Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias
Earlier this month, India witnessed a striking contrast in how it treats those who enter its borders. While several academics, writers and critics of the government have, in recent years,...
Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men
In a conversation with Alt News on March 23, the complainant in the Varanasi Iftar-on-boat case offered a series of shifting and evasive responses, mirroring the inconsistencies that now surround...
[Disclaimer: The video that is the subject of the story exhibits violence and can be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.] Last week, unrestrained police brutality was reported during an eviction…
After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August, Panjshir Valley emerged as the last province that resisted the Islamist extremist organisation’s control. In the first week of September however, the…
A video of a woman sporting a cropped and ripped denim jacket is making the rounds on social media. Users are identifying her as Urfi Javed, granddaughter of Shabana Azmi…
A set of three videos, in which a group of men assault a man with rods, is widely circulating on WhatsApp. The accompanying message reads, “This is the incident of…
A video of a band of children making music out of empty tin cans and self-made flutes has been shared on Indian social media. People have assumed that the video…
A video of two sadhus in a car apprehended by a mob has been shared on social media with the claim that they are child kidnappers. “They look like sadhus…
A video of a crocodile carrying a dead woman in its mouth has been shared with the claim that this incident took place in Tonk, Rajasthan. It says that the…
A video of a girl doing somersaults has been shared on social media with the claim that she is a 6-year-old girl named Jaspreet Sandhu who did 53 somersaults in…
A photo of vehicles deadlocked in traffic on a hilly road is viral on social media. It has been claimed these are tourists who had come to visit Himachal Pradesh…
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was flagged off on July 23 after a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, several social media users posted a video of people…