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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…

Image of rape-accused from Gujarat viral as a farmer beaten up by Rajasthan police

Priyanka Jha6th June 20189th July 2018

“राजस्थान में एक गरीब किसान द्वारा बैंक के कर्जे ना चुकता कर पाने पर सरेआम रस्सियों से बाँध कर पीटती हुई पुलिस…” (A poor farmer in Rajasthan was tied with…

Football vandalism video from Switzerland now shared as Kashmiris attacking tourists

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 201810th July 2018

“इस छुट्टियों में कश्मीर मत जाओ कश्मीर के युवक टूरिस्ट गाड़ियों पर पत्थर बरसाते हुए” (This vacation don’t go to Kashmir. Kashmiri youth pelting stones at tourists’ cars – translated)….

Old video of assault on a soldier circulated as ‘soldier beaten to death in Kashmir’

Priyanka Jha17th May 201810th July 2018

कश्मीर में आज फिर एक सैनिक को पिट पिट कर हत्या कर दी गई दोस्तों इंसानियत के नाते आपसे हाथ जोड़कर विनती है की यह विड़ीयो ज्यादा से ज्यादा ग्रुप…