Politics

Inflammatory, fake post claims Christian man burned alive for converting Hindus in Nepal

Arjun Sidharth3rd May 201811th July 2018

ये नजारा नेपाल का है। ये एक इसाई था जो वहा के हिन्दुओ को बहला फुसलाकर उनका धर्म बदलवाकर उन्हे इसाई बनाता था। साले का पता चलते ही बीच चोराहे…

Viral: Fake news about INC K’taka candidate threatening ‘unending bloodshed of Hindus’ if voted to power

Arjun Sidharth3rd May 201811th July 2018

‘Bangalore Congress candidate (chamarajpet) Zameer Ahmed promises unending bloodshed of Hindus if Congress is voted to power and when he becomes minister’. This provocative message accompanies a video  that is…

Rajeev Chandrasekhar shares fake tweet about Twitter being paid to trend #GoBackModi

Alt News Desk3rd May 201811th July 2018

“@Twitter has accepted in a statement given to @news7tamil that they were paid 2.2 crore rupees by DMK to trend #GoBackModi” A screenshot of News7 Tamil with this text is…

Did Kolkata Metro come out in support of passengers who thrashed a young couple?

Alt News Desk2nd May 201811th July 2018

“Dear commuters, there is a fake post circulating in the social media claiming that Metro Railway supports the passengers who allegedly thrashed the couple. The fact is that Metro Railway,…

April round up: Misinformation about Kathua rape floods social media

Arjun Sidharth2nd May 2018

The month of April saw a flurry of fake news with regard to the Kathua rape and murder case and the Bharat bandh protests on April 2, apart from missteps…

Misleading NASA maps posted by Piyush Goyal to depict total rural electrification

Pratik Sinha2nd May 201811th July 2018

Prime Minister in his address to the nation on 15th August, 2015 announced that 18,500 odd villages across India which hadn’t been electrified would be electrified within the next 1000…

Led by IANS, media outlets fall for a parody account of Tripura CM Biplab Deb

Alt News Desk2nd May 201811th July 2018

“There is no truth in the (media) reports of Modiji summoning me to Delhi. The (Delhi) trip was long planned. In fact, Modiji loves me like a son,” news agency…

Viral: Fake quote attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar on Ghazipur rape case

Priyanka Jha1st May 201811th July 2018

इसके लिए असहिष्णुता दिखाने का वक्त नही आ गया है क्या अब??? Is it not time to show intolerance towards him? (translated). With these words, a photograph has been posted on…

Viral video claims one ‘Mohammed Ilyas’ arrested for Kathua incident; what’s the truth?

Arjun Sidharth27th April 201813th May 2019

A video has been circulated widely on social media, in which a person is seen handcuffed and escorted by policemen while several people blacken his face. The message along with…

Viral: Photoshopped image of Times of India article on Modi and Xi

Alt News Desk27th April 201813th October 2019

An image of a purported report published in Times of India is circulating on social media, the headline of which says, ‘Modi, Xi will mate 6 times in 24 hours’….