Politics

Fake news claims Raghuram Rajan appointed Governor of Bank of England

Arjun Sidharth6th May 201811th July 2018

According to ‘news’ that is viral on social media, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been appointed the Governor of the Bank of England. Rajan, who moved back to Chicago…

Viral: Old, false case from Meerut circulated as recent incident of rape inside madrasa

Arjun Sidharth5th May 201811th July 2018

मेरठ के मदरसे में इस हिन्दू बेटी से कई महीनो तक हुआ बलात्कार पर हमारा सारा मीडिया मौन ऐसा क्यों ? कोई पत्रकार इस पर नहीं बोलता, इस पर कोई…

No, AMU students did not chant ‘Bharat se lenge Azaadi’

Arjun Sidharth4th May 201811th July 2018

Social media is abuzz with the claim that students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) raised anti-national slogans calling for secession from India. Recently, a controversy erupted at the university over…

Old video of PM Modi rally in Varanasi shared as Udupi rally ahead of Karnataka elections

Arjun Sidharth4th May 201811th July 2018

On May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally at Udupi in Karnataka, one among the 21 rallies he is scheduled to hold in the state ahead of voting…

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…