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Nirjhari Sinha, Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair: How Alt News “fact-checkers” have been spreading fake news for years

OpIndia Staff -
Nirjhari Sinha, Pratik Sinha, and Md Zubair of Alt News have been at the forefront in spreading fake news.
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News Reports

Hamid Ansari throws UPA govt under the bus in Pakistani journalist espionage row, says foreign invitees selected by MEA

OpIndia Staff -
Hamid Ansari denied claims that he had invited a Pakistani journalist to a conference in 2010, saying MEA decided the invitees
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News Reports

Ukraine: Campaign to replace statue of Empress Catherine II with monument to gay porn star Billy Herrington underway, Zelenskyy may give order

OpIndia Staff -
The statue of Empress Catherine II may soon be replaced with porn star Billy Herrington statue in Ukraine.
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News Reports

Udaipur murder: Dawat-e-Islami had formed team of 40 people in Rajasthan to behead Nupur Sharma supporters in Taliban style

OpIndia Staff -
Dawat-e-Islami members were given the task of “teaching a lesson” to the supporters of Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Karnataka: 7 illegal Bangladeshi nationals working at a garment factory arrested in Ramanagara district, fake Indian IDs found

OpIndia Staff -
These illegal Bangladeshi immigrants moved in India through Assam and traveled to Bengaluru to get a job with a fake Aadhar card.
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News Reports

Lakshadweep: CBI registers case against MP Mohammad Faizal in tuna fish scam, he had earlier declared beef-eating a ‘constitutional right’

OpIndia Staff -
LCMF procured a huge amount of tuna fish from local fishermen under the influence of Faizal, the local MP and failed to pay them the assured price.
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News Reports

Malaysia: Muslim woman accused of ‘insulting Islam’ during comedy skit arrested, faces a prison sentence

OpIndia Staff -
The woman was charged with insulting Islam by 'acting indecently' while performing at a comedy club in Malaysia.
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News Reports

‘Hinduphobia is on the rise on social media and other messaging platforms’: Rutgers report finds evidence of increase in anti-Hindu disinformation

OpIndia Staff -
The Rutgers report sheds light on evolving patterns of hate speech directed toward the Hindus across social media.
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News Reports

Navjot Singh Sidhu quarrels with fellow prisoners in jail over use of his canteen card, others change cell to avoid further clashes

OpIndia Staff -
After arguments between Navjot Singh Sidhu and fellow inmates in jail over canteen card, others shifted to difference barrack
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News Reports

Agra: Gangster escapes police custody after his accomplices attack police with bricks in district court

OpIndia Staff -
As the police arrived in the Agra court to produce the gangster before the magistrate, the criminals ambushed and snatched him away.
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News Reports

Bulldozer action on rioters to continue as Supreme Court refuses to pass interim orders, next hearing on August 10

OpIndia Staff -
The court said in its oral observation that it cannot direct some Municipal administration to take a bulldozer action against illegal constructions.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MP Nakul Nath wipes off Tilak from his forehead before entering Muslim majority area, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Nakul Nath triggers controversy by wiping off the tilak before entering a Muslim majority area
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News Reports

Karnataka hijab row: Supreme Court agrees to hear petition against HC verdict that upheld the rights of schools to mandate uniform dress codes

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka HC had in March stated that the petitioners failed to prove that hijab is an essential religious practice in Islam and educational institutions in the state can mandate dress codes.
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News Reports

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence searches premises of Oppo India, a Chinese subsidiary, finds tax evasion amounting to the tune of Rs 4,389 crore

OpIndia Staff -
DRI conducted searches at the premises of mobile company Oppo India and found evidence of the firm evading customs taxes
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World

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups

OpIndia Staff -
During an appearance on CNN, John Bolton admitted to helping planning coups in foreign countries.
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News Reports

Telford sexual exploitation case: Inquiry finds over 1,000 children were groomed by Muslim gangs and authorities looked away due to ‘racial unease’

OpIndia Staff -
Over 1,000 girls were sexually exploited in Telford but authorities looked away for decades fearing they would be painted as racist
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World

Donald Trump claims Elon Musk begged for subsidies, Tesla CEO hits back with “old man yells at cloud” meme 

OpIndia Staff -
A war of words have erupted between Donald Trump and Elon Musk after the former accused the latter of lying about voting for him.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Gangster act imposed against brother and nephew of SP MLA Dharmraj Yadav, their house in Barabanki to be attached

OpIndia Staff -
SP MLA Dharmraj alias Suresh Yadav's brother and nephew booked under Gangster Act by UP Police in Barabanki
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News Reports

Udaipur beheading: NIA takes half-a-dozen suspects into custody including chief and secretary of Anjuman Talimul Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA searched Mujeeb Siddiqui's residence near Mukherjee Chowk in Udaipur last night before capturing him.
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News Reports

UP govt forms SIT to investigate allegations against Mohammed Zubair: Details of the 6 cases filed against Alt News co-founder

OpIndia Staff -
Six cases are filed against Mohammed Zubair in UP's Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Hathras, and Muzaffarnagar.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka: PM and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe declares nationwide emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives

OpIndia Staff -
Days after protestors stormed into residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka, he fled to Maldives today
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News Reports

Punjab: After Sidhu Moosewala’s track SYL, YouTube bans Kanwar Grewal’s ‘Rihai’ song, Akali Dal to protest against ban on July 15

OpIndia Staff -
The ban on Kanwar Grewal's song named Rihai was imposed after the YouTube received complaints against the song. The song demands that the Sikh prisoners be freed.
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News Reports

Iranian women protest against the compulsory hijab mandated by Islamic rulers, share pictures and videos removing veils on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Men are also showing solidarity as Iranian women remove their headscarves to protest ultra-conservative laws.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives, India denies facilitating escape

OpIndia Staff -
Protestors had stormed into Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace on July 9. It was reported in media that he had escaped with his family to an undisclosed location before that.
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News Reports

1984 anti-sikh riots: Four more arrested, including one 3 time Congress corporator, for killing 13 in Kanpur during the violence

OpIndia Staff -
Pandey, Dammulal, and Tiwari have been arrested for brutally murdering six people in three cases while Pal who was Congress corporator for three terms then has been arrested for the Dabauli killings.
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News Reports

‘Pelt stones and hurdle bombs for Rs 5,000, legal aid will be given’: How Islamists organised the Kanpur violence

OpIndia Staff -
The rioters were promised Rs 1 crore by Mukhtar Baba and Haji Vasi if they managed to take control of Chandreshwar Hata area.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: After threatening to ‘shake India’ and calling for an economic boycott of Hindus, Ajmer Dargah’s Sarwar Chishti attends ‘peace rally’

OpIndia Staff -
Ajmer Dargah's Khadim Sarwar Chishti who threatened to 'shake India' if Muslims are made upset attended peace rally in the city.
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty, others charged by NCB for abetting Sushant Singh’s ‘extreme drug addiction’, using his money to buy drugs

OpIndia Staff -
The draft charges have been submitted to the special NDPS court in Mumbai by the NCB.
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Law

The Judicial Brief: The need for accountability and transparency in the judicial system and imperfections that must be addressed urgently

Ankur Jhunjhunwala -
When judiciary is at the receiving end of mockery, it is a cause of concern. It is an indication that people’s trust in the institution is wavering.
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News Reports

Gujarat Riots Case: Crime Branch arrest jailed former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt for embezzling funds and forging documents, shifted to Ahmedabad

OpIndia Staff -
Crime Branch of Gujarat Police arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt who was lodged in Palanpur jail in the Gujarat Riots Case
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News Reports

SP leaders, local Muslims, conspired to takeover a Krishna Temple land in Mathura 15 years ago, turned it into graveyard during COVID: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Muslims of Shahpur village manipulated land records to take over Bihari Ji temple, FIR registered against SP leaders, locals of Muslim community
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News Reports

India-funded school under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ inaguagurated in Nepal even as communist party leaders court Chinese officials

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Nepal has been freely engaging with Chinese authorities while also accepting favours from India without hesitation
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News Reports

Kerala High Court acquits 13 RSS workers in a 2008 murder case of a CPM worker, slams prosecution’s attempts to tutor witnesses and form...

OpIndia Staff -
The 13 RSS workers were convicted by the Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court, following which, they appealed in Kerala High Court in 2016.
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News Reports

From threats to police apathy: Soldier’s wife shares her ordeal for raising voice against Maulvi who thrashed their 11-year-old child for playing in Madarsa’s...

OpIndia Staff -
On July 6, an armyman's 11-year-old son was brutally thrashed with an iron rod, by a Madarsa cleric for playing football in the garden on a Madarsa campus in Ranchi
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News Reports

Congress leader Alka Lamba draws inspiration from Mani Shankar Aiyar to insult PM Modi with derogatory language

OpIndia Staff -
Alka Lamba took to Twitter to refer to PM Modi 'nalayak' as she mocked him with a so-called 'progress card' showing India failing on global index.
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World

Model who spent $600K and 12 years to look like Kim Kardashian undergoes detransition after realising she wants to be herself

OpIndia Staff -
The model, who emulated Kim Kardashian, is working on a documentary that seeks to expose dangers of cosmetic surgeries.
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Social Media

TOI may initiate action against Maria Khan for misrepresenting employment with publication, had blamed mother of girl attacked by Danish Khan in Jhansi

OpIndia Staff -
A 12th-class girl on Monday was attacked with a blade by Danish Khan while the girl was on her way to her tuition classes.
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Political History of India

The victim narrative: How July 13 became ‘Martyrs Day’ in Kashmir, to celebrate Islamists, after horrific acts of cruelty were executed against Hindus

Pallav -
One persistent myth that has been debunked by the Modi government is the recognition of "Martyr's Day" on July 13.
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News Reports

Another betting racket busted: UP-based cons ran a fake T20 cricket tournament live-streamed on YouTube, 2 persons arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Police have busted a betting racket in Hapur district where the accused persons ran a fake T20 tournament named "Big Boss T20 Punjab League".
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh Government constitutes SIT to investigate cases related to AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair

OpIndia Staff -
The SIT formed to investigate cases against Mohammed Zubair has been headed by IG Preetinder Singh.
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News Reports

Lawrence Bishnoi confesses to plotting to kill Salman Khan; says he had bought a Rs 4 lakh rifle to murder him

OpIndia Staff -
Lawrence Bishnoi said he wanted to kill Salman Khan over killing of Chinkara, which he claimed are sacred to his community.
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News Reports

Amid the Goa Congress crisis, Rahul Gandhi vanishes again for a secret foreign trip: Each time the party faces trouble, the prince goes on...

Siddhi Somani -
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday left the country for a foreign visit and will be back on July 17, informed party sources.
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News Reports

Udhav Thackeray loses his cool after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh greets him with “Assalamu Alaikum”: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Rajnath Singh had called Uddhav Thackeray over presidential elections and greeted him with "Assalamu Alaikum".
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: After 27 persons in auto, 7 people caught riding a bike for eating ice cream, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
When asked by the Police, the man said that he wanted to take the children for an ice cream treat and that he had no other vehicle to incorporate all of them at a time.
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News Reports

The RSS has faced a ban from the Indian govt on multiple occasions, and has emerged stronger each time: Read details

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It was on July 12, 1949, that the first ban on RSS was lifted after a span of 16 months following assassination of MK Gandhi.
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Opinions

National Emblem on new parliament building: Dear ‘Liberals’, lions do have long, sharp teeth, whether you want to see them or not

Anurag -
Liberals angry because the new statue of the National Emblem has lions that 'roar'.
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Opinions

Sri Lanka crisis: Liberals scream about ‘majoritarianism’ to avoid talking about dynastic loot, cronyism, rent-seeking

Ganesh R -
It is weird that so many of you ‘fearless and independent’ folks that call yourself economists, journalists and academicians are blaming the exact same thing – majoritarianism - for Sri Lanka crisis
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News Reports

Intruder Hafizul, who barged into the house of Mamata Banerjee, has Bangladeshi links: Here is what the SIT found

OpIndia Staff -
The accused had visited Bangladesh illegally during last year's Durga Puja. He had boarded a boat, which took him to the other side of the Ichhamati river.
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News Reports

Subramanian Swamy, Congress leader Udit Raj spread canard that India has slipped to 164th rank from position of 3rd-largest economy, PIB debunks the fake...

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PIB fact-checked the claim that India has slipped to 164th rank from being 3rd-largest economy during UPA rule, called it fake
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News Reports

The Uber Files: How Uber tried to blame local officials in India after the rape in an Uber cab in Delhi in 2014, stonewalled...

OpIndia Staff -
Uber Files were leaked to the British newspaper The Guardian and also shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and several other media organisations.
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