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Simple Maths again stumps alleged ‘journalists’: Read hilarious truth about alleged claim of ‘The Wire’ that 19 crore less voters cast their votes in...

Anurag - 26 May, 2024

As per the voter turnout data, there were 71,14,40,983 total voters in 2019 in the conituencies that are in the first five phases of 2024 out of which 48,47,07,015 exercised their right to vote. That means 68.13% voting. In 2024, there were 76,40,80,337 out of which 50,72,97,288 voters exercised their right to vote. That makes 66.39% voting.

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Pune Porsche accident: Marathi media circulates video of rap by Instagrammer claiming to be accused teenager taking pride in getting bail after killing 2...

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2024

Marathi news channels aired video of rap song by Instagram user cringistaan2 claiming to be the teenaged accused in the Pune Porsche accident case

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Congress leader BL Mungekar spreads fake news that President Murmu was present when PM Modi filed nomination, claims someone else tweeted it after the...

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2024

Hours after sharing the false news, Congress leader Mungekar claimed that someone else made the post from his handle and also extended an apology.

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Congress troll Arun Reddy who ran the ‘Spirit of Congress’ account on X arrested in the Amit Shah doctored video case

OpIndia Staff - 3 May, 2024

Before Arun Reddy, Congress war room coordinator Reetam Singh was arrested by Assam Police in connection with the doctored video of Amit Shah.

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‘Clip is of mock polls’: ECI rubbishes viral video of a person casting five consecutive votes to BJP in Assam as false and misleading

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2024

Over the video of a person casting 5 consecutive votes to BJP in Assam, the EC clarified that it is a clip of mock polls.

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Fact Check: Priyank Kharge and Congress leaders share cropped video to claim PM Modi called Kannadigas ‘sinners’. Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 28 April, 2024

The statement and context of PM Modi's speech can be verified from the longer version of the speech, which is available on his YouTube channel.

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Congress leaders and others spread fake news that Jamyang Tsering Namgyal regrets joining BJP after he was denied ticket, the Ladakh MP says he...

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2024

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal clarifies he never said that he regrets joining BJP after he was denied ticket

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Kerala police book Manorama for peddling fake news against EVMs: When will they book ‘liberal’ portals and commentators who peddled the same lie

Rukma Rathore - 24 April, 2024

Kerala police added that a 24-hour cyber patrol has also been launched in the state to detect all kinds of cyber crimes.

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Fake opinion polls: Axis My India files an FIR against Twitter handles that circulated fake polls in the name of the polling agency

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2024

Reacting to the fake opinion poll, Axis My India Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Pradeep Gupta said that the Opposition parties were deliberately pushing their agenda to create a ‘favourable’ impression among voters.

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