Home Department...
A photograph of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accompanied with a burqa-clad woman is doing the rounds on social media. Along with this, two more images of a woman who saved…
A screengrab of an alleged News18 broadcast is viral on social media. Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the image. The text on…
“ജാമിയ മിലിയ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ക്യാമ്പസിൽ നിന്നും പോലീസ് പിടിച്ചെടുത്ത ആയുധശേഖരം (Arms recovered by the police from Jamia Millia University campus -translated)”, reads a message by a Facebook user on December 16, 2019….
On December 15, the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) took a violent turn in New Delhi when at least six buses were set ablaze and many private vehicles…
On the night of December 18, former cricketer and incumbent BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly posted a tweet in reference to his daughter, Sana Ganguly. “Please keep Sana out of all…
In the view of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a set of images are being circulated with the claim that they represent detention centres in Assam for illegal…
Union Minister Smriti Irani recently claimed in Parliament that Rahul Gandhi said in a speech that ‘women should be raped’. She demanded that Gandhi should apologize for his statement. However,…
A screenshot of a Facebook profile of one ‘Bharat Sharma’ juxtaposed with a photo of a man sporting a red t-shirt and riot gear is being widely shared on social…
An image of a toddler grievously injured is massively circulating on social media with the claim that s/he was hurt during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in West Bengal….
With news of violent clashes between protesters and police at the Jamia Milia Islamia in New Delhi, a photograph has been shared widely on social media, showing a young man…