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Fact check: Kangana Ranaut wrongly claims she got BJP ticket due to Women’s Reservation Bill

The Women's Reservation Bill has not yet been implemented and will not be so until at least 2029.

Fact Check: Govt employees on election duty can cast their vote through postal ballot

The Election Commission of India has stated that government officers on election duty can cast their vote at the designated Voter Facilitation Centre.

Fact Check: Video urging people to support Modi falsely passed off as a clip from Pakistan

The video on social media depicts a man seated in a car wearing a skullcap. He addresses Indian Muslims, falsely introducing himself as Asif Zardari from Pakistan.

Fact Check: Video clip of EVM controversy from 7 yrs ago resurfaces, linked to 2024 Lok Sabha polls

A longer version of the viral news clip, originally titled 'EVM Controversy: SP, Collector of Bhind removed', was uploaded to official ABP News YouTube channel on 1 April, 2017.

Fact check: Amit Shah’s ‘freedom from Mukhtar Ansari’ video is old. He said it in 2019

The widely shared video of the home minister is from a rally in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, before the Assembly elections in 2019.

Fact Check: Kejriwal isn’t accused in 1980s rape case. Newspaper clip on social media is fake

The fake newspaper clip had also resurfaced in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly Elections that was held on 8 February 2020.

Fact Check: Photos from Argentina are being wrongly shared as visuals of AAP, INDIA bloc rally

Social media users shared photos from 2022, claiming that it shows massive attendance at the Loktantra Bachao rally.

Fact Check: Modi’s wife hasn’t joined Congress. Fake rumours resurface before every election

According to a 2017 report in The Times of India, the Congress had asked Jashodaben to contest the Gujarat Assembly elections, but she declined.

Fact Check: NIA survey claiming declining support for BJP, growing opposition from youth fake

Viral image lists several key findings from the 'survey', like diminishing appeal of Ram Mandir issue & support for Modi. Official in NIA says agency doesn't conduct any political surveys.

Fact Check: Image of anti-BJP campaign not from Tamil Nadu, from a 2021 pre-poll rally in Kolkata

The image, which shows people holding 'no vote to BJP' posters, is from a protest carried out ahead of West Bengal assembly elections in 2021. It has no links with 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.