Did Chandrababu Naidu Claim 23 Lakh Crore Jobs Were Created in 18 Months? Edited Clip Goes Viral
A clip of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu saying that 23 lakh crore jobs have been created in the state over the last 18 months is viral on...
Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle
A video of a man bursting all the balloons of a child balloon seller wearing a skullcap is being circulated on social media as an act of hate. The video...
Earlier today, Senior BJP Leader from Kerala K Surendran posted a photo of slaughtered cows on his official Facebook Page. In his post, he claimed that cattle was being slaughtered…
The same fake video has been made viral a third time, each time with a different narrative. Alt News had previous written about how a video was circulated as a…
A Change.org petition to remove Raheel Khursheed as head of Twitter India is viral on social media and has done well to get 28000+ supporters so far, presumably from the…
On 18th May 2015, Twitter handle of postcard.news tweeted the picture of two young children claiming that they were Balochs who were being killed and brutalised. In reality, this image…
On completion of three years of BJP government, report cards on various schemes are being converted into infographics and shared widely on social media. In an eagerness to state achievements,…
A picture of Bollywood Actress Alia Bhatt as a toddler sitting in Mahesh Bhatt’s lap is the featured image of an article on the home page of chaskatimes.com. The title…
The Kerala ‘Godman’ whose genitals were cut off by a 23-year old girl, to put an end to eight long years of sexual exploitation, is a associate of Hindu Aikya…
Despite living in India for 37 years and being a citizen of India since 2002, Jean Drèze had to write a letter in 2016 to clarify his citizenship position to…
Indian cities are not particularly known for their cleanliness and it is not the first time that someone has posted a picture of the filth on social media. Yet when…
A rumour that has been making rounds since last year has reappeared on social media. A twitter user @beingsandeep posted a pixelated picture of journalist Barkha Dutt riding pillion with…