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Fact-Check

Fact check: Does Citizenship Amendment Act violate Article 14 of the Indian Constitution

Shriya Gune -
Many are arguing that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violates Article 14 of the constitution that guarantees the fundamental right of equality.
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News Reports

Anti-CAA riots: MoS Home says Kashmiri stone pelters involved in Uttar Pradesh, trains guns on opposition parties

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai claimed that Kashmiri stone pelters were involved in the recent violent riots in Uttar Pradesh.
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Crime

West Bengal: Hindu activist murdered in Nadia, ‘killed because he refused to join TMC’, says family

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal: 27-year-old worker of Hindu Jagaran Manch (HJM), was murdered, family blames TMC goons
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News Reports

More than 6,000 Christians killed by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria since 2015, 1000 in last year alone: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
More than 6,000 Christians have been murdered in the last four years by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria
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News Reports

Keep petrol ready, set everything on fire: Watch Odisha Congress leader Pradeep Majhi asking protestors to go on rampage

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader was heard asking his party workers to keep petrol ready to set everything on fire
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News Reports

China plans to rewrite Quran and the Bible, Islamic organisation in Malaysia threatens China to ‘not cross the redline’

OpIndia Staff -
The Communist government of China has decided to rewrite the Bible and the Quran to fit socialist values.
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News Reports

Two weeks after his arrest, NIA raids Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi’s residence in Guwahati

OpIndia Staff -
Akhil Gogoi was arrested on December 12 amid widespread protests against the amended Citizenship Act across the state
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Fact-Check

Detention Centres are nothing like Concentration Camps, Congress built them in Assam too: Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The usual suspects have created mass hysteria around detention centres without any valid cause.
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Opinions

Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the hypocrisy of the opposition parties

Shishir Bajoria -
Why is there so much protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act? The answer is – Politics.
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Cricket

Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar reveals how ex-cricketer Danish Kaneria was mistreated for being Hindu

OpIndia Staff -
Shoaib Akhtar reveals how Danish Kaneria was discriminated against by other teammates for being a Hindu.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Congress leader DK Shivakumar lays foundation stone for world’s tallest Jesus Christ statue

OpIndia Staff -
DK Shivakumar laid foundation stone for world's tallest Jesus statue which will be 114 feet tall.
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Political Fact-Check

Fake News peddlers again lie about Amruta Fadnavis, claim Axis Bank wrongly benefited due to her being wife of former Maharashtra CM

OpIndia Staff -
Axis Bank has been managing Mumbai Police salary accounts since March 2005, even before Amruta Fadnavis married the future Maharashtra CM.
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News Reports

Students leading crowds to carry out violence is not ‘leadership’: Army chief General Bipin Rawat slams anti-CAA rioters

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat condemned the violence against newly-introduced Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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News Reports

UP: Firozabad Police releases pictures of 100 more anti CAA rioters, requests citizens to help them nab the goons

OpIndia Staff -
The posters of Firozabad Police say that they will ensure the anonymity of those who provide them with information about the rioters.
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Social Media

PM Modi encourages netizens to make memes out of his solar eclipse viewing pics, Twitter does not disappoint

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media to express his enthusiasm about watching the solar eclipse, which is visible in parts of India
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News Reports

Radical Islamic organisations PFI, SDPI along with Samajwadi Party workers instigated violence in the state: UP Police

OpIndia Staff -
Radical Islamic groups and mainstream political parties conspired to perpetrate violence and unleash riots during the anti-CAA protests.
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News Reports

Anti-CAA riots: Uttar Pradesh police releases CCTV videos of rioters shooting at cops in Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
CCTV footage from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh has been released by the UP police which busts the myth that anti-CAA protests were inherently peaceful and spontaneous
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News Reports

While CAA seeks to give citizenship to persecuted Christians from neighbouring Islamic nations, Churches on Christmas oppose Act

OpIndia Staff -
Churches in India gave anti-CAA sermons on Christmas eve and morning mass.
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News Reports

150 members of radical Islamist outfit PFI entered Delhi, hid in Jamia area 2 days before anti-CAA riots: Police on Jamia Millia Islamia riots

OpIndia Staff -
150 members of PFI entered Delhi from different states on 13th of December, two days before anti-CAA violence in Jamia
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News Reports

The ‘Ranga-Billa’ monicker: As Arundhati Roy asks people to call themselves ‘Ranga-Billa’ for NPR, read the violent history of those names

OpIndia Staff -
Arundhati Roy suggested people should mislead the government by giving manipulative data by giving their names as Ranga and Billa for NPR.
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News Reports

An organised Hindu society can guide the world as ‘vishwaguru’, our Nation is Hindutvavadi by tradition: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

OpIndia Staff -
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that Hindus were not searching for unity in diversity but searching the unity from which the diversity came and there are different ways to achieve unity
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News Reports

Indian Railways starts special Vistadome train with glass roof providing panoramic view of the heritage Kalka-Shimla route

OpIndia Staff -
The Him Darshan Express is a swanky seven-coach air-conditioned first-class glass-enclosed Vistadome train which will run between the Kalka and Shimla
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News Reports

Anti-CAA riots in Bihar: Police arrest Congress leader Ashutosh Sharma for instigating mob to assault journalist during Bihar bandh

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Ashutosh Sharma was caught on camera assaulting journalists at the Dak Bungalow Chowk in Patna on Saturday
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News Reports

Agra police officer disguises as banana seller to hunt Firozabad anti-CAA rioters hiding in the city

OpIndia Staff -
Agra police decided to go undercover to hunt anti-CAA rioters hiding in the city, and one cop became a banana seller
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News Reports

Fact-Check: Bhutan is not going to charge mandatory fee of $250 per head per day from tourists from India, Bangladesh and Maldives

OpIndia Staff -
Times of India publishes misleading report saying Bhutan has imposed $250 per day tariff for travellers from India
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News Reports

Indian diaspora in United States hold rallies in support of CAA to counter myths and lies spread by leftist organisations

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Americans showed their solidarity to Citizenship Amendment Act by holding rallies in several cities
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News Reports

West Bengal: Days after Mamata’s cabinet minister Siddiqullah threatened Amit Shah, Bangladesh Govt denies Mamata’s Minister Visa

OpIndia Staff -
The Visa was reportedly denied to Siddiqullah Chowdhury on 'technical grounds'.
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News Reports

UP Police rubbishes ‘activist’ Harsh Mander’s report where he claimed policemen chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in AMU

OpIndia Staff -
The characterization of 'Jai Shri Ram' in the 'fact-finding' report on anit-CAA riots in AMU speaks abundantly of the deeply Hinduphobic character of the entire exercise by Harsh Mander and his team.
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News Reports

Far-Left propagandist Arundhati Roy tells people to lie during NPR, says ‘shouldn’t give this government 4 more years’

OpIndia Staff -
Arundhati Roy, while speaking about the NPR said that "we need multiple subversion" against the current government.
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News Reports

Firozabad anti-CAA riots: Drone camera identifies 57 houses with stones on their roof

OpIndia Staff -
Drone camera deployed by police showed roofs in Firozabad stocked with stones which were used by rioters.
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News Reports

Karnataka govt withdraws its decision give the ex gratia amount to two killed in Mangaluru anti-CAA riots

OpIndia Staff -
Two deceased - Jaleel (49) and Nausheen (23) - were killed following police action against anti-CAA protesters on December 19 in Mangaluru.
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News Reports

Indian Railways reports the year 2019-20 as its safest year in the past 166 years, no passenger death recorded in current fiscal

OpIndia Staff -
For the first time in 166 years, Indian Railways reports zero passenger deaths in the year 2019-20
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News Reports

Despite police clarification, fear-mongers continue to spread lie about cops vacating hostels in north Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The video that went viral on social media is related to the closure of PGs and hostels in the Murkhejee Nagar area of Delhi
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News Reports

PM Modi launches Atal Bhujal Yojana to improve groundwater management, read key features of the ambitious scheme

OpIndia Staff -
Atal Bhujal Yojana will benefit about 8,350 Gram panchayats in 78 districts in these seven states
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News Reports

Anti CAA riots: Calls made to Mangaluru police threaten to assassinate PM Modi, kill policemen and their family members

OpIndia Staff -
Unknown miscreants enraged by police action against rampaging rioters have issued death threat against PM Modi, Mangalore policemen and their families
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News Reports

Despite repeated clarifications by the govt, Asaduddin Owaisi continues to fear-monger about NPR

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had yesterday categorically denied connection between NRC and NPR
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News Reports

Gujarat: 12 Congress leaders including MLAs Mohammad Javed Pirzada and Bhikhabhai Joshi convicted in 2008 ransacking case

OpIndia Staff -
12 Congress leaders in Gujarat convicted in 2008 rioting case and sentenced to 1 year in jail, 2 of them have died
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News Reports

Shahid Afridi deletes his tweet on Uighur Muslims to avoid offending China after talking of uniting the ‘Ummah’?

OpIndia Staff -
Shahid Afridi said that "talk of uniting the Muslim ummah includes brothers and sisters in China too" before deleting tweet about Uighur Muslims
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News Reports

Pakistan sponsored Islamic terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad plans to attack holy city of Ayodhya: Intelligence sources

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence report suggests that Pakistan-sponsored Islamic terror group JeM is planning an attack on Ayodhya
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Media

Rana Ayyub accuses UP cops of Islamophobia after anti-CAA Muslim rioters die in police efforts to stop violence by Muslim mob

OpIndia Staff -
Fake news peddler Rana Ayyub labelled Police action to curb anti-CAA mob violence as an 'anti-Muslim carnage'.
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Entertainment

Low IQ Bollywood entertainers in their mad rush to appear ‘concerned secular citizens’ end up spreading falsehood, endorsing Pakistan

Nirwa Mehta -
Indian entertainment industry has severe dearth of people who could break the stereotype that good looking people cannot be intelligent.
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News Reports

Mangaluru anti-CAA riots: Bricks brought in trucks to hurl at police, Kerala link suspected, Police receive over 1000 CCTV footages from public

OpIndia Staff -
Over 1000 CCTV footages have been given to Mangaluru police to help them identify anti-CAA rioters
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 28 residents asked to pay Rs 14 lakh as compensation for damage caused to public property during anti-CAA riots in Rampur

OpIndia Staff -
UP police send notices to rioters to pay Rs14 lakh in total for damage to public property during anti-CAA protests
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Law

Delhi HC dismisses plea of man claiming to be a woman, wanting molestation case quashed as he and victims are ‘sisters’

OpIndia Staff -
Accused arrived in Court dressed in formal woman's clothing, claimed to be suffering from Gender Dysphoria
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News Reports

35 civilians killed in Burkina Faso terrorist attack, 80 Jihadis neutralised in operation by Army and Air Force

OpIndia Staff -
Dozens of terrorists launched a double attack on a military base and civilians in Burkina Faso, killing 35 civilians
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Social Media

Social media: A great leveller and a dangerous tool that could ruin lives instantly

Nirwa Mehta -
The mainstream media journalists who were not used to two-way communication were shocked to know people did not take their word as gospel truth.
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News Reports

‘Fact-finding’ report by Harsh Mander on the AMU violence during anti-CAA riots on 15th Dec falls flat: Here is how

OpIndia Staff -
While Harsh Mander lies about the AMU violence, Times of India hides the truth by deleting article
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News Reports

After ignoring China on Uyghur issue, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation expresses ‘concern’ over CAA, SC judgement on Ram Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said it was "closely" watching the recent developments in India, including Parliament passing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the verdict in the Ayodhya case.
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Economy and Finance

Gross NPA declines for the first time in seven years, thanks to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, says RBI report

OpIndia Staff -
The RBI report stated that there was a decline in both gross NPA and in the net NPA ratios.
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Politics

“NPR is the first step to NRC”: Congress, not Home Minister Amit Shah, said it first back in 2011

OpIndia Staff -
It is pertinent to note that it was the idea of the then UPA government to use the data collected in the process of NPR to implement a nation-wide NRC.
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