Fake News

 A 2-minute video is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the clip depicts an incident from Maharashtra’s Lonavla, near the Mumbai-Pune highway, where a fruit-seller was spraying red paint on litchi. ( ) …Read more at ...... Read More

 A Times Now broadcast of March 5 ran a video of a man in red, wearing a helmet, opening fire during communal riots in Delhi. “New video of Delhi violence surfaces. Video reportedly from Maujpur…This is the 4th video of attack on police,” the channel claimed. The video was tweeted using #ShaheenLynchModel. …...... Read More

 A video of a couple having sexual intercourse behind an alleyway is circulating on social media as an incident from Shaheen Bagh. From the Twitter account @Baburao71275507, the video has garnered close to 1,500 retweets and over 1 lakh views. ” …Read more at ...... Read More

 Four images are being shared on social media with two different claims. The first image shows a huge pile of swords. The next picture shows knives on a table. The third one shows police officers inspecting the swords and the last image shows a police team standing behind a group of four …Read more at ...... Read More

 A video of a gathering where people can be heard reciting Islamic verses is being shared on social media. Facebook user Imtiyaz Khan posted the video with the claim, “China Me ( 20 ) Lakh Se Zyada Log Islam Qubool Kiya Yeh Dekh Kar Ke > Corona Virus Ek Bhi Musalman Ko …Read more at ...... Read More

 An image of three policemen attacking a man in skull cap is being circulated on social media with the claim that it is from Delhi. A Facebook user posted the viral image which received over 180 shares. The accompanying message reads, “ !” The viral …Read more at ...... Read More

 AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has been linked with the murder of IB staffer Ankit Sharma who was found dead in a drain close to Hussain’s house on February 26. Since then, the AAP leader has been suspended from the party and is now under police custody. The reportage around Tahir Hussain and …Read more at ...... Read More

 Amid International Women's Day celebrations on March 8, two pictures of a young girl in hijab with policemen are going viral with the claim that a 24-year-old Muslim girl in Mumbai qualified the IAS exam. But, what is the truthRead more at ...... Read More

 At an Ash Wednesday service on February 26 in the Vatican, 83-year-old Pope was seen coughing and blowing his nose. After this, a post went viral on social media claiming that the Vatican has confirmed that Pope has tested positive for coronavirus.Read more at ...... Read More

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 A picture showing security personnel kicking a man is going viral on social media with a sarcastic claim that this was how Delhi Police appealed to Muslims for peace.Read more at ...... Read More

 Social media is replete with misinformation around novel coronavirus. Alt News has debunked several such claims in past weeks. A video is now viral on social media with the claim that in the light of the epidemic, China is allowing Muslims to read the Quran which was previously banned. Holy Quran was …Read more at ...... Read More

 On February 13, one Navneet Gautam tweeted a video with the claim that Muslims are throwing pieces of meat outside a Hindu temple in 'Nai ka Nagla' neighbourhood of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. In the video, a lane is visible where dogs can be seen loitering around the “pieces of meat”. The tweet …Read more at ...... Read More

 A 7-second video clip of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is being shared on social media where he appears to be saying, “Our family was of the Jan Sangh Parivar. We are born ‘BJPwallah’. My father was in Jan Sangh. He went to jail during the emergency.” One Twitter user Ajay posted …Read more at ...... Read More

 Several social media users have posted an image of a minor girl and claimed that her burnt clothes were found at AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s residence. The claim adds that the girl’s naked corpse was found in a drain connected to his house. “She has been identified,” it alleges. [Translated from # …Read...... Read More

 A video has gone viral with the claim that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh thrashed an AAP MLA with shoes in a party meeting. Facebook user Lalit Mohan Sharma shared the viral video. It has gained over 48,000 views since March 2. Twitter user @sdtiwari tweeted (archive link) the viral …Read more at ...... Read More

 Several Twitter users have shared screenshots of a provocative tweet posted by a Twitter handle ‘Dilawar Shaikh (@DilawarShaikh_)’. In the tweet Shaikh can be seen calling for "butchering" of Hindus to "teach them a lesson". The now-deleted profile of Shaikh claimed that he was a "correspondent at Al Jazeera, previously ...... Read More

 The recent communal violence in northeast Delhi has given rise to a plethora of misinformation circulated via images and videos. A 25-second clip of police lathi-charging a large crowd of Muslims has been shared by several people, many of whom seem to be celebrating the police excess. “Cleaning drive has been started …...... Read More

 Social activist Harsh Mander has continued to remain in the news for the second consecutive day after another video of a part of his speech was shared by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its supporters. The speech has been used to allege that Mander instigated violence during protests against …Read more at...... Read More

 On March 4, Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ shared two images (archive link) of a television screen tuned in to Aaj Tak. In the first image, we can see “Alcohol and weed cure coronavirus ( )” written in bold text. Similarly, the second image reads – …Read more at ...... Read More