The contentious article in the Daily Maverick had falsely claimed that Prime Minister Modi had declined to exit his aircraft in response to the South African government's choice of sending only a cabinet minister to conduct his official welcome.
On July 23, Islamists had pelted stones at a group of Kanwariyas near Shahnoori mosque in the Bareilly city of Uttar Pradesh. Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair had tried to shield the Islamists by sharing a crop video
Two Karnataka government officials were suspended for not inviting State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister Priyank Kharge to an event
Congress leader and Karnataka cabinet minister Priyank Kharge has been having an elaborate meltdown on Twitter since his newly formed government is being called out for hiring notorious fact-checking portal ‘Alt News’ to run its ‘fact check unit.’