Mohammed Zubair shares fake news about suspension of Acharya Pramod from Congress
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mohammed Zubair shares fake news about suspension of Acharya Pramod from Congress

Op India  

On Friday, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair took to X to peddle fake news about the suspension of Acharya Pramod Krishnam from the Congress party. With complete disregard for simple fact-checking rules, the Alt News co-founder falsely claimed that Acharaya Pramod Krishnam had been suspended from the Congress party by one ‘Rao Sahab’ of the All India Congress Volunteers Committee. Tamil Nadu govt felicitates Mohammed Zubair The Tamil Nadu government on the occasion of 26th January, Republic Day presented the Kottai Ameer Communal Harmony Award to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair who is known for spreading fake news and false information in the name of fact-checking. “Tamil Nadu Govt felicitate Fact Checker and Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair with Kottai Ameer Communal Harmony Award.

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DD News journalist says he was told to hide kalava on screen in 2006, AltNews' Zubair shares 2013 image to prove he is lying
7 months, 1 week ago

DD News journalist says he was told to hide kalava on screen in 2006, AltNews' Zubair shares 2013 image to prove he is lying

Op India  

In his endeavour to demonise and disparage anyone who is even slightly on the other side of the political spectrum, Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News and self-identified fact-checker, is constantly lowering his own standards by conducting far more ludicrous ‘fact-checks’ and disseminating even more dangerous lies on a daily basis. Today, AltNews’ Zubair, once again, rushed to X to …

'No criminality': Delhi Police gives clean chit to POCSO complainant who called Alt News co-founder Md Zubair a 'jihadi'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'No criminality': Delhi Police gives clean chit to POCSO complainant who called Alt News co-founder Md Zubair a 'jihadi'

Op India  

The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that no case has been filed against the person who called Alt News co-founder and ‘fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair a “Jihadi” in a tweet in 2020. The Delhi Police has stated that nothing incriminating has emerged for further action against Singh, who commented “Once a jihad is always jihadi” on Zubair’s tweet …

Mohammed Zubair casts aspersions on Indian govt's dismissal of Chinese claims on Xi-Modi meeting
1 year, 3 months ago

Mohammed Zubair casts aspersions on Indian govt's dismissal of Chinese claims on Xi-Modi meeting

Op India  

Alt News co-founder and professional dog-whistler Mohammed Zubair recently appeared to further Chinese propaganda talking points and undermine the Indian government’s dismissal of Beijing’s claims on Xi Jinping-Modi’s informal meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit underway in South Africa. The Alt News cofounder, notorious for dog-whistling against those seeking to expose Islamists, also shared a tweet from ANI …

Karnataka Congress govt to seek help from Alt News to fight 'fake news'
1 year, 4 months ago

Karnataka Congress govt to seek help from Alt News to fight 'fake news'

Op India  

The Congress-led government in Karnataka is setting up a ‘fact check unit’ to combat ‘misinformation’ with the help of notorious fake news peddlers such as Alt News. As per a report published by the Kannada newspaper Vijayvani on Monday, the Karnataka government will seek help from dubious fact-checking portal ‘Alt News’ to fight misinformation. Earlier in June, Congress MLA Priyank …

Rana Ayyub lies about Mohammed Zubair’s arrest on Amanpour and Company
2 years, 5 months ago

Rana Ayyub lies about Mohammed Zubair’s arrest on Amanpour and Company

Op India  

Journalist’ Rana Ayyub, an accused of committing financial fraud to the tune of crores of rupees, recently peddled disinformation on Amanpour and Company by PBS over the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair by Delhi Police. Speaking in support of Zubair, who instigated Islamists against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, triggering widespread unrest and bouts of violence that led …

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair gets bail in 2018 'objectionable' tweet case
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair gets bail in 2018 'objectionable' tweet case

Firstpost  

However, he will continue to stay in jail in connection with the other cases registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable” tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. Directing Zubair to not leave the country without …

Nirjhari Sinha, Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair: How Alt News "fact-checkers" spread fake news
2 years, 5 months ago

Nirjhari Sinha, Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair: How Alt News "fact-checkers" spread fake news

Op India  

Besides their anti-Hindu tendencies, one of the enduring legacies of senior members and founders of leftist propaganda website Alt News is their penchant for peddling fake news. While their allies in the form of left ideologues and ideologically-aligned politicians bend over backwards to describe Pratik Sinha, Nirjhari Sinha and Mohammed Zubair—senior members and co-founders of Alt News—as crusaders of sorts …

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Sent to 14-day Police Custody
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Sent to 14-day Police Custody

News 18  

A court here on Thursday granted the custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to the UP Police till July 14. The Delhi Police brought Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Sitapur in connection with a case registered against him at the Khairabad police station for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a tweet. Zubair's advocate Mukul Mishra told media persons …

Mohammed Zubair |  The man who chased facts
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair |  The man who chased facts

The Hindu  

“They cannot file a complaint against me for writing a story because we have facts with us in our stories,” Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-check website Alt News, said in an interview in October 2021. Rise to prominence A computer engineer-turned-journalist, Mr. Zubair, who had earlier worked with Nokia, joined hands with Mr. Sinha, also a former software engineer, …

Advocate for Md Zubair throws AltNews under the bus of FCRA: Details
2 years, 5 months ago

Advocate for Md Zubair throws AltNews under the bus of FCRA: Details

Op India  

On Saturday, advocate for ‘fact checker’ Mohammed Zubair threw his company AltNews under the bus in a bid to protect her client from allegations of foreign funding. — Live Law July 2, 2022 SSP Atul Srivastava further stated, “We have already found that donations have come from Pakistan, Syria etc. This is to the company, not to me.” Advocate Vrinda …

Mohammed Zubair's Alt News got donations from Pakistan, Syria: Delhi Police
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Alt News got donations from Pakistan, Syria: Delhi Police

India Today  

While urging the court to reject Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s bail plea, Delhi Police on Saturday said his company had received donations from Pakistan, Syria and other Gulf countries. Counsel for the Delhi Police informed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate that Pravda Media, the parent company of Alt News, of which Zubair is also a director, received over Rs 2 …

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi HC Against Police Remand
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi HC Against Police Remand

News 18  

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair to the Delhi Police was mentioned by his lawyer, …

Delhi High Court to hear Mohammed Zubair's plea challenging police remand tomorrow
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court to hear Mohammed Zubair's plea challenging police remand tomorrow

Firstpost  

The Alt News co-founder was arrested on 27 June for posting an ‘objectionable’ tweet and ‘hurting religious’ sentiments Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the police remand granted by Patiala House Court to the Delhi Police Special Cell. The developments so far The Delhi Police on Wednesday wrote to multiple banks seeking information …

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest
2 years, 5 months ago

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

The Hindu  

Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, is being made to pay for his role in drawing wide attention to the vile remarks made on live television by a ruling party spokesperson that caused international embarrassment to the Government. The inherent absurdity of the charge — that he sought to incite enmity between groups and insult religious feelings by …

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Donations to Alt News also being probed, say police
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Donations to Alt News also being probed, say police

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A day after Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell, investigators said they were looking into donations to the website as some of these were being made from “across the border”. Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha tweeted that it was “all lies” while sharing a screenshot of a news …

Mohammed Zubair sent to 4-day police custody
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair sent to 4-day police custody

Live Mint  

Delhi Police gets four-day remand of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. Zubair was arrested and sent to one day of police custody after a First Information Report was registered against him based on a Twitter posting, which another Twitter handle alleged "hurt Hindu sentiments." "He was evasive on the questions and neither provided the necessary technical equipment …

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair punished for speaking the truth: Opposition parties
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair punished for speaking the truth: Opposition parties

The Hindu  

Opposition parties reacted sharply to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, calling out the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre for its hypocrisy since the arrest came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the “2022 Resilient Democracies Statement” at the G7 summit, committing to “protect freedom of expression and opinion online and offline”. Going a …

Delhi Police get custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for four more days
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police get custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for four more days

Firstpost  

He was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly ‘hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity’ The Delhi Police on Tuesday got a four-day further remand of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, ANI reported. The journalist who was arrested by the cyber unit of the Delhi Police on Monday was produced before the Patiala House Court in the national …

Alt News Co-Founder Mohommed Zubair Remanded To One Day Delhi Police Custody
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News Co-Founder Mohommed Zubair Remanded To One Day Delhi Police Custody

Live Law  

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been remanded to one day police custody, after he was arrested by the Delhi Police today for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Co-Founder of Alt News @zoo_bear Mohammed Zubair has been arrested by Delhi Police. "Zubair was called today by special cell, Delhi for investigation in a 2020 case for which …

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who flagged Prophet remark, sent to 1-day police custody
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who flagged Prophet remark, sent to 1-day police custody

Hindustan Times  

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair was sent to one-day police custody late Monday night, hours after he was arrested by the Delhi Police on charges of hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets. Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair being taken by police in a van in Delhi. Police said the case was registered on the complaint of a …

Alt News co-founder held for four-year-old Twitter post
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News co-founder held for four-year-old Twitter post

The Hindu  

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was on Monday arrested by the Delhi Police’s IFSO unit in connection with an “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity, officers said. “Strongly condemn the arrest of one of the world’s finest journalists who exposes the BJP’s #FakeNews factory every single day,” Mr. O’Brien tweeted. — Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক …

‘Assault on truth’: Tharoor on Alt news co-founder’s arrest by Delhi Police
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Assault on truth’: Tharoor on Alt news co-founder’s arrest by Delhi Police

Live Mint  

Fact checking website Alt News's co-founder Mohammad Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police on Monday evening under sections 153/295 IPC. In the latest update of the incident, Co-founder Pratik Sinha has informed that Zubair is being taken to an ‘undisclosed location’ by police person who are not wearing any name tags. A senior official of the Delhi Police said "Present …

'Highly Provocative, Deliberate': FIR Against Alt News' Zubair for 4-Yr-Old Post
2 years, 5 months ago

'Highly Provocative, Deliberate': FIR Against Alt News' Zubair for 4-Yr-Old Post

The Quint  

Zubair is currently at the Dwarka Cyber cell lockup. The FIR against the Alt-news cofounder stated: "These words and the picture found to be used by Mohammed Zubair against a particular religious community and are highly provocative and more than sufficient to incite feeling of hatred amongst people which can be detrimental for maintenance of public tranquillity in the society." …

India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post
2 years, 5 months ago

India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post

Al Jazeera  

Police in New Delhi arrest the Muslim co-founder of a leading fact-checking website, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. “He is currently detained inside a police bus in Burari for more than an hour,” Sinha said, referring to a New Delhi neighbourhood where Zubair was to be produced before a magistrate authorised the arrest. — Pratik Sinha June …

Saba Naqvi, Zubair reach police station to record their statements
3 years, 5 months ago

Saba Naqvi, Zubair reach police station to record their statements

Op India  

Eminent propagandist Saba Naqvi and co-founder of ‘fact-checking’ website Alt News Mohammed Zubair have appeared before the UP Police to record their statement in the Loni fake hate crime case. pic.twitter.com/wzuguanK91 — TIMES NOW June 28, 2021 The Uttar Pradesh Police had earlier registered an FIR against Saba Naqvi, Zubair and others for sharing a manipulated video to allege that …

Alt News co-founder to sue NCPCR for ‘harassment and defamation’
4 years, 3 months ago

Alt News co-founder to sue NCPCR for ‘harassment and defamation’

Op India  

A day after the Delhi High Court granted interim protection to Alt News cofounder in a case filed against him by the NCPCR, he has said that he will be taking action against the statutory body for ‘harassing and defaming’ him. Zubair’s colleague and co-founder of the Islamic propaganda site Alt news, Pratik Sinha, informed that they will be taking …

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