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‘He was suffering from Modism’, ‘gaumutra drinking sanghi’: Minutes after Rohit Sardana’s death, Islamists vandalise his Wikipedia page

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

While dozens of edits were made to the Wikipedia page of Rohit Sardana abusing him, some vandalisms were made praising him also

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Newslaundry, ThePrint columnists, journalists, Congress ‘youth icon’ and other Islamists celebrate Rohit Sardana’s death

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Islamists on social media are celebrating the death of Rohit Sardana and hurling the worst kind of abuses at him.

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Dasna temple priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati’s Twitter account suspended: What happened

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

The official account of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been suspended by Twitter.

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Netizens trend #ArrestPChidambaram after he asks for a ‘revolt’ against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

In a tweet, P Chidambaram said, "People must revolt against a government that is assuming all the people of India are fools."

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Columnist with The Wire, Al Jazeera amongst others apologises over spreading fake news of a funeral, NDTV’s Ravish Kumar continues to be brazen

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Sharad Sharma, the elder brother of Anubhav Sharma informed that he performed the last rites for funeral of his brother with his own hands.

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Media takes false viral story about ‘Muslim hero’ at face value, but resorts to fake claims to prove deceased RSS worker a liar

T Waraich - 29 April, 2021

The mainstream media is not only disproportionately signal-boosting 'Muslim hero' stories but also denigrating genuine heroes who happen to be from the RSS to serve a political agenda.

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Govt of India calls out Wall Street Journal’s mischievous attempt to portray that govt censored hashtags on social media

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Facebook had accidently blocked a hashtag which was later reinstated. Wall Street Journal blamed GoI censorship for the block

Hinduphobic professor Audrey Truschke found stalking parents of students at Rutgers University who had passed resolution against Hinduphobia

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Voices against Hinduphobia gained prominence in Rutgers University after it defended Hinduphobnic ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke

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The Scroll publishes misleading headline to attack the UP govt for filing FIR in fake oxygen SOS case in Amethi

OpIndia Staff - 28 April, 2021

The concerned person had created sensation over a false emergency. The police served him a notice under section 41 of the CrPC and has let him go with a warning.

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