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Don’t go to Kashmir & Muslim majority areas, says Bengal LoP Suvendu amid new state BJP chief’s minority outreach

Shinjinee Majumder15th July 2025

BJP leader and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on July 10 urged Bengalis not to visit Kashmir owing to the northern state’s majority Muslim population. Adhikari’s comments came…

Violence in the name of cows: The ‘animal welfare’ groups that beat up truck drivers in India

Pooja Chaudhuri, Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar15th July 202515th July 2025

This story was originally published on Bellingcat and has been republished by Alt News as part of an editorial collaboration between the two organisations. They describe themselves as “cow protectors”…

Viral video of Jaishankar ‘admitting’ that India lost 3 Rafales in clash with Pakistan is digitally manipulated

Prantik Ali15th July 202515th July 2025

A video of India’s Union minister of external affairs (EAM) S Jaishankar admitting that India lost three Rafale fighter jets during the India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025 is viral on…

Did Sonia, Rahul Gandhi ‘disrespect’ ex-PM Manmohan Singh in meetings with foreign leaders?

Abhishek Kumar12th July 202513th July 2025

Old pictures showing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi meeting heads of other countries have resurfaced on social media with captions suggesting that the…

Prayagraj arson: Old, unrelated videos shared as ‘deserving treatment’ meted out to Chandrashekhar Azad supporters

Pawan Kumar12th July 202512th July 2025

Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad was on June 29 detained in Prayagraj Circuit House in Uttar Pradesh while on his way to meet two families — one in Isota…

Police brutality video from Jaunpur, UP, falsely viral as Tamil Nadu incident

Abhishek Kumar11th July 2025

Following the alleged custodial death of a temple security guard in Tamil Nadu, a video depicting an alleged incident of police brutality has been gathering traction on social media. In…

No, Pakistan Zindabad slogans were not raised at Muharram rally in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

Pawan Kumar11th July 2025

Social media users recently shared a video claiming that slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ were raised by Muslims participating in a Muharram procession in Uttar Pradesh. The viral posts also contain…

PIB’s claim that India is fourth most equal country citing World Bank data is misleading

Shinjinee Majumder10th July 202510th July 2025

On July 5, 2025, the Press Information Bureau (PIB)—the official media and public relations arm of the Indian government—published a press release titled “World Bank Places India Among World’s Most…

Rahul Gandhi’s photo on sanitary pads distributed in Bihar? Congress files FIR over ‘fake’ video

Oishani Bhattacharya9th July 2025

Days after the Bihar state unit of Congress launched a campaign to distribute around 5 Lakh sanitary napkins to women in the state, a video showing a pack of napkins…

Kolkata rape case: Did TMC turn a blind eye to key accused Monojit Mishra’s past?

Shinjinee Majumder8th July 20259th July 2025

Trigger Warning: Details of sexual assault, reader’s discretion advised. After the alleged rape of a student in Kolkata’s South Calcutta Law College came to light, leaders of the ruling Trinamool…

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Muslim man held minor girl at knifepoint after failed ‘love jihad’ attempt? No, video viral with false communal claims

Viral cartoon mocking Donald Trump over India tariff is doctored