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Was train with NEET students from Tamil Nadu delayed by devotees offering namaz?

Arjun Sidharth9th May 201811th July 2018

A picture is circulating on social media in which a group of men is seen offering namaz (prayer) on a railway track. Along with this picture is text which says…

Old, unrelated images falsely shared as Hindu woman attacked by Muslims and Christians in Kerala

Alt News Desk26th April 201829th April 2020

Twitter user Reene Lynn shared an image of a wounded woman claiming that she was attacked by members of the Muslim and Christian communities in Kerala. Her tweet reads, “Christian…

Baba Ramdev’s biopic comes under attack on social media

Arjun Sidharth20th February 201822nd February 2018

Baba Ramdev unwittingly seems to have become the target of ire on social media. The Yoga guru’s biopic, which has launched on February 11 became a talking point after the…

Hindutva FB page publishes list of 100+ couples in inter-faith marriages, calls for violence

Alt News Desk4th February 20185th May 2018

“यह एक सूची है उन हिन्दू लड़कियों के फेसबुक प्रोफाइल की जो लव जिहाद का शिकार हो चुकी है या हो रही है… हर हिन्दू शेर से आग्रह है, इनमे…

Jama Masjid electricity bills non payment: Fake news starts on social media, Republic TV takes over

Sam Jawed30th August 201723rd November 2020

“Imam Bukhari has money to buy luxurious cars but can’t pay electricity bills,” asked Republic TV while reporting that electricity has been cut in Jama Masjid due to non-payment of…

TrueIndology or TrueFraudology – debunking a goldmine of fictitious historical claims

Sam Jawed10th June 201716th June 2017

Alt News has stumbled upon a goldmine of fictitious historical claims. History is being re-written on social media, right here in front of our eyes. We found that a large…

Shampoo over hijab? Right-wing users share old spoof video to mock Muslims

Sam Jawed6th May 201711th July 2024

A short clip in which a woman is seen putting shampoo on her hijab is being circulated on social media as a “Malaysian shampoo advertisement”. It is being shared with…

Open letter from News Anchor Farah Khan to Gaurav Sawant – When will you take off your saffron-tinted glasses?

Alt News Staff4th April 20174th April 2017

Among the select few “self-proclaimed nationalist” journalists of the country, Gaurav Sawant of India Today Group ranks pretty high. His ‘concerns’ to ‘teach Pakistan a lesson,’ to eradicate Jihadi terrorism…

Did Leo Tolstoy say that Hindutva will one day rule the world?

Pratik Sinha30th March 2017

A piece of text is currently viral on WhatsApp which contains 9 quotes purportedly by certain Western authors/philosophers etc. In each one of these quotes, they are stating how great…

Financial Express asks ‘anti-Hindu’ Kamal Haasan to mind his ‘own’ religion, quietly changes the article later

Pratik Sinha27th March 2017

How does a major Indian media outlet deal with a blunderous article filled with astronomical factual inaccuracies? They change the content surreptitiously hoping that no one notices. Yesterday, Financial Express…

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