Bharatiya Janata Party
Actress misidentified as newly elected Delhi chief minister ‘performing martial art stunts’
India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept the polls in Delhi in February 2025, marking its return to power in the capital after more than two decades. But a...
Law protecting historical holy sites under scrutiny in India
India's top court is hearing a number of petitions challenging a decades-old law that preserves the character and identity of religious places as they existed at the time of...
Old clip misleadingly shared as ‘Indian PM Modi’s partymate castigating him’
Ahead of the second phase of the legislative elections in India's eastern state of Jharkand on November 20, an old video showing Babulal Marandi -- the leader of the...
Clip shows Rahul Gandhi criticising election funding scheme, not ‘threatening Hindus’
In the run-up to state assembly elections in India's Maharashtra and Jharkhand states in November, a video of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi made the rounds on social media alongside...
Hindu procession clip filmed in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, not Maharashtra ahead of vote
As India's western Maharashtra state geared up for its November 20 legislative elections, footage of people chanting a Hindu slogan was repeatedly shared in posts with a false claim it shows...
Video shows Indian ruling party politician criticising opposition leader, not party mate
As India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vied to wrest back control of Jharkhand state in November elections, a video circulated in social media posts that falsely claimed it...
Parts of Modi’s Agenda Face Risk in India’s Fractured Parliament
(Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vast domestic agenda is in jeopardy after his party failed to win an outright majority in parliament for the first time in...
Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal granted bail after arrest in bribery case
NEW DELHI (AP) — Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian opposition leader and New Delhi’s chief minister, was granted bail on Thursday by a court in the capital, after he was...
Clip shared with false claim ‘Pakistan flag hoisted’ after opposition won in Indian mega-state
A video of a religious flag atop a truck has been shared in posts that falsely claimed residents of Bareilly city in India's Uttar Pradesh state waved the flag...
Old video shows Indian politician Navneet Rana crying in hospital, not after losing seat
After India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a shock election setback, a video of politician Navneet Rana crying surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed...
