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News24 claims BJP leader Madhavi Latha sought reservation for all Muslims, ‘apologies’ and deletes post after the Hyderabad candidate declined making such remarks

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2024

News24 shared a post claiming that BJP’s Hyderabad candidate Madhavi Latha demanded reservations for all Muslims, deleted after called out for fake news

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Railways ministry busts fake claims about overcrowding and lack of basic amenities in trains, says old videos shared to malign the image of Indian...

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2024

Regarding the concerns of overcrowding, the Ministry of Railways also noted that the Indian Railways is running a record number of additional trains in this season to facilitate passengers.

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Congress leaders and supporters spread fake ‘Nielsen-Dainik Bhaskar survey’ predicting INDI Alliance win in elections, the newspaper promises legal action

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2024

Several I.N.D.I. Alliance supporters continued to peddle the fake survey even after Dainik Bhaskar categorically called it out as fake news.

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‘Fact-checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news, falsely claims that BJP received donations from ‘beef exporting company’

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2024

‘Fact-checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news that BJP received donations from ‘beef exporting company’ Allanasons, which actually exports boneless buffalo meat

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Election Commission busts fake claim about mismatch between votes polled and counted in EVMs in 2019 polls, appeals to ‘verify before amplification’

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2024

The poll body clarified that the claims are false and that the alleged letter, purportedly from the poll body, is itself fake.

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Reports claiming significant hikes in prices of medicines are false, misleading and malicious: Union health ministry

ANI - 3 April, 2024

Government dismissed reports claiming that medicine prices will increase by up to 12% and called them false, misleading and malicious.

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Meer Faisal communalises the Sambalpur revenge attack as a ‘terror attack by a Hindu’, his original X account was withheld earlier for spreading fake...

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2024

Accused Abhilash Mishra had a personal rivalry with a man named Sushil Paika, a member of an Instagram page, "SBP Mafia Gang". Paika allegedly assaulted Mishra's father, after which he sought revenge. He planned to frame Paika in a bombing incident and put a ticket, "SBP Mafia Gang", on the bomb.

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Rumours of ISIS claiming responsibility for Moscow terror attack are unfounded, says Russian state media; PM Modi condemns the assault

OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2024

Russian state controlled international media house RT said that the reports of ISIS claiming responsibility for Moscow terror attack are fake

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PIB Fact Check notified as the authorised fact check unit of the Central Government under IT rules

OpIndia Staff - 20 March, 2024

The Government of India on 20 March notified the Fact Check Unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) as the fact check unit of the Central Government.

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