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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.

Fact Check: No BJP leaders ‘beaten up’ in TN, viral video of scuffle between BJP workers from 2023

Original video of the incident from last yr shows that during a rally in Odisha, a fight broke out after a BJP leader was stopped from approaching party state president's jeep.

On Camera

‘Coup’ against LK Jha, tussle between PN Haksar and PN Dhar—Indira Gandhi PMO was never dull

PN Haksar emerged as Indira Gandhi's ideological beacon and moral compass, playing a pivotal role in ‘Garibi Hatao’ and transformed her image from a 'goongi gudiya' to an 'Iron Lady'.

Cash-guzzling ops, delayed filings, investor scorn — how Byju’s flew too close to the sun & got burnt

Fighting fires on all fronts — from inability to pay salaries to mismanagement allegations, cases in NCLT & ED probe — Byju's valuation has dropped to $250 mn from $22 bn in 2022.

Iron Dome, David’s Sling & the Arrow — what makes up Israel’s mega multi-layered air defence system

On 6 May 1985, Israel and the United States signed an MoU on the development of a missile defence system against long-range threats, which is the genesis of Tel Aviv’s air defence umbrella.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.