Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha election 2024: India votes in phase 2 as PM Modi pushes BJP’s pro-Hindu line

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David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Friday in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections as ...

India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra ...

Indian opposition accuses Modi of hate speech after he calls Muslims ‘infiltrators’

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Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” ...

Lok Sabha election 2024: India begins voting in mammoth polls

World
David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist ...

India starts voting in the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term as prime minister

World
David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist ...

What’s on the voters’ minds as India heads into a 6-week national election

World
David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Raj Sud, 94, has voted in almost every election held in independent India, bearing witness to the eventful ...

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

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Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and ...

India’s Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election

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David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India into ...

Hindu priest handstand video passed off as ‘Indian PM Modi in his youth’

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David Turner

As India geared up for key elections in April 2024, social media posts viewed hundreds of times falsely claimed a video of ...

India’s Modi questions rival Congress about island ceded to Sri Lanka

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s half-century-old decision to end a territorial dispute with Sri Lanka over a tiny island has become a ...