Narendra Modi
Why Modi’s BJP is not fighting elections in the Himalayan region
World
More than four years after the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, the party has decided ...
India’s Modi banks on $400bn cash splurge to win election
World
Y Saraswati lost her husband 30 years ago – she says a $35 widow’s pension every month gives her dignity [Bimal Thankachan] ...
Being Muslim in Modi’s India
World
Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra. “My classmates called ...
Lok Sabha election 2024: India votes in phase 2 as PM Modi pushes BJP’s pro-Hindu line
World
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
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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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
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
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
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
Politics
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and ...
