NSA Ajit Doval did not meet TTP or BLA leaders; viral HT and India Today front pages are fake
NSA Ajit Doval did not meet TTP or BLA leaders; viral HT and India Today front pages are fake
Executive Summaryसारांश
Fabricated front pages of the Hindustan Times and India Today are being shared to claim NSA Ajit Doval met leaders of the banned groups TTP and BLA. Fact-checkers have marked the claim fake. Neither newspaper published any such story, and the real October 25 HT front page carries no such report.Fabricated front pages of the Hindustan Times and India Today are being shared to claim NSA Ajit Doval met leaders of the banned groups TTP and BLA. Fact-checkers have marked the claim fake. Neither newspaper published any such story, and the real October 25 HT front page carries no such report.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
The X handle “Anushi Tiwari (Proud Indian)” (@indiantiwari011) posted, and then reshared as “RT breaking News”, images of two newspaper front pages headlined “Ajit Doval holds meeting with banned terrorist outfits, sources say”. It claimed the Hindustan Times and India Today had “confirmed” that India’s National Security Adviser met the leadership of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army. The post went on to ask whether the BJP wanted India on the FATF grey list and called the party a “security threat”. Fact-checkers have marked the claim fake. The actual Sunday, October 25, 2026 Hindustan Times front page leads with a report on US staff being pulled out over fears of an Iranian plot and contains nothing about the NSA, and no credible outlet has reported any such meeting. The fake pages copy real newspaper mastheads and layouts to look genuine. The same handle has spread a string of invented stories, including fake killings in Noida and a false Army crackdown on the CJP. Fake newspaper pages should be checked against the publication’s official edition or website before being shared.
The X handle “Anushi Tiwari (Proud Indian)” (@indiantiwari011) posted, and then reshared as “RT breaking News”, images of two newspaper front pages headlined “Ajit Doval holds meeting with banned terrorist outfits, sources say”. It claimed the Hindustan Times and India Today had “confirmed” that India’s National Security Adviser met the leadership of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army. The post went on to ask whether the BJP wanted India on the FATF grey list and called the party a “security threat”. Fact-checkers have marked the claim fake. The actual Sunday, October 25, 2026 Hindustan Times front page leads with a report on US staff being pulled out over fears of an Iranian plot and contains nothing about the NSA, and no credible outlet has reported any such meeting. The fake pages copy real newspaper mastheads and layouts to look genuine. The same handle has spread a string of invented stories, including fake killings in Noida and a false Army crackdown on the CJP. Fake newspaper pages should be checked against the publication’s official edition or website before being shared.