Indian right-wing pro-Hindutva news portal
OpIndia Type of site
Fake news [ 1]
Right-wing politics [ 2] [ 3] Available in English, Hindi, Gujarati[ 4] Headquarters New Delhi Owner Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services Founder(s) Editors
Nupur J Sharma (English)
Chandan Kumar (Hindi)[ 5]
CEO Rahul Roushan URL opindia.com Commercial Yes Launched December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12 )
OpIndia is an Indian right-wing news website known for frequently publishing misinformation .[ 6] [ 7] [ 21] Founded in December 2014,[ 11] the website has published fake news and Islamophobic commentary on many occasions.[ 28] [ 34]
OpIndia is dedicated to criticism of what it considers liberal media,[ 3] and to support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)[ 38] and Hindutva ideology.[ 44] According to University of Maryland researchers, OpIndia has shamed journalists it deems opposed to the BJP and has alleged media bias against Hindus and the BJP.[ 2] In 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be certified as a fact checker .[ 45] IFCN-certified fact checkers identified 25 fake news stories and 14 misreported stories published by OpIndia from January 2018 to June 2020.[ 23]
The website is owned by Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services, a former subsidiary of the parent company of the right-wing magazine Swarajya .[ 2] : 2 [ 3] The current CEO of OpIndia is Rahul Roushan, and the current editors are Nupur J Sharma (English) and Chandan Kumar (Hindi).[ 5]
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^ "અમારા વિષે(About Us)" . ઑપઇન્ડિયા [OpIndia ] (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023 . અમારા આ જ વાચકવર્ગની માંગણીને માન આપીને 2019માં ઑપઇન્ડિયા હિન્દી બાદ હવે 2022માં અમે ઑપઇન્ડિયા ગુજરાતી લાવી રહ્યા છીએ. [Respecting the demand of our same readership, after OpIndia Hindi in 2019, now in 2022 we are bringing OpIndia Gujarati.]
^ a b "हमारे बारे में" [About Us]. ऑपइंडिया [OpIndia ] (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021 . ऑपइंडिया (हिन्दी) के वर्तमान संपादक चंदन कुमार हैं [The current editor of OpIndia (Hindi) is Chandan Kumar]
^ Lal, A. (2017). India Social: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS LEADING THE CHARGE AND CHANGING THE COUNTRY . Hachette India. p. 69. ISBN 978-93-5195-213-8 . Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022 .
^ Chadha, Kalyani; Bhat, Prashanth (14 September 2022). "Alternative News Media and Critique of Mainstream Journalism in India: The Case of OpIndia". Digital Journalism . 10 (8). Informa UK Limited: 1283–1301. doi :10.1080/21670811.2022.2118143 . ISSN 2167-0811 . S2CID 252511758 .
^ a b Nizaruddin, Fathima (February 2021). "Role of Public WhatsApp Groups Within the Hindutva Ecosystem of Hate and Narratives of "CoronaJihad" " . International Journal of Communication . 15 . USC Annenberg Press . ISSN 1932-8036 . Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021 .
^ a b Eaton, Natasha (14 December 2020). Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia: Vertiginous Exchange . Routledge . ISBN 978-1-000-26255-1 . Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2021 – via Google Books . The online press has many such stories whose intent is largely divided between sensationalism and anti Muslim sentiment as any browse of the right wing site www.opindia.com shows.
^ Bosu, Soma (3 February 2020). "Jamia Millia Shooting: Making of a Hindutva Terrorist" . The Diplomat . Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020 .
^ a b Bhushan, Sandeep (25 January 2017). "Arnab's Republic, Modi's Ideology" . The Wire . Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020 .
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^ Mihindukulasuriya, Regina (8 May 2019). "BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire" . ThePrint . Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019 .
^ Ghosh, Labonita (17 June 2018). "The troll who turned" . Mumbai Mirror . Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019 .
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^ Chaturvedi, Swati (2016). I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army . Juggernaut Books . pp. 11, 23. ISBN 9789386228093 . Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
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^ Pullanoor, Harish (17 February 2019). "After Pulwama attack, Indians vent their anger at Pakistan, ethnic Kashmiris, and media" . Quartz . Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020 .
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^ "Search results for OpIndia" . Alt News . Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020 .
^ "Search results for OpIndia" . Boom . Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020 .
^ a b Chakrabarti, Santanu; Stengel, Lucile; Solanki, Sapna (20 November 2018). "Duty, Identity, Credibility: 'Fake News' and the ordinary citizen in India" (PDF) . BBC . pp. 87–88. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019 .
^ Singh, Prabhjit (29 November 2020). "Farmers at Kundli upset over media misrepresentation, accusations; confront "godi media" " . The Caravan . Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021 .
^ Khuhro, Zarrar (9 July 2018). "Digital death" . Dawn . Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019 .
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^ Majid, Daneesh (4 September 2020). "Many like Raja Singh are still benefitting from Facebook" . The Siasat Daily . Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020 .
^ Mishra, Soni (7 August 2020). "EC faces controversy over hiring social media firms close to BJP" . The Week . Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020 .
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^ "Announcement of Film on Muslim Freedom Fighter from Kerala Leads to Hate Campaign" . The Wire . 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020 .
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