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Image showing PM Modi in elaborate photo-op in a tea estate is AI generated

Prantik Ali5th April 20265th April 2026

A photo is viral on social media, purporting to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with women workers at a tea garden amid elaborate filming arrangements, flanked on all sides…

X calls Centre’s order to block 12 accounts ‘disproportionate’, questions applicability of 69A

Ankita Mahalanobish4th April 20265th April 2026

X Corp told the Delhi high court on March 31 that it formally urged the Centre to reconsider its March 18 directives ordering the blocking of 12 accounts on the…

Bengal SIR: The wall ECI built around electoral data and how we broke through it

Ankit Jain3rd April 2026

The Election Commission of India conducted a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal in 2025–26, an exercise it described as unprecedented. But when the final rolls…

Modi-lookalike’s video falsely shared as PM called out in Rourkela over LPG crisis

Prantik Ali2nd April 202614th May 2026

A video, roughly 9 seconds in length, is viral on social media. It purports to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a convoy, in what appears to be a roadshow….

Viral Uttam Nagar video: Man hurling abuses and calling for violence against Muslims is a BJP functionary

Oishani Bhattacharya1st April 20263rd April 2026

As tensions mounted in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar following the death of 26-year-old Tarun Kumar, a video went viral showing a man openly calling for violence against Muslims. An Alt News…

Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias

Anindya Hazra & Ankita Mahalanobish31st March 20263rd April 2026

Earlier this month, India witnessed a striking contrast in how it treats those who enter its borders. While several academics, writers and critics of the government have, in recent years,…

BJP shares clipped video of Mamata’s speech to claim she ‘mocked demolition of temples’

Indradeep Bhattacharyya29th March 202629th March 2026

With the high-stakes Bengal elections weeks away, BJP West Bengal on March 28 shared a 8-second video of a pre-election speech by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The party…

Muslim woman on fast heckled in office? Rajasthan coaching institute video falsely viral

Prantik Ali28th March 2026

A video circulating widely on social media claims to show a Muslim woman being repeatedly struck with a slipper, with the assailant mockingly saying “Good morning” between blows. Several users…

Cartoons, criticism and crackdowns: How Section 69A is being used to silence dissent

Abhishek Kumar26th March 20263rd April 2026

In recent months, the Government of India has invoked Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, to block social media posts by several users within the country. Orders shared…

Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men

Shinjinee Majumder26th March 20263rd April 2026

In a conversation with Alt News on March 23, the complainant in the Varanasi Iftar-on-boat case offered a series of shifting and evasive responses, mirroring the inconsistencies that now surround…

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Convoy controversy: Rajasthan MP’s cavalcade video falsely linked to BJP, PM Modi

Fake video: Clip showing Suvendu Adhikari talking about ‘finishing’ Muslims is AI generated