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BJP Chhattisgarh uses images from Gujarat and abroad to showcase improved highways

Pooja Chaudhuri1st October 2018

BJP Chhattisgarh on September 30 tweeted images of three expressways and captioned them as – “विश्वास से विकास का सफर। #BadhtaChhattisgarh (The journey from trust to development #BadhtaChhattisgarh),” obliquely accrediting itself with the…

Fact-check: Is Sonia Gandhi among the richest politicians in the world?

Pooja Chaudhuri29th September 20181st October 2021

A purported news clipping floating across social media platforms claims that Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the 12th richest politician in the world. Recurring claim The same clipping was…

Viral: Photoshopped image calling PM Modi “chor”

Priyanka Jha28th September 201828th September 2018

“For the first time in 70 years, citizens are calling the Prime Minister a thief.” This caption was posted by the Facebook page ABMB along with an image of several women holding placards…

BJP misleads on Rafale, claims Reliance was already part of agreement finalised by UPA-II

Arjun Sidharth22nd September 201815th March 2019

On September 21, former President of France Francois Hollande unleashed a political storm by stating on record that it was the Indian government which had proposed Anil Ambani’s firm as…

Alt News exposé: Fake News peddling FB page ‘The India Eye’ and its Gujarat connection

Alt News Desk & Pooja Chaudhuri22nd September 201827th September 2018

Senior journalist Ravish Kumar had made a speech last year at Press Club, Delhi on the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh. Soon after, his 10-minute speech was truncated to…

Fake quote ascribed to Delhi CM Kejriwal claims he said “India should give up Kashmir”

Pooja Chaudhuri19th September 201821st September 2018

A Facebook page that goes by the name योगी आदित्यनाथ की सेना (Yogi Adityanath ki Sena) posted an image which looked like a cropped article from a Hindi e-paper clip. The article’s title…

Fake, provocative quote on Kashmir encounter attributed to Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi

Arjun Sidharth18th September 2018

जिस फौजी ने बेक़सूर आतंकवादी को घसीटा उसको फांसी दो नहीं तो देश में आग लगा देंगे (The soldier who dragged an innocent terrorist should be hanged, otherwise we will…

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The case of 3 BJP workers who voted both in Delhi and Bihar & posted photos of themselves — Alt News investigation

Explosives recovered from Faridabad after Delhi blast? Police deny media reports, say these were crackers