Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda
How far is taking something too far during election campaigning? With each social media post, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit hits a new low. Over the past several weeks, Assam...
Durgapur ‘gang rape’: Mamata Banerjee falsely claims crime occurred at 12:30 am; asks why victim stepped out so late
While speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport on October 12 on the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that...
In the wake of protests and violent clashes over the CAA and the NRC, a video has been circulated widely on social media with the claim that an elderly man…
On December 20, 2019, several people shared an image which shows policemen purportedly holding placards against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizens Amendment Bill (CAB). The viral image…
On December 21, 2019, Ashok Shrivastav, a senior journalist with DD News, posted a purported screenshot of a BBC Hindi tweet which said, “लखनऊ : ड्राइवर समझाता रहा कि भैया ये…
On December 21, Bollywood actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal posted a tweet claiming that Myanmar is situated at a distance of 1769 km from India and merely 2…
Twitter user Piyush Singh, who is followed by the office of railway minister Piyush Goyal, tweeted two photographs – one where a woman is seen holding a placard against the…
On December 20, Jawahar Yadav, Officer on Special Duty to Manohar Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana, tweeted a video with the claim that a Bangladeshi man was caught at an…
A video of a group of policemen lathi-charging a crowd of protesters is circulating on WhatsApp. Alt News received fact-check requests where the accompanying claim reads, “शाहआलम मे पत्थरमारा करने…
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have been met with massive protests across the country. A photograph of a protester holding a placard that…
In the wake of massive protests across various cities over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the NRC, a set of photographs has been posted on social media with the claim…
As protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) continue across the nation, violence was reported in some states. On December 20, Surajit Dasgupta,…