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Sikh separatist, Kashmir leader elected from jail

An Indian Sikh separatist and a staunch opponent of prime minister Narendra Modi from disputed Kashmir were both set to be elected lawmakers from behind bars on Tuesday...

Indian PM Modi wins from Varanasi by 1.5 lakh votes

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has won the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for a third time, NDTV reported on Tuesday....

Modi falls short of landslide in India polls, celebrates victory

India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had...

Shares in Modi ally Adani's firm drop 25pc as India vote count goes on

Shares in the main listed unit of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate fell 25 per cent on Tuesday as an ongoing vote count in national elections suggested a reduced majority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Modi eyes victory as India begins vote counting

Vote counting began in India’s election on Tuesday, with prime minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist drive that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights.  ....

India praises vote conduct with Modi tipped to win

India’s election commission said on Monday a staggering 642 million people voted in just-concluded six-week-long polls, a day ahead of the results which prime minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win...

Modi eyes victory as Kejriwal sent back to jail

A top opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting ‘dictatorship’ before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader...

India’s economy grows 8.2pc

India posted growth of 8.2 per cent in the year to March on Friday, in a last-minute boost to prime minister Narendra Modi’s economic credentials the day before national elections conclude...

India’s Modi to meditate for 45-hours at Vivekananda Rock memorial

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is all set to begin his near two-day meditation exercise at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari from Thursday, reports The Week....

Modi attacks Mamata, says ‘TMC can’t stop CAA’

Prime minister Narendra Modi held two poll rallies in West Bengal’s Jadavpur and Barasat on Tuesday continuing his attacks on Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee...

Why Modi claims he has won

FIFTY-SEVEN races are still to be decided on Saturday, but prime minister Narendra Modi says he has already won a thumping majority. Let us see the mind more than the logic at work here...

Withdrawing approval of GM crops demanded

Civil society representatives have urged for the withdrawal of commercial approval for all genetically modified crops and food items, including Bt brinjal, and for the non-approval of golden rice, citing the broader interests of the country and its populace...

India’s Modi claims he has been chosen by God

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has said he believes he has been chosen by God, as the multi-stage Indian election nears its completion, reports The Guardian...

Modi’s struggling rivals to vote as India’s election resumes

India’s six-week election resumed on Saturday, with top rivals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to vote in the capital New Delhi after accusing him of unjustly targeting them with criminal probes.....

Prices of onions, eggs keep rising

The prices of eggs and onion continued to rise while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, remained excessively high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...

Monks, Muslims vote to demand rights for India’s Ladakh

Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote on Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation...

Ineligible 17-year-old votes eight times for Modi in India

Indian police on Monday detained an ineligible 17-year-old for voting eight times for prime minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, as rivals screamed...

Modi imitating ‘detractors of democracy’ in Bangladesh, Pakistan, says Kejriwal

India once used to give the world lessons on democracy, but under prime minister Narendra Modi it has been ‘reduced’ to ‘imitating detractors of democracy’ in...

Political activist killed in Kashmir

Suspected rebels shot dead an activist from Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party in Kashmir, local authorities said on Sunday after the latest violent attack...

‘Hindu nation’ trumps caste in India vote

Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith’s rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power next month...

Prices of most daily essentials on the rise

The prices of almost all essential commodities witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...

India opposition slams PM Modi for anti-Muslim jibes

India's main opposition party on Thursday condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for anti-Muslim comments in election campaign speeches that have heightened concerns over sectarian tensions in the world's biggest democracy.  

CPB blames lack of good governance for economic failure

Politicians, academics and professionals on Wednesday at a discussion said that lack of good governance was responsible for the economic failure of the country and the increase of dollar price and abnormal increase of prices of essential commodities were secondary causes...

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of BJP grows

Modi won’t go down sans a fight

MOST neutral observers are sanguine that prime minister Narendra Modi is winning a third term. Let us put it this way, it is not a foregone conclusion that Modi is losing the election, which crossed its fourth of seven phases on Monday, despite compelling pointers...

Modi files candidacy for India election in Varanasi

Cheering crowds greeted Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday as he submitted his candidacy for a Hindu holy city’s parliamentary seat in a general election his party is strongly favoured to win. ...

Narendra Modi’s Hindutva-driven Islamophobia

NARENDRA Modi, a member of India’s Other Backward Class, defined as a socioeconomically disadvantaged caste, swept to power in 2014 by winning 336 seats together with his BJP alliance partners. Modi, who became well known for presiding over the...

India vote resumes with Kashmir poised to oppose Modi

India’s six-week election resumed on Monday including in Kashmir, where voters appeared eager to express discontent with prime minister Narendra Modi’s cancellation of their disputed territory’s semi-autonomy and the security crackdown that..

Indian elections

THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India...

Kejriwal urges Indians to resist ‘dictatorship’

A top opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi urged his compatriots to resist ‘dictatorship’ on Saturday, after the country’s top court...