A video is viral on social media with the claim that a junior government office worker in Aligarh spat into a senior judicial officer’s glass of water. The video, which... The post UP court staffer Vikas Gupta spitting into glass of water: 2018 video shared with ‘thook jihad’ claims appeared first on Alt News ..read more

In an interim order, a Division Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti of the Supreme Court on Monday, July 22, prohibited the enforcement of the Uttar... The post SC’s Kanwar Yatra order: Justice Bhatti’s Kerala restaurant remarks distorted by the Right Wing appeared first on Alt News ..read more

India Today NE, the India Today group vertical that covers the northeast, reported on Sunday, July 21, that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been airlifted from Dhaka to an undisclosed location amid the nationwide crisis over an anti-quota stir that had already claimed over 100 lives. The report authored by journalist Mehtab Uddin Ahmed was tweeted by the X handle of India Today NE at 2.48 pm with a caption that read, “#Bangladesh: Amidst the chaos, reports confirmed that Prime Minister #SheikhHasina was airlifted from here residence in Dhaka. Her current whereabouts remain unknown ..read more

With assembly elections in Jharkhand slated for later this year, the BJP has appointed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the co-in-charge for the state. In this capacity, Sarma attended a program in Jharkhand and addressed the press in Ranchi. During his address, Sarma stated, “I have come from Assam, and the change in demography is a significant issue for me. In 1951, the Muslim population in Assam was 14 per cent; today, it has increased to 40 per cent. I have lost many districts. For me, this is not a political issue but a matter of life and death.” Sarma reiterated this claim in ..read more

A video is viral on social media where a group of people dressed as sadhus are seen seated on the ground while the individual behind the camera asks their names. In response, they mention their names as Sunil, Gopi and Gaurav. While sharing this video, it is being claimed that three people were going around in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh dressed as sadhus, and were caught by locals who believed them to be child-lifters. Following this, the video of these sadhus being beaten also came to light. Several people shared it on social media and claimed that these were a group of Muslims posing as sadhus ..read more

An image is viral on social media which shows Chhatrapati Shahu Shahaji, the Congress MP from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, holding his ears in the manner in which someone gestures while apologising for something. The photo is being shared with the claim that Shahu, who happens to be a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, asked for forgiveness from the minority community of Vishalgad for the anti-encroachment drives carried out in the area. The newly elected MP visited Vishalgad on July 16, two days after a rally in favour of an anti-encroachment drive in the Vishalgad Fort area had taken a com ..read more

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Moscow to attend the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit, Lok Sabha Opposition leader and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visited the violence-affected state of Manipur on July 8. The concurrence of the two visits resulted in an exchange of barbs between the ruling party and the Opposition on diverse platforms. While the Opposition accused Narendra Modi of neglecting Manipur and criticised him for not visiting the violence-hit state, the ruling dispensation accused Rahul Gandhi of using the victims of Manipur for gaining political mileage. It is important to no ..read more

A video of a scuffle between some men donning saffron scarves and uniformed police personnel has surfaced on social media. It is being claimed that the video shows BJP workers clashing with the police in a recent event. X page INC News (@TheIncNews) shared the clip on July 15 with a caption in Hindi which said: “These BJP goons are raising their hands on the uniformed police — if there was a Muslim in his place, what would have happened? Why isn’t the government filing NSA and sedition charges against him?? Why isn’t the loyal Godi media debating this?? Friends, retweet and show it to the whol ..read more

The late Indian Army Captain Anshuman Singh was recently awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously. His wife, Smriti Singh, accompanied by her mother-in-law, received the award from President Droupadi Murmu on July 5. Following the award, the late Captain’s parents spoke to the media. They alleged that Smriti had taken the gallantry medal and other memories of their son with her to her hometown. Under the current policy of the armed forces, if a soldier is married, then their spouse is listed as the ‘Next Of Kin’ (NOK), and not their parents. If they are martyred, the ex-gratia amount is given to ..read more

Ashin Wirathu, the radical Buddhist monk from Myanmar widely known for his anti-Muslim stance and vitriolic sermons, leapt to fame for the first time in the early 2000s with the nationalist 969 movement. Over the years, he has risen to become the face of communal hatred in Myanmar, which has seen an uptick in violence between Buddhists and Muslims, mainly immigrant Rohingyas, since 2012.  As Wirathu gathered thousands of followers on and off social media, Time Magazine in 2013 described him as “The Face of Buddhist Terror.” In the same year, The Guardian called him “Burma’s Bin Laden”. In ..read more