Indian voters are battling sweltering conditions to take part in the world's biggest election as a severe heat wave hits parts of the country and authorities forecast a hotter-than-normal summer for the South Asian nation.
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How fair is the electoral landscape in India's general election?
Not very, says the opposition alliance. It accuses the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of denying it a level playing field.
The BJP, seeking a third (...)
Prison officials in the Indian capital have given Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal an insulin jab after his sugar level shot up, his party told the BBC.
Kejriwal has been held in Tihar jail since his arrest on 21 March.
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India's capital choked on toxic fumes Tuesday, as a thick and pungent haze spread from a fire at a towering trash dump, the latest in a series of landfill blazes that authorities have struggled for years to bring under control.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third consecutive term in general elections being held in April and May.
A nationwide poll by India Today magazine last August showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's popularity (...)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of delivering Islamophobic remarks during an election rally Sunday, triggering widespread anger from prominent Muslims and members of the opposition.
The world's most populous nation is in the (...)
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, cementing his grip on power.
Provisional results show the People's National Congress (PNC) won 66 seats in the 93-member house.
Analysts view the (...)
Polls opened Friday in the first and largest phase of India's marathon election, in which populist Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to secure a rare third consecutive term and deepen his historic transformation of the world's most (...)
Popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev has millions of followers around the world. Now his image has taken a beating after India's top court ordered him to apologize for falsely claiming that his company's products can "cure" serious illnesses. So, (...)
A record quantity of bribes, including cash, booze, drugs and precious metals, has been seized by Indian election authorities in the run-up to mammoth nationwide polls that begin on Friday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday revealed (...)
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the (...)
Elon Musk has announced on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that he will visit India to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi without giving a date.
The Tesla boss is expected to announce major investment plans in the country soon.
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India and China must urgently address their border disputes to improve bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
The two countries share an ill-defined, 3,440km (2,100-mile)-long border in the Himalayas, which has been a (...)
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighboring country.
India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper (...)
An Indian actor running for election as a candidate for the ruling party has been forced to deny eating beef.
Kangana Ranaut, a vocal supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the claims by her opponents are "shameful" and "baseless (...)
India's Supreme Court has granted bail to an opposition MP and leader of Delhi's governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a money laundering case.
Sanjay Singh was arrested in October in an investigation into the city's now-scrapped policies over alcohol (...)
A small, uninhabited island that is part of Sri Lanka has sparked a political row in India weeks before general elections kick off.
Katchatheevu — a strip of land spanning just about 1.9 sq km (0.7 sq miles) — is located in the Palk Strait, a (...)
A gangster-turned-politician has died of cardiac arrest in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, authorities said on Thursday.
Mukhtar Ansari, the 63-year-old, five-time lawmaker from the state, had been in jail in since 2005.
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Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties and cooperation with India, a time-tested Russian ally from the Cold War era.
Dmytro Kuleba will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam (...)
The US has reiterated that it encourages a "transparent" legal process in a corruption case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller said on Wednesday that the US was closely following actions taken (...)
BEIJING — The Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission and the China National Publications Import and Export Group signed a contract, under which Saudi Arabia will be the guest of honor at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) 2024. (...)
A court has extended Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal's custody until Monday in a corruption case.
The Delhi chief minister has denied allegations that he received kickbacks in a now-scrapped alcohol sales policy.
The ruling comes a day (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia's innovative Media Oasis project, a pioneering initiative by the Ministry of Media, has been selected for nomination at the upcoming United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2024 Prizes.
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A court in India's most populous state has effectively banned Islamic schools by striking down a law governing madrasas, weeks before a nationwide election that could further polarize the world's largest democracy along religious lines.
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Millions of Indians are celebrating Holi, known as the festival of colors, at home and abroad.
The festival celebrates the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil.
Held on the last full-moon day of the lunar month, the festival sees (...)