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The Wire tries to force fit a ‘hate crime’ angle in Ghaziabad incident only because victim is a Muslim

Nirwa Mehta -
The Wire lowers its bar, goes from whitewashing Islamist terrorists to defending random 'taveez maker' from rural Uttar Pradesh
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Law

‘Based on social media narrative than evidence and chargesheet: Delhi Police files SLP after Pinjra Tod accused get bail

OpIndia Staff -
On 15th June, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Jamia Milia Islamia student leader Asif Iqbal Tanha, far-left ‘activists’ Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal in the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots case.
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News Reports

Pakistani audience go ballistic over Zee5 web series featuring Muslim girl-Indian Hindu boy love story, call it ‘haram’

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistani web series features the love story between a Pakistani Muslim girl and Indian Hindu boy who have both lost their fathers to the conflict between the two nations.
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Variety

‘Friend tried to get me married to a gay banker, to avoid controversy over my pregnancy’: Neena Gupta in her autobiography

OpIndia Staff -
In her book titled 'Sach Kahun Toh', Neena Gupta has revealed that when she got pregnant with her daughter Masaba out of a relationship with West Indian legendary cricketer Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, one of her friends had tried to get her married to a gay banker from Mumbai's Bandra.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad Fake Hate Crime: Complaint filed against Swara Bhaskar, Twitter India MD, accused of fanning communal hate

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being called out as fake news, Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhasker continued to spread the lies that she heard the video wherein the men beating up the elderly Muslim man forced him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
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News Reports

UNHRC, which tried to help Prashant Bhushan keep illegal Rohingyas in India, could be compromised by China, UK Parliamentary Panel finds

OpIndia Staff -
UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee is all set to release a report that says that China is on its way to breaking up multilateral organisations
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Social Media

Dhruv Rathee fans mark YouTuber Karolina Goswami for targeted harassment after she exposed his lies

OpIndia Staff -
After Karolina Goswami pointed out the factual errors and mistakes in the Dhruv Rathee video, Rathee's supporters have been harassing and abusing Goswami.
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News Reports

Watch: Bauna Saddam, man who hired Abdul to make ‘tabeez’ reveals details, occult material obtained from Ghaziabad elderly man

OpIndia Staff -
More details emerge in the Ghaziabad fake 'hate crime' case. Occult material, confession of man who hired him for his 'services' show how Abdul lied
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Samajwadi leader Umed Idris booked for giving false communal twist to assault incident, making victim lie about case

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR registered at Loni Border police station states, “The accused made an unnecessary video with the complainant and, without verifying the facts of the case, carried out religious discussions on his Facebook, which spread animosity in the community.”
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News Reports

Ghaziabad fake hate crime case: Unmuted video of elderly man seconds before he was beaten up released. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Abdul can be heard admitting that one Intezar sent some people to him to make the 'tabeez' (occult amulet) and put them in his spell as he had some work from them.
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News Reports

Twitter India MD told Delhi Police he does not know directors and owner of his company, details of his boss: Feigning ignorance or...

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari said he does know who owns Twitter India, and which company his boss Yu Sasamoto belongs to
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Opinions

While Twitter has a policy of removing anti-vaccine tweets, its refusal to remove such posts by Congress leaders shows its bias in India

Jinit Jain -
Even though Twitter has been prompt to remove anti-vaccine tweets, it still allows them when posted by Congress leaders in India
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News Reports

BJP MLA files complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Asaduddin Owaisi, Swara Bhasker seeking FIR under NSA for trying to instigate communal riots using fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Loni MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar said Rahul Gandhi and others were trying to create communai riots by blaming Hindus for the Loni assault case
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News Reports

Did a journalist inadvertently end up revealing real reason why Rahul Gandhi ended his West Bengal rallies?

OpIndia Staff -
COVID-positive Rahul Gandhi cancelled his public rallies in West Bengal, but did not disclose it while announcing the same. He, instead, claimed it was being done in view of raging pandemic.
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News Reports

Loni assault case: FIR does not mention Jai Shri Ram slogan, victim didn’t want to file complaint and local SP leader behind false allegations

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Samad Saifi didn’t mention Jai Shri Ram in his complaint in the Loni assault case, had said he does not know the attackers
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News Reports

Greta Thunberg-inspired student climate activist group in New Zealand disbands itself for being ‘racist and white-dominated space’

OpIndia Staff -
School Strike 4 Climate Auckland said that they have turned white dominated racist group that ignored BIPOC voices and demands
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News Reports

Islamism apologist profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint pushes anti-Semitic content, spreads disinformation claiming human rights violations by Israel in Palestine

OpIndia Staff -
CJ Werleman claimed that 40 per cent of Palestinian children in Israeli custody were raped and almost 100 per cent of them were tortured
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News Reports

Delhi govt to spend Rs 9 crore to make modifications to the residence of Arvind Kejriwal, informs BJP leader

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Naveen Kr Jindal showed a Delhi govt order approving the modification of residence of Arvind Kejriwal at the cost of Rs 5 crore
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News Reports

Ruckus in Pakistan parliament: Ruling party and opposition leaders hurl abuses against each other, throw papers

OpIndia Staff -
A video of the ruckus in the Pakistan Parliament has gone viral on the social media wherein the Pakistan legislators are seen abusing each other and throwing the copies of budget.
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News Reports

‘Celebrities project themselves as messiahs’: Bombay HC orders probe on how Sonu Sood obtained Covid-19 drugs

OpIndia Staff -
The AG said that Sonu Sood received the anti-Covid drugs from several pharmacies located inside Lifeline Care Hospital in Goregaon.
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News Reports

UP govt surpasses its own record with the procurement of 53.80 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the current season

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh has bested its previous high of 52.92 lakh metric tonnes of wheat procurement that was achieved in the year 2018-19.
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News Reports

Prices of key commodities come down, edible palm oil down by 19% while pulses see a drop in prices by 8%

OpIndia Staff -
The government apart from considering reducing taxes on vegetable oil imports after cooking oil prices hit record highs last month, is also working at promoting domestic production of oil crops.
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News Reports

Congress student body NSUI expels 7 leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group, says it is ‘anti-party activity’

OpIndia Staff -
7 NSUI leaders in East Singhbhum unit in Jharkhand expelled by the organisation for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group
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Sports

Euro 2020 sponsor Coca-Cola loses billions after Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Drink water’ stunt

OpIndia Staff -
The video of Cristiano Ronaldo snubbing Coca Cola has gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad crime: ‘Twitter, other publishers will face action for spreading unverified information, warns UP Police

OpIndia Staff -
Ghaziabad Police has stated that in their investigation, they had found that the accused and victim were known to each other and there was no communal angle.
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News Reports

Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan awarded UN medals for outstanding performance

OpIndia Staff -
135 Indian soldiers award by UN for their outstanding performance in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan.
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News Reports

US Catholic bishops unhappy over Biden’s support for gay marriage and abortion, meeting to decide if he deserves communion

OpIndia Staff -
Communion is a sacrament central to the Roman Catholic faith that a priest often administers to Catholics. It is the act of receiving a piece of bread that symbolizes the body of Jesus and a sip of wine representing his blood.
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News Reports

Serum Institute of India all set to manufacture Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax, trial data demonstrates 90.4 overall efficacy

OpIndia Staff -
Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of SII, plans to launch Novavax's Covovax in India by September contingent upon the regulatory approvals
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News Reports

Kerala-based Maktoob Media gives a bizarre spin to Ghaziabad story, claims Aadil accused of beating the Muslim man was actually ‘rescuing’ him

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala based Maktoob Media peddles another fake news on Loni incident, claims accused Adil was rescuing Abdul Samad Saifi
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Fact-Check

Congress leader spreads vaccine hesitancy again, this time claims newborn calves are slaughtered for their serum. Here is the truth

Anurag -
Covaxin does not contain newborn calf serum. It was used for development of cells to replicate Covid-19 virus in lab to produce vaccine.
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News Reports

Virtual hearing embarrassment: Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi caught attending the court proceedings without pants

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Manu Singhvi was caught attending court proceedings in boxer shorts when one of the screens accidentally fell off and showed the naked legs of the senior advocate
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News Reports

The Quint withdraws its cartoon defaming ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant after Ghaziabad ‘hate crime’ turns out to be fake

OpIndia Staff -
TheQuint in an attempt to further its Hinduphobic propaganda published a cartoon featuring two completely unrelated incidents and parroted Zubair's baseless claims.
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News Reports

What happened in UP was illustrative of Twitter’s arbitrariness in fighting fake news: RS Prasad hits out on Twitter after it loses its safety...

OpIndia Staff -
While talking about the safe harbour provision of Twitter, Ravi Shankar Prasad said it has failed to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines
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News Reports

Gujarat govt implements stringent law to curb the menace of forced religious conversion. Read who all can be held guilty

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat government has notified the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 with effect from June 15 to curb the menace of forced religious conversion in the state
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News Reports

Govt refutes New Indian Express’s report on FCI’s involvement in rice scam, says distribution is state govt responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
Government refuted claims of involvement of FCI in the alleged 'rice scam' where the Assam raided a godown and seized one lakh bags meant for distribution to the poor was being repackaged by a private company.
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OpIndia Explains

Here is a list of 20 incidents where the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan has been misused to turn a random crime into ‘hate crime’

OpIndia Staff -
An indicative list of incidents where 'forced to chant Jai Shri Ram' slogan 'hate crimes' turned out to be fake. Actual number is way higher.
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News Reports

Netizens demand action against Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhasker for peddling fake news and defaming ‘Jai Shri Ram’

OpIndia Staff -
In a first-of-its-kind move, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has filed an FIR against Twitter and eight others for spreading fake news.
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News Reports

2 days after Naftali Bennet became new Israeli PM, IDF bombs Gaza in response to arson balloons

OpIndia Staff -
The airstrikes targeted facilities used by Hamas terrorists for meetings to plan attacks, the Israel Defence Forces have said.
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News Reports

New York City: 899 people given expired doses of Pfizer vaccine, Health Department asks them to get re-vaccinated

OpIndia Staff -
The ATC Vaccination Services have told the patients that they need to get another shot because the company cannot guarantee the effectiveness of the doses they received.
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Crime

Assam: Muzammil Sheikh, Nazibul Sheikh and Farouk Rahman rape and murder two minor tribal girls, arrested within 72 hours along with 4 others

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had taken to Twitter to condole the death of the minors and instructed the police to undertake an extensive investigation to nab the perpetrators.
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Social Media

As UP Police file FIR over fake news, Twitter loses immunity shield it had in India. Can now be prosecuted for content

OpIndia Staff -
The loss of intermediary status could mean that its top executives, including the country managing director, may now face police questioning and criminal liability under IPC over "unlawful" and "inflammatory" content posted on the platform by any user.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: FIR against The Wire, Alt News cofounder Zubair, Rana Ayyub, Twitter and others for fake ‘hate crime’. Details

Anurag -
The UP Police in its FIR stated that the accused tried to fan communal discord by spreading fake news that an elderly Muslim man was beaten up and forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'
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News Reports

Gold hallmarking mandatory from today, first phase to be initiated in 256 districts. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Mandatory hallmarking will protect the public against lower caratage and ensure consumers are not cheated while buying gold ornaments.
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News Reports

As Yogi Sarkar lodges FIR against Twitter, 8 others, Alt News co-founder Zubair deletes fake hate crime video: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Govt has initiated action against Twitter for failing to take down tweets that spread misinformation about a crime in the state.
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Politics

Yogi Adityanath slams Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news, tells him to stop defaming UP citizens: Here’s what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news.
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Entertainment

Salman Khan’s ‘Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai’ earns Rs 17,792 over three days from two theatres in Maharashtra: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Citing low occupancy, the theatres screening Salman Khan starrer Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai have reduced number of its daily shows
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Media

Government debunks propaganda article published in The Hindu on the surge in FDI inflows for 2020-21: Details

OpIndia Staff -
GoI has debunked the propaganda article published in The Hindu on 2 June 2021 over the surge in FDI inflows
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News Reports

Hajj committee cancels applications as Saudi Arabia decides to allow only citizens and residents: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On June 15, the Hajj Committee of India cancelled all applications for Hajj 2021 after Saudi Arabia decided to curb Hajj due to COVID
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News Reports

Munger firing case: Patna HC rebukes CID for its ‘soft treatment’ of cop accused in murder of Hindu boy

OpIndia Staff -
The Munger firing incident occurred last year when police officials used brutal force on Hindus going for Durga Puja Visarjan.
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Sports

#OlympicsKiAsha: Here are 7 Indian athletes to watch out for in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2021

OpIndia Staff -
Indian athletes are preparing hard to compete at the world's largest sporting competition, Olympics, to be held in Tokyo.
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