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The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings

Nupur J Sharma - 29 May, 2020

Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news

News Reports

TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.

Government and Policy

No contact between President Trump and PM Modi after 4th April: MEA refutes POTUS, says India and China directly in touch through diplomatic channels

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Ministry of External Affairs has refuted the claims by President Donald Trump claiming that he had spoken to Prime Minister Modi about the 'conflict with China' and that he was not in a good mood about the conflict.

News Reports

ISKCON files complaint against comedian Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for a video where ISKCON devotees were called ‘harami porn-waley’

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Surleen Kaur had said in the video published by Shemaroo ‘no doubt we are from ISKCON, but from inside we are all harami porn lovers’.

Media

While NDTV calls terrorist a mere ‘driver’, authorities suspect Pakistan’s JeM and LeT hand behind averted terror attack in Pulwama: Details

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

NDTV has referred to the terrorist driving the car in Pulwama as a mere 'driver' but authorities say Pakistani terrorists are involved.

Media

After Shekhar Gupta’s The Print asked the opposition to spread fake news, here are some instances when opposition followed the advice

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

A column published on Shekhar Gupta's The Print urged the opposition to spread lies against the BJP government at the centre

Media

The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how

S. Sudhir Kumar - 28 May, 2020

The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.

Opinions

Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.

News Reports

Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown

Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020

Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.

News Reports