Politics

Muslim man objects to Indian flag on his roadside stall? No, it’s a scripted video

Abhishek Kumar28th August 2024

A video circulating on social media shows a group of people attempting to place the Indian flag on a coconut vendor’s stall on Independence Day. In the video, a fruit…

Video of clash between typist and clerk in Haryana court falsely viral as judge beaten up

Abhishek Kumar28th August 2024

A recently viral video on social media depicts a scene where two individuals fight inside a room. One person hits the other with a stick while several people stand nearby,…

Woman dancing at BJP’s R G Kar protest? No, viral video is from a Bengal village fair

Indradeep Bhattacharyya26th August 2024

A video of a woman dancing to peppy music is widely viral on social media. On the dais behind the dancer, one can see ‘Justice for R G Kar’ posters….

Golam Azam was not in the emergency building at the time of R G Kar crime: Multiple testimonies support his alibi

Shinjinee Majumder & Oishani Bhattacharya24th August 2024

The two persons who have been most frequently named in social media theories as accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata are Arshean Alam and…

Supreme Court did not say R G Kar crime scene was altered; false claim by editor of propaganda outlet

Ankita Mahalanobish24th August 2024

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud heard the Kolkata R G Kar rape and murder case on August 22, 2024. This was…

Bangladesh: Harassment of Rajshahi civic official Taufiq Islam falsely shared by Indian RW as attack on Hindus

Indradeep Bhattacharyya22nd August 202423rd August 2024

Several Right-wing X (formerly Twitter) handles have shared a 2.15-minute video claiming that it shows the harassment and physical assault of a Hindu teacher in Bangladesh. Numerous incidents of targeted…

The ‘news’ of Ankita Bauri raped & murdered in Bengal while returning from August 15 protest is fabricated

Prantik Ali21st August 2024

Several social media users have shared the ‘news’ that a girl named Ankita Bauri, a student of Burdwan University in West Bengal, was raped and murdered while she was on…

Arshean Alam social media trial: Alt News probe finds he was at home at the time of the R G Kar rape-murder

Shinjinee Majumder & Oishani Bhattacharya20th August 202420th August 2024

A 31-year-old doctor was allegedly raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical Hospital and College in Kolkata in the wee hours of August 9. Her body was discovered…

Pelvic girdle, hyoid bone broken? R G Kar victim’s post-mortem report says no fracture found

Oishani Bhattacharya & Pratik Sinha19th August 202421st August 2024

Following the alleged rape and murder of a doctor (postgraduate trainee) at the government-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, various claims about the circumstances of her…

150 grams semen found in R G Kar victim’s body? No, post-mortem report mentions weight of genitalia

Pratik Sinha & Indradeep Bhattacharyya18th August 202419th August 2024

A week into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor (a postgraduate trainee) at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, several theories have surfaced in public discourse…