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‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan not raised in Oawisi’s Jharkhand rally; misreport by Zee, Aaj Tak, ABP, News 18 & others

Shinjinee Majumder4th September 2023

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a rally at Dumri in Giridih, Jharkhand, on Wednesday, August 30, in favour of his party’s candidate Md Abdul Mobin Rizvi…

Fact check: Viral image of Kerala Onam special train is AI-generated

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shreyatama Datta1st September 2023

A picture of a train painted in bright floral patterns arriving at the ‘Kasaragod-Trivandrum’ station is viral on social media. It is being shared with the claim that it is…

No, ISRO chief S Somanath did not visit RSS office in Bengaluru after Chandrayaan landing

Oishani Bhattacharya1st September 2023

A 9-second clip featuring the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, is viral on social media with the claim that the ISRO chairman visited the Bengaluru…

Another surgical strike in Pak? Centre, PIB, Army refute Dainik Jagran report

Abhishek Kumar31st August 2023

On the front page of its national edition dated August 22, Hindi daily Dainik Jagran claimed the Indian Army had carried out a surgical strike on Pakistan once again. The…

No, Mamata Banerjee did not say Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’

Shinjinee Majumder30th August 202330th August 2023

A clip of Mamata Banerjee apparently claiming that Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’ is currently viral on social media. Several verified accounts have shared this clip in…

Nuh & after: ‘Godhra was just a trailer,’ say Hindutva leaders in Delhi, Punjab; cops stop Jantar Mantar meet midway

Oishani Bhattacharya30th August 2023

After the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal announced nationwide protests against the communal clashes in Nuh, Haryana, Right Wing outfits such as United Hindu Front, Hindu Mahasabha, All India…

No, Rajesh Pilot did not fly the IAF plane that bombed Mizoram in 1966; false claim by Amit Malviya, ABP News

Abhishek Kumar28th August 202328th August 2023

In his reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently mentioned the bombing of Mizoram in 1966 while targeting the…

Old video of ISRO chief dancing viral as celebrations of Chandrayaan 3 landing

Shreyatama Datta26th August 2023

In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Soon after this, as the mainstream and…

Investigation: How Facebook page promoting Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel violated EC norms in 2022 state polls

Abhishek Kumar26th August 2023

In April 2023, Alt News published a report that revealed how a network of 23 websites and their associated Facebook pages – all hosted on the same IP address –…

Is AIIMS Darbhanga operational? No, PM Modi’s recent claim false; even land has not been finalized for the facility

Abhishek Kumar25th August 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while virtually addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Regional Panchayati Raj Council in West Bengal, stated on August 12, “From Guwahati in Assam, Kalyani in West Bengal,…

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Video of arms seized in Myanmar viral as Indian Army’s recovery of ammunition from militants in Manipur

Video of missile attack on Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2024 viral as recent Iranian offensive on Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel