Fact-Check

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Fact-Check

Molestation accused Vinod Dua maliciously edits video clip of Nitin Gadkari to claim Gadkari spoke against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2018

Vinod Dua's attempt to discredit the NDA government led by Prime Minister Modi by using a doctored video is not surprising as Dua has a track record of resorting to this sort of unethical and shoddy journalism to target the BJP.

Crime

Agency handling Rajasthan police Twitter account needs to stop lying about Utambar case to hide their own goof-up

Nupur J Sharma - 22 December, 2018

It would certainly be in the interest of Rajasthan police to get rid of an agency that has the temerity to lie on social media about the ongoing police investigation in Utambar just to cover their own tracks

Congress is lying about Home Ministry order on intercepting computer data allowing snooping on general public

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2018

Agencies could already intercept communication as per IT Act 2000 and IT Rules 2009, now MHA order only specifies the agencies

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Rahul Gandhi is wrong, the Modi government has sanctioned farmer loan waivers

Jinit Jain - 18 December, 2018

Apart from granting farm loan waivers, PM Modi has also initiated various reforms in agriculture sector

Crime

Rajasthan Police ends up declaring a true incident as ‘fake news’ on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2018

In a video being widely shared, a person can be heard complaining about 'Aurangzeb Rule' in Rajasthan and the people sharing the video claim it is from Utambar, Rajasthan.

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Fact-Check: Are Rahul Gandhi’s claims of farmer loans being waived in Karnataka completely true?

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2018

The Congress party's promise of loan waiver in Karnataka seems to be a hoax as farmers are being constantly harassed with notices to repay the loans.

Pro-Congress troll resumes fake news website, makes outlandish claims on Rafale targeting Modi

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2018

Abhishek Mishra has been associated with the website which spreads fake news and Islamist propaganda

Media

Reuters quoted ‘source’ to say Modi govt will waive farmer loans on a day Union Minister said there was no such plan

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2018

While it is not clear why Reuters did such reporting, people were speculating this could be a fake news spread by the Congress-friendly media on behest of Congress to pressurise Modi government.

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Media circulates video of wedding celebration at Javed Akhtar’s house as that from Isha Ambani’s wedding in Udaipur

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2018

Media circulated the video from social media without verification

‘Journalists’ and politicians spread lies about RBI Deputy Governor’s resigning following Urjit Patel’s exit

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2018

"Journalists" started rumour-mongering about the resignation of RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya soon after Governor Urjit Patel resigned citing personal reasons

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