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No, rain is not magically falling in one spot; video viral with false claim

Pooja Chaudhuri24th May 201914th August 2019

The video posted below is floating on social media as a “miracle of nature”. It’s being claimed that “rain fell at one spot” in Maharashtra’s Kankavli. The message circulated with…

Morphed: Akhilesh Yadav congratulated on the possibility of becoming PM

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd May 2019

A Facebook page ‘PMO India : Report Card’ shared a photograph of a billboard that seemed to congratulate former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the “possibility” of becoming the Prime…

Old video shared in the context of a recent incident where a youth was set ablaze in UP

Pooja Chaudhuri21st May 201922nd May 2019

A video of a man burning alive is being circulated on social media with the claim that he is a Hindu youth named Vishnu Goswami who was immolated by Imran,…

Fake quote: Wg Cmdr Abhinandan Varthaman said, “Pulwama attack, a BJP conspiracy”

Jignesh Patel21st May 20192nd May 2023

The photo of a newspaper cutting in Hindi is being shared widely on Facebook. It reads, “पुलवामा हमला बीजेपी की सोची समझी साजिश थी -विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन (Pulwama attack was a…

BJP Bengal shares clipped video of Mamata Banerjee to portray her biased towards Muslims

Pooja Chaudhuri21st May 201925th January 2021

“If CM Mamata Banerjee can recite an Islamic prayer at a West Bengal government event, why does she have a problem being greeted with Jai Shree Ram?” tweeted BJP Bengal…

Old photograph of Mamata Banerjee shared with a false claim that she is a Muslim

Jignesh Patel18th May 201920th May 2019

“Picture speaks more than a thousand words. Mamta adopted her mother’s religion Islam which is evident from this picture where she greets Basu with an adab. Her masters degree too…

How misinformation was weaponized in 2019 Lok Sabha election – A compilation

Arjun Sidharth18th May 201920th May 2019

As the 2019 general election draws to a close, Alt News has compiled a list of the most prominent instances of misinformation this election season. No stone was left unturned…

ISIS destroying artefacts in Iraq shared as TMC workers breaking Vidyasagar statue

Jignesh Patel18th May 2019

A couple of images, of bearded men destroying a statue, are being circulated on social media. “CCTV फुटेज में साफ दिख रहा है विद्यासागर जी की मूर्ति को टीएमसी के…

Muslim man disguised as BJP worker caught stone-pelting in Vidyasagar College? No, video from Jharkhand viral

Pooja Chaudhuri17th May 2019

“Real Name – Mohammad Nisar Orange T-shirt, Tilak on Forhead. Now you can understand many things. You can also connect this to the so called “Bhagwa Goons” doing Violence during…

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CRPF action on ‘Trinamool goons’? Old video from Bangladesh falsely viral

AI videos, fear, and communal polarization: Inside BJP’s hateful digital campaign in Bengal