On Sunday, Delhi Police registered an FIR in Amit Shah's fake video under Sections 153, 153A, 465, 469, and 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66C of the IT.
The statement came a day after the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that last year, the Indian government failed to address communal violence disproportionately affecting Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, Jews, and Adivasis (indigenous peoples).
Amidst the proliferation of fake news on social media, a video surfaced alleging that Rahul Gandhi facilitated the conversion of a Hindu temple into a Muslim establishment in Wayanad, Kerala. However, a fact check by India TV debunked this claim, revealing that the video misrepresented events.
In his first election rally in Gujarat after the poll announcement, PM Modi said as long as he and the Bharatiya Janata Party were around, reservation in jobs and education granted to SCs/STs/OBCs, and economically weaker sections will be safeguarded.
Police in BJP-ruled Gujarat arrested a Congress leader and an AAP functionary, and Delhi Police issued notices to 12 more people from different opposition parties as the probe into the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech widened.
In his letter the Prime Minister has directed BJP candidates to highlight Congress' agenda of extending reservations to Muslims, by taking it away from SC/ST and OBC communities.
Bhojshala Temple, referred to by Muslims as Kamal Maula Mosque, is situated in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. Hindus consider it to be the temple of Goddess Saraswati, also known as Vagdevi while Muslims consider it a Mosque named after a Sufi saint Kamal Maula.
The journey of Hinglaj Yatra starts hundreds of miles away, mostly from Sindh province. The Hindu community believe the pilgrimage site is one of the places where the remains of Sati, the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, fell to earth after she ended her life. Scroll down to watch video.
At three election rallies at Agra, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, PM Modi alleged that both Congress and SP are promoting appeasement politics and they want to reduce the quota of backward castes in order to give reservation to Muslims.
The BJP has shared another old video of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which according to the saffron party he (Manmohan Singh) reiterated his stand that Muslims, if they are poor, should get first right to the nation's resources.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of planning wealth redistribution, political strife between the BJP and the Congress has heightened with the ruling party releasing an old video of former PM Manmohan Singh.
The NCBC said the blanket categorisation of Muslims as a backward caste undermines the principles of social justice, particularly for the marginalised Muslim castes and communities identified as socially and educationally backward.
Earlier in an election rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when the BJP government in Karnataka got an opportunity, it abolished the Muslim quota created by the Congress government out of the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
Addressing an election rally in Tonk, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded that the Congress government in 2004 had reduced SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh and had given reservation to Muslims.
Pakistan's senior journalist Hamid Mir misconceived Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'urbal naxal' as 'Arab nasal' (race). As soon as he posted the clip on social media, the users trolled him brutally.
Despite facing immense criticism from the Opposition leaders and world leaders, the Indian government asserted that CAA is completely constitutional and claimed that the main aim of the amendment is purely humanitarian.
A video showing drone footage of building rooftops, allegedly depicting Muslim houses stocking stones for attacks during Ram Navami processions, has stirred false communal claims on social media. Ranchi Police refuted these allegations, stating that the bricks were for construction purposes.
The high-stakes Lok Sabha elections are set to take place in seven phases starting from April 19. Apart from various factors which determine the result of elections, the selection of candidates holds a significant importance. Let's take a look at Muslim candidates fielded by NDA and I.N.D.I.A bloc.
In a setback for the RJD, a key leader Ahmed Ashfaque Karim resigned from the party with just days ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Ashfaque Karim wrote a letter to Lalu Yadav and alleged that the party has not done enough for Muslims.
These include West Bengal's Murshidabad, Assam's Dhubri, Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla, Srinagar, Kerala's Malappuram and union territory Lakshadweep.
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