A police report identified 102 posts that it said were published by "unknown miscreants" to provoke conflict between "people of differing religious communities".
Rightwing Hindu mobs targeted the small minority community to avenge the recent assaults on Hindus of Bangladesh by radical Muslims.
Supreme Court gives four weeks to the Hindu nationalist government to reply to about 143 petitions, challenging the decisive Citizenship Amendment Act.
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, doesn't win the election, there are still no guarantees that society will be able to moderate itself.
No arrests have been made in the cases but authorities said they were questioning several suspects. The chief minister of Tripura state has warned of strict action against people indulging in spreading rumours and fake news.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has ended the 25-year uninterrupted rule of India's communists Tripura state. The win boosts the BJP ahead of next year's national elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party looked set to take power in one northeastern state and increase its power in two others. This is seen as being a boost for the BJP's success in national elections in 2019.
Millions have been evacuated as heavy rains and winds lash the country's southeastern coast, prompting authorities to raise the weather warning to its highest level.
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