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India vote a chance for Kashmiris to signal opposition to Modi

Prime minister Narendra Modi’s campaign speeches claim his quelling of an insurgency in Kashmir as one of his greatest achievements, but many in the disputed region see India’s election as a chance to signal their disagreement...

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Lok Sabha polls slipping out of Modi’s hands: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that the Lok Sabha election is gradually slipping out of prime minister Narendra Modi’s hands and he will now try to enact some drama to divert the attention of the country’s youngsters...

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BJP deletes X post accused of targeting Muslims

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised for targeting minority Muslims during an on-going national election...

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Answers and questions remain

The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is in for another round and many Indian commentators are saying that it is because he is turning ‘India’ into a nation and giving people a sense of pride and security that they did not have before...

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Modi and MPs from Pakistan

REVANTH Reddy, the waggish Congress chief minister of Telangana, was fielding questions from a BJP-hugging TV anchor about prime minister Narendra Modi’s prospects in the ongoing elections. ‘Do I see myself accepting that Mr Modi is coming back with..

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Fake videos of Modi aides trigger political showdown in election

Manipulated videos are taking centre stage as campaigning heats up in India’s election, with fake clips involving two top aides of prime minister Narendra Modi triggering police investigations and the arrest of some workers of his rival Congress Party, reports Arab News...

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India is not an autocracy, insists Modi

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi denied on Monday that his country was sliding towards autocracy, following accusations that his government orchestrated criminal probes to weaken rivals ahead of an on-going general election....

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ECI issues notice to BJP

Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation allegation against the prime minister, the Election Commission on Thursday asked the BJP to respond to complaints filed by opposition parties wherein they have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of delivering...

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The crooked timber of Modi’s India

WHEN Parakala Prabhakar published his essays in April last year in a book titled The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis, one ignored it on suspicion that as husband of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman he could not but be...

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Modi accused of targeting Muslims in election speech

India’s main opposition Congress party filed a complaint to the Election Commission on Monday accusing Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi of ‘blatantly targeting’ minority Muslims in a campaign speech...

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Tesla boss Elon Musk postpones India trip

Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced Saturday he was postponing his visit to India, during which the Tesla boss was meant to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss big investment plans.

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Just not cricket: Indian politicians bat for power

Cricket is more than just a game in India: critics accuse ruling-party politicians and the sport's closely linked mega-rich board of exploiting its huge popularity for electoral advantage.

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Change his name if BJP wins

THERE is a perceptible voter fatigue against divisive planks. That is encouraging news coming in for Indian democracy, which braces for a seven-stage general election starting Friday. The last round of voting is set for...

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Narendra Modi greets PM Sheikh Hasina, people of Bangladesh

In a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended on behalf of the people and the government of India, warm greetings to the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr....

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Is there now a winning team?

FOR India’s opposition, the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. It’s now known that a key witness...

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Kejriwal to run capital from cell

Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of New Delhi and a key leader in an Indian opposition alliance formed to compete against prime minister Narendra Modi in the next elections, will run the capital from his prison cell, a senior aide said Tuesday...