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Delhi violence: Man seen with BJP’s Kapil Mishra is not the Jafrabad shooter

Pooja Chaudhuri & Kinjal25th February 202027th February 2020

A claim promoted by several social media users suggests that the Jafrabad shooter, reportedly identified as 33-year-old Shahrukh, was seen with BJP leader Kapil Mishra during the latter’s provocative speech…

Old video of police excess in Pakistan falsely shared as atrocities on Hindu women

Priyanka Jha & Kinjal25th February 202025th February 2020

A 44-second clip is viral on social media where a group of policemen can be seen manhandling women. A parody account dedicated to journalist Pushpendra Kulshreshtha @KPUSHPENDRA15 shared the clip…

Delhi violence: Jafrabad shooter falsely identified as part of pro-CAA mob

Jignesh Patel & Pratik Sinha25th February 202025th February 2020

For the second consecutive day, clashes broke out between groups opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and those in support of the law. A video of a protester in northeast…

Mohan Bhagwat did not say nationalism means Hitler, fascism – Media misreports

Archit24th February 202024th February 2020

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, was at Mukherjee University, Ranchi on February 19. Since then, several media outlets have reported that Bhagwat said, “Avoid using the word ‘nationalism’,…

No, Ratan Tata has not announced that JNU students will not be recruited by Tata Group

Archit24th February 202024th February 2020

An image of Ratan Tata has gone viral on social media particularly on WhatsApp. The text on the image reads, “Big announcement by Rata Tata Sahab: From now on Tata…

No, a ‘yogi’ wasn’t found alive in meditative state 300 years after his burial

Pooja Chaudhuri21st February 2020

A video of a man with multiple sores and blood oozing out from his wounds is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he is ‘Siddhar (Yogi)’ who…

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…

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