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Fact Check: Was a police inspector beaten by thousands of Muslims at Marina Beach in Chennai?

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2020

Image from a police inspector beaten by two youths in 2017 used to claim that thousands of Muslims attacked him recently

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Pakistani accounts trying to create trouble with NEET and JEE exams by tweeting COVID positive medical report? Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2020

While a Pakistan-based testing agency indeed prepared the test report for a Pakistani national, it is unclear whether the said Twitter user is a Pakistani.

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Fact Check: Did the govt of India pay for the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan or temple construction?

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2020

The Ram Janmabhoomi Temple trust has been seeking donations from devotees for the construction of the Ram Mandir.

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Fact-check: Did Bababhai Pathan from Ahmednagar ‘adopt’ two ‘orphan’ girls and married them off as per Hindu rituals?

OpIndia Staff - 24 August, 2020

The man, Bababhai Pathan is reportedly the rakhi brother of the brides' mother, and he had performed rituals of a maternal uncle at their wedding, as the mother doesn't have a biological brother.

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Curious case of ‘United Nations’ NGO appreciating ‘Kingdom of Mamata Banerjee’ for their Covid-19 work. Here is what we know

Anurag - 20 August, 2020

An 'international NGO' associated with the 'UN' appreciated the West Bengal govt's efforts for coronavirus. Except, the 'UN' here is not United Nations.

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Digvijay Singh spreads misinformation about platform ticket prices even after Railways had already put out the facts

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2020

Singh claimed that the platform ticket under Congress rule in 2011 was Rs 3 while now it is Rs 50, thereby showing an increase of 15 times.

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Did former BJP mayor Shakuntala Bharti convert the Muslim girl and marry her off to a Hindu boy as alleged by her sister? Read...

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2020

The Muslim girl refuted her sister's allegations levelled at BJP ex-mayor Shakuntala Bharti, said she married at her own will.

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Did Aamir Khan really say ‘my wives may be Hindu but my kids will only follow Islam’? Read the details here

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2020

The article earlier published on Santa Banta and still carried by ‘The Siasat Daily’ asserts that Aamir Khan claimed that he would raise his kids from Hindu wives as devout Muslims

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