Alt News Exposé II: BJP leaders, OpIndia editor among four who voted in Bihar and in other states
Days after the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections, Alt News uncovered the case of three voters — all associated with the BJP — who voted in Bihar as...
News outlets misidentify Delhi blast suspect Dr Arif, pass off photo of unrelated namesake as key accused
On November 13, three days after an explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort killed 13 people, the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) arrested a 32-year-old cardiologist from Kanpur, Dr Mohammad Arif, in connection...
“Mein guru maharaj Ram Singhji, Mastanji ke Sacha Sauda ki bhumi ko pranam karta hun (I salute Ram Singhji, Mastanji’s Sacha Sauda’s land)” were PM Modi’s words in a speech…
In an article titled, “Swarajya magazine and Jaideep Mazumdar spread falsehood about Suhrawardy Avenue in Kolkata“, Alt News had exposed how Swarajya had pushed out false information regarding a road…
“Terrorist ploy. Clips of rail-road were removed.” Within an hour after the Muzaffarnagar train accident, scores of conspiracy theories started to float on social media. While some were speculative, others…
“It’s A Crying Shame That ‘The Butcher Of Bengal’ Has A Road Named After Him In Kolkata” is the title of a story on the most prominent right-wing portal Swarajya….
“OMG Vice President’s budget is six times that of the President.” or “Vice President spent seven times more than the Prime Minister on foreign travel“, you must have heard statements…
A huge storm of outrage erupted when former VP Hamid Ansari stated that there’s a sense of unease among Muslims in an interview. What followed was a virulent right-wing troll…
“My Twitter account got hacked” is the new “The dog ate my homework”. Social media accounts have a habit of getting hacked just before a controversial post. In some cases,…
“I’ll never be able to forget my house, the place I grew up. But I understand how important Sardar Sarovar Dam is for development of 3 states.” When you first…
A video of a couple who were stripped, thrashed and paraded around naked is being currently circulated as a video of caste violence in Gujarat. This same video is also…
#ModiPunishesPak. Here comes yet another TimesNow promoted hashtag. Interesting that instead of China, the channel continues its focus on Pakistan. So why is Modi “punishing” Pakistan? How is he doing…