Narendra Modi
4 Jun 2024
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 "punished" the ruling party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority. Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the…
3 Jun 2024
A total of 642 million Indians voted in the just-concluded six-week-long polls, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters on Mo
2 Jun 2024
A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would return to jail Sunday, the end of the bail term issued to allow him to campaign in just-concluded national elections.
1 Jun 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he was confident of a third successive mandate after polls closed in the country's marathon six-week general election.
27 May 2024
At least six newborn babies have died following a fire at a hospital in Delhi, according to police.The blaze broke out late on Saturday eve
25 May 2024
Two top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accuse his government of targeting them in unjustified criminal probes
10 May 2024
India's top court on Friday ordered a jailed opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be released on bail, allowing him to campaign in an ongoing national election.
26 Apr 2024
India's six-week election juggernaut resumed Friday, with millions of people lining up outside polling stations in parts of the country hit by a scorching heatwave.
22 Mar 2024
A top Indian opposition politician appeared in court Friday to fight his arrest in a case supporters say is aimed at sidelining challengers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi before next month's election.
11 Mar 2024
India's interior ministry said Monday it was enacting a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, just weeks before the world's most populous country heads into a general election.
10 Mar 2024
India's second-highest ranked election commission official has resigned, the justice ministry said, days before the expected announcement of general elections in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third term.
2 Feb 2024
Critics are accusing the Indian government of using law enforcement agencies to selectively target its political foes following the arrest of an opposition politician minutes after his resignation as a state Chief Minister.
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