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T Raja Singh calls for violent action against ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘Land Jihad’ in Solapur, booked for hate speech

Shinjinee Majumder9th January 20249th January 2024

BJP leader Raja Naval Singh Lodh ‘Tiger’ alias T Raja Singh has been booked by Maharashtra Police for delivering a hate speech in Solapur on January 6 where he addressed…

Old photos, videos shared alongside claim of Jaish leader Masood Azhar’s death

Abhishek Kumar6th January 2024

The news of Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Masood Azhar’s death in a blast in Pakistan has been circulating widely on social media. Users have shared several photos and a video claiming that…

Video of student thrashed in Faridabad falsely shared as Dalit boy beaten up at Ayodhya Ram Mandir festival

Oishani Bhattacharya6th January 2024

A video of a boy in a school uniform being beaten up is circulating on social media. Users claim that the incident is from Ayodhya, where organizers of the Ram…

‘Jatayu in Ayodhya’? Viral video of vultures at least 3-year-old, not linked to Ram Mandir

Abira Das6th January 2024

A video depicting a committee of vultures by the roadside has gone viral on social media. Users claim that the birds are descendants of Jatayu, a demigod mentioned in the…

Jamui BJP MLA Shreyasi Singh dancing in a car? No, Bhojpuri actress’s video falsely viral

Abira Das31st December 20231st January 2024

A video depicting a woman dancing in a car to the tunes of a Bhojpuri song has gone viral on social media with users claiming that the woman is Shreyasi…

Goons extorting Christmas donations in Kerala? No, it’s a scripted video

Shinjinee Majumder30th December 2023

A clip of an altercation between a man sitting inside a car and a group of alleged goons is viral on social media. At the end of the clip, the…

Ancient Hinglaj Mata temple was not demolished in Pakistan, video related to land dispute viral with false claim

Abhishek Kumar28th December 2023

Two videos have been doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the Hinglaj Temple, a UNESCO-recognized heritage site in Pakistan, was recently demolished. Based on the viral…

Exclusive: How Facebook pages are misusing names of celebrities and media outlets in misleading ads

Abhishek Kumar26th December 202326th December 2023

While browsing through Facebook, Alt News recently came across a post on a page named Levi Ponce containing a link to an interview featuring Aaj Tak journalist Shweta Singh. The…

Kejriwal ‘tweet’ on ED-CBI summons to politicians amplified by Kiren Rijiju is fake

Shinjinee Majumder23rd December 2023

A tweet from 2012 purportedly by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is viral on social media. In it, he calls for the resignation of ‘corrupt leaders’ who do not appear…

Muslim woman wants dentist to close his eyes while treating her? Scripted video viral with communal barbs

Oishani Bhattacharya18th December 2023

A 1.45-minute-long video of a woman wearing a niqab (a veil that covers the entire face except the eyes) is being widely shared on social media. The video contains closed…

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Social media arrests: SC upholds Telangana HC directions; restrains arbitrary FIR, mechanical arrests

All charades dropped: Assam BJP’s AI video shows Himanta ‘shooting point-blank’ at Muslims