In the early hours of March 21, Chandrashekhar Das — also known as Farsa Baba, a self-styled gau rakshak —was killed after being run over by a truck on the...
Hindus celebrating Holi on Eid in Uttam Nagar? Old video from Karnataka falsely viral
A 15-second video showing a large crowd dancing in the streets to loud music has gone viral on social media. Saffron flags can be seen across the crowd, which appears...
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In a major security breach, two individuals named Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D leapt into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery on December 13 while the house was…
The Sabarimala hill shrine in Thiruvananthapuram has had a chaotic week as thousands of pilgrims started arriving for the annual pilgrimage. On December 10, TOI reported that pilgrims lost their…