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Himachal temple vandalism: Perpetrator identified as Nisha Devi even as minorities face RW’s ire

Ankita Mahalanobish & Mohammed Zubair1st October 2024

A Shivling was found vandalised in a temple at Nagrota in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh on Friday, September 27, 2024, amid escalating communal tension in the state, particularly in…

Old video from East Timor viral as show of strength by Muslims in Mumbai

Pawan Kumar1st October 20241st October 2024

A viral video on social media shows a massive crowd gathered on a road, with a convoy of vehicles passing through it. The message accompanying the video claims that Muslims…

Rail minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweets Peru Rail video to promote Vande Bharat

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair30th September 2024

On Friday, September 27, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared an advertorial video of the Vande Bharat train, a flagship project of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. The video, captioned…

Alt News Impact: Meta acts against pro-BJP proxy page for violating disclaimer policy in political ads

Abhishek Kumar30th September 2024

A day after Alt News had written to Meta about a pro-BJP proxy page named ‘Unfiltered Jammu Kashmir’ running political ads without adhering to relevant disclaimer policies, Meta took down…

Jagan Mohan Reddy refused temple prasad? TDP makes false claim with clipped video

Priyanka Jha30th September 2024

Amid the ongoing Tirupati Temple prasad controversy, the Telugu Desam Party’s official X handle shared a video on September 22, 2024, showing former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy….

Bengaluru murder: Right Wing’s communal narratives fall flat as accused identified as Mukti Ranjan Ray from Odisha

Shinjinee Majumder26th September 202427th September 2024

The dismembered body of a 29-year-old woman was discovered inside a refrigerator in her home in Bengaluru’s Vyalikaval neighbourhood on Saturday, September 21. The victim, identified as Mahalakshmi, worked at…

Shimla SP: Same date of birth on Aadhaar cards result of default auto-fill; rejects ‘propaganda’ & ‘false narrative’

Ankita Mahalanobish26th September 2024

Against the backdrop of the recent communal flare-ups in Shimla, several social media users have claimed that 35 immigrant Muslim shop owners in Shimla were found with the same Aadhaar…

Baghpat: Religious ensigns on bikes of Muslim youths peddled as Pakistani flags; video falsely viral

Pawan Kumar24th September 2024

A video has been circulating widely on social media showing a crowd stopping bike riders, verbally abusing them, and accusing them of waving the Pakistani flag. In the footage, a…

Did K C Venugopal state Congress would abolish reservations? No, viral newspaper clipping is fake

Abhishek Kumar24th September 202424th September 2024

A newspaper clipping has gone viral on social media, which carries a report on Congress general secretary K C Venugopal’s ‘statement’ that Congress’s biggest target was to abolish reservations in…

Tirupati: Details of Pakistani company ‘A R Foods’ falsely viral with communal spin to ‘laddoo’ row

Prantik Ali24th September 2024

Amid the raging controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in the making of Tirupati ‘laddoo’, several social media users have claimed that the ghee used in the preparation…