BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and editors of some Kannada news portals have been booked for allegedly spreading fake news linking a farmer’s suicide to land disputes with Waqf Board, police said on Friday.

The post has since been deleted by Mr Surya which also mentioned a news report by a Kannada paper. The Superintendent of Police in Haveri also issued a clarification that the claim on the reason ...

Tejasvi Surya, BJP MP, is facing legal action in Karnataka for a social media post. Surya alleged a farmer's suicide was due to land confiscation by the Waqf Board, citing a media report.

Surya's post also referred to a news article from a Kannada newspaper, which he has since deleted. In response to the claims, ...

Haveri district police have booked Tejasvi Surya, Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Bengaluru South constituency, for spreading ‘fake news’. Editors of two ...