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Iron rod on rail tracks: Two arrested identified as Sandeep, Bijendra; police reject conspiracy claims

Pawan Kumar5th October 2024

A photograph has gone viral on social media showing an iron pole on railway tracks. It is being shared with the claim that the pole was intentionally placed by terrorists…

SP MLA Mehboob Ali did not say Muslims would end BJP rule; clipped video sparks misreports, FIR

Shinjinee Majumder3rd October 20244th October 2024

Samajwadi Party MLA Mehboob Ali has come under fire for allegedly stating at a public gathering in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, that BJP rule ‘would come to an end soon’ due…

False claims of attack on Hyderabad Bhagyalakshmi temple viral

Abhishek Kumar3rd October 2024

A video from Hyderabad’s Charminar area has gone viral on social media. The footage shows a chaos with police resorting to lathi-charge on a group of people and setting up…

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…

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Defying MP HC ban, images of women who committed crimes against men burnt with Ravana’s effigy on Dussehra

Did Rahul Gandhi ‘admit’ that his social media following was not organic? No, BJP leaders share clipped video