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Former Diplomat uses Houston paying respect to fallen Sikh officer to belittle PM Modi and the ‘Howdy Modi’ event, spreads fake news

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2019

In an attempt to mock Prime Minister Modi and his historic 'Howdy Modi' event, KC Singh used Houston paying respect to the fallen Sikh police officer, Sandeep Dhaliwal and spread fake news in the process.

News Reports

Fact-Check: Viral video that claims to show a stray crocodile during floods in Patna is actually from Vadodara

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2019

A certain video clip has gone viral on social media which claims to be of a crocodile on the prowl during the floods in Bihar.

News Reports

Pakistani media invents a fictitious Imran Khan – Vladimir Putin meeting at a fictitious dinner hosted by Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2019

Pakistani media says Imran Khan met Vladimir Putin in New York during UNGA, but Putin has skipped UNGA

News Reports

Editors Guild of India erroneously mentions Telangana instead of Andhra Pradesh while criticising YSR Congress government

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2019

The Editors Guild condemned the action taken by what it erroneously mentioned as 'YSR-Congress led Telangana government' instead of Andhra Pradesh.

Media

Media spreads lies that Azamgarh school girl who was raped in a moving car has been suspended from her school

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2019

The two accused in the gang rape case were arrested by the Azamgarh Police on Monday, one day after victim’s father filed an FIR

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Shashi Tharoor presents photograph of Nehru in Soviet Russia as image from USA to downplay success of Howdy Modi

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

The photograph tweeted by Shashi Tharoor to belittle the 'Howdy Modi' event is not from the USA, neither this is from the year 1954. The image is from Moscow in USSR, and it is from 1955.

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No, PM Modi didn’t really try to interfere in US elections, here is why he said “Abki baar Trump sarkar”

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2019

Congress leaders and other media houses scrambled together to spread lies that PM Modi endorsed President Trump for the 2020 US Presidential elections.

Media

Tulsi Gabbard punctures fake news spread by ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub and others about Howdy Modi event

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

The US Presidential candidate for 2020, Tulsi Gabbard, today took to Twitter to call out the lies being spread by a shady organisation 'Organisation for minorities in India (OFMI)'

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