Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny
The Punjab Police has drawn flak on social media over a controversial post allegedly shared on its X account (@PunjabPoliceInd) that draws parallels with a horrific incident of custodial death...
‘Overstepping threshold of freedom of speech’: Cartoonist under fire over edited toon gets interim relief
On July 15, the Supreme Court granted Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya interim relief from arrest. The top court’s direction comes a day after it reproached the cartoonist over an “inflammatory”...
Incidents of violence by so-called cow protection groups affiliated to Hindutva outfits have been on the rise in several north Indian states. Now, one such incident has come to light…
A video showing a man wearing a garland of shoes around his neck and surrounded by a group of people, who appear to be Muslims, is viral on social media….
On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…
A 55-second-long clip, purportedly showing a Dalit labourer with his hands tied and his head being shaved against his will as a crowd laughs at his plight, is viral on…
Trigger Warning: The story has visuals and descriptions of violence & domestic abuse. Reader’s discretion advised. A video of a man physically assaulting a woman—kicking, slapping, and even hitting her…
Images of a young woman with an elderly man are being shared widely with claims that a 70-year-old Muslim man from Churu, Rajasthan, married his 19-year-old granddaughter. On June 18,…
After a video showing a male police officer slapping a female colleague on the back during a Congress rally in Rajasthan’s Churu went viral, police have claimed that the clip…
A video showing a group of men armed with guns dragging an individual from a school while students look on as bystanders is viral on social media. Those sharing this…
Trigger Warning: The story has details of deaths, including those of minors; reader’s discretion advised. “National media showed what they had to. Our endeavour is to give you our version…
In a veiled attack on Congress, several social media users implied that party leader Rahul Gandhi was giving the false impression of interacting with different sets of people. Comparing his…