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Clipped video of Barkha Dutt’s 2004 report on plight of Kashmiri Pandits viral as justifying their massacre

Jignesh Patel12th November 201822nd July 2020

A hashtag #ApologiseBarkha is trending on micro-blogging platform Twitter. Several users have shared a video of the journalist claiming that she justified the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. Barkha Dutt justifying…

Postcard News founder falsely claims Pakistan’s independence day to be celebrated in West Bengal

Alt News Desk11th August 201811th August 2018

“Please look into this matter. Shame politics by T.M.C in W.B what is the meaning of “JASHN-E-AZADI” & also date mentioned 14th Aug. Are they Pakistanis. Need to step regarding…

Child beating video from Egypt shared as atrocity by teacher from RM VM School, Valsad

Jignesh Patel10th July 201820th July 2019

A video is being circulated on social media as seen in the screenshot below. The text claims that the man who is brutally thrashing the children in the video is a…

Did Priyanka Chopra wear a burqa while meeting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?

Arjun Sidharth9th July 2018

In May 2018, Priyanka Chopra’s visit to a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox Bazaar as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador invited much slander and abuse. Now, a photograph showing Chopra…

Viral: Fake letter claims Arundhati Roy questioned the treatment of terrorists in Indian jails

Pooja Chaudhuri4th July 201817th August 2019

A ‘letter’ is widely circulating on social media, claiming that author and activist Arundhati Roy repeatedly wrote to the National Security Council (NSC) of India “complaining about the treatment of captive…

Old video of female wrestling bout shared as Pakistani wrestler beaten by Durga Vahini member

Alt News Desk26th June 201819th July 2021

“मुम्बई मे एक पाकिस्तानी लेडीज फ्रीस्टाइल कुस्तीबाज महिला रिंग मे खडे हो कर भारतीय महिला ओ को गाली देते हुये रिग मे आने के लिये चैलेन्ज करने लगी इसके चैलेन्ज…

Did Ratan Tata refuse to sell Tata Sumo to Pakistan? Six year old hoax resurfaces

Jignesh Patel25th June 20189th July 2018

A claim attributed to Ratan Tata that was debunked six years ago is circulating on social media once again. The present version of this hoax tries to pit Parsis against…

An anticlimactic end to right-wing outrage about the Bengali play, “Hindu Chor”

Pooja Chaudhuri21st June 20189th July 2018

Offended by the poster of a Bengali play titled ‘Hindu Chor’, a Facebook user Sumantra Maiti reached out to Kolkata police via its Facebook page, writing that the name “hurts…

No, ‘1098’ service will not distribute your leftover food to needy children

Jignesh Patel20th June 20189th July 2018

“Good News In india: As announced by PM Modi-If you have a function/party at your home and when you see lots of food may get wasted, Pls don’t hesitate to…

Fake university letter rejecting Albert Einstein’s doctoral application shared

Jignesh Patel12th June 201818th September 2020

Film director Shekhar Kapur shared a purported letter from 1907 rejecting physicist Albert Einstein’s doctoral application. His tweet drew over 5,000 likes and more than 900 retweets. Same letter shared…