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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.  ....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.  

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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..

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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...

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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..