Video of woman brutally thrashing her daughter is from Jammu – not Pakistan

Tarek Fatah, the Canadian columnist of Pakistani origin, is among those who shared the clip.

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

· Nov 17, 2019 · 09:07 am

How BJP leaders and media outlets gave Murshidabad triple murder a political and communal colour

Many claimed that Bandhu Prakash Pal was killed because he was an RSS worker. The police said the attack was a result of a financial dispute.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Oct 16, 2019 · 09:44 pm

Fact check: Was a Pakistani conspiracy behind #GoBackModi trending as India Today, others claimed?

The hashtag trended when the Indian prime minister met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Chennai. The majority of the weets were in Tamil.

Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in

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Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Oct 13, 2019 · 12:05 pm

Fact check: Did a 14-year-old girl write a book about Article 370 as Jitendra Singh, ANI claimed?

While the book by Ayona Kohli is titled “In the Times of Article 370’, it is actually a work of fiction.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Oct 12, 2019 · 08:36 pm

Republic TV among media outlets that misrepresent IAF promo video as proof of Balakot strikes

Times Now, ABP News and Zee News also slipped up.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Oct 04, 2019 · 09:38 pm

Staged videos of child-lifters go viral on YouTube – and justify mob violence

Mentally-challenged people have become the most common victims of the assaults.

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

· Sep 16, 2019 · 04:15 pm

Fact check: Was a Mumbai traffic signal washed away in floods as video by Vivek Agnihotri claimed?

The incident actually took place in China.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Sep 06, 2019 · 09:16 am

Image of Syria gas attack resurfaces to claim Indian children are being abducted, organs harvested

An old rumour rears its head again to spread panic.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· Sep 04, 2019 · 07:19 pm

Kerala students wrongly reported to have raised Pakistani flag in stories by Times Now, others

Many people across the border shared the Times Now broadcast, including the spokesperson of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Major General Asif Ghafoor.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Sep 01, 2019 · 05:47 pm

Imran Khan’s PTI party shares old videos from Kashmir claiming that they depict recent unrest

The clip in question is actually a combination of two old videos.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· Aug 26, 2019 · 09:38 pm

Fact check: Did Rahul Gandhi chomp down on samosas as he did an aerial survey of flood-hit Wayanad?

BJP supporter Madhu Kishwar and others shared an old video of the Congress leader that was shot during the poll campaign in April.

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

· Aug 16, 2019 · 07:01 pm

Fact check: Did BBC, Al Jazeera and Reuters fabricate reports about a large protest in Kashmir?

The videos broadcast by the agencies were clearly shot in Srinagar’s Soura area.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

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Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in

· Aug 14, 2019 · 07:26 am