Politics

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’….

Unrelated video shared as raid on K’taka minister D. Shivakumar, linked to cash crunch

Arjun Sidharth26th April 201811th July 2018

ATM में पैसो की कमी के पीछे का सच ..दिल्ली में कर्नाटक कोंग्रेस के मंत्री डी के शिवकुमार के दिल्ली सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव के बंगले पर छापा पड़ा है उसका वीडियो…

Viral: Fake claim on 120 crore cash seized from BJP worker in Karnataka

Arjun Sidharth25th April 201811th July 2018

“A BJP worker has been caught transporting 120 crore rupees worth of black money at Tippanahalli in Karnataka. He confessed that this money was to be used in the upcoming…

Viral: Fake news about student leader Kanhaiya Kumar having failed for 11th time

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201811th July 2018

Former JNUSU President and student leader Kanhaiya Kumar has failed his exam for the 11th time in JNU is the claim put forward on social media. On Twitter, a section…

Fake quote from parody account ascribed to journalist Rana Ayyub viral on social media

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201810th June 2019

“Minor child rapists are also human, do they have no human rights. This Hindutva Government is bringing ordinance for death to child rapists just to hang muslims in larger numbers….

Did NDA Govt recover Rs 4 lakh crore of NPAs as claimed by BJP and PM Modi’s app?

Alt News Desk23rd April 201811th July 2018

An infographic tweeted by the official BJP twitter account on April 14th made a claim that “Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 has resulted in recovery of Rs. 4 lakh…

Video from 2008 from Goa shared as ISKCON devotees thrashed in West Bengal

Arjun Sidharth22nd April 201815th May 2021

A video is being shared widely on social media in which policemen are seen clashing with a group of devotees. The claim accompanying the video is that West Bengal police…

Post-mortem report of Kathua victim contradicts Dainik Jagran’s front page splash

Alt News Desk21st April 201811th July 2018

“No rape of the girl in Kathua, postmortem report only talks of injuries” screamed the front page of the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran on April 20. The article claims that…

Did angry commuters force BJP leader to deboard train over Kathua, Unnao incidents?

Arjun Sidharth19th April 201811th July 2018

Amidst the public outrage following the recent incidents of rape in Kathua and Unnao, a video is being circulated on social media with the claim that a BJP leader was…

Viral: Fake news about Krishna devotees attacked by Christians in Goa

Pratik Sinha18th April 201811th July 2018

“This is how police in India is controlled by Christian missionaries. Christian goons attacked foreign iskon devotees who are singing & distributing gita. secular parties will not condemn the raavan…