Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as India’s infections surge
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new...
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More than a dozen killed, as New Delhi riots overshadow Trump visit
More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, hospital officials said on...
India low caste leader elected president in boost for Modi
Ram Nath Kovind, a low-caste politician backed by the ruling Hindu nationalist-led coalition, easily won India‘s presidential election on Thursday, tightening the government’s hold on positions...
India’s Modi heads to Israel, lifting the curtain on close ties
Narendra Modi begins a first visit to Israel by an Indian prime minister on Tuesday, in a public embrace of a country that he has...
Cyprus-India relations to reach ‘a new level’
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed their conviction that relations between the two countries would reach a new level...
President’s India visit kicks off with Bollywood meeting
Meetings with Indian businessmen of the Bollywood film industry in Mumbai, a visit to a monument for victims of terrorist attacks, as well as a...
India says launches strikes on militants in Pakistan, raising risk of escalation
India said on Thursday it had conducted “surgical strikes” on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir, making its first direct military response to...
India signs deal for 36 French fighter jets to counter China, Pakistan squadrons
India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7bn, the country’s first major acquisition of combat planes...
Indian caste protesters keep up blockade; Delhi water restored (Updated)
By Rupam Jain and Douglas Busvine Rural Indian protesters paralysed a northern state on Monday despite a deal giving them more government jobs, but there...
Modi mocked and state leader heckled after floods
By Sanjeev Miglani One of India’s most powerful politicians, a former movie star called “Amma” or “Mother” by her followers, is being heckled and abused...
India’s Modi aide acquitted of triple murder charges
The head of India’s ruling party was acquitted of three murder charges on Tuesday in a trial that had undermined the government’s promise to usher...
Pakistan court bails man accused of masterminding Mumbai attack
By Syed Raza Hassan A Pakistani court granted bail on Thursday to a man accused of masterminding a deadly 2008 rampage through the Indian city...
India must protect its women; don’t politicise rape – Modi
By Douglas Busvine and Frank Jack Daniel Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that India should respect and protect its women, breaking his silence on a crime wave...
Sword-wielding Sikhs clash at India’s Golden Temple
By Sruthi Gottipati Sikhs wielding swords clashed inside the compound of their religion’s holiest shrine on Friday, the 30th anniversary of a controversial raid by...
Indian minister dies in car crash
By Sanjeev Miglani India’s minister for rural development died on Tuesday after a road collision in New Delhi, depriving Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a key ally just eight days after...
Indian police fire water cannon at rape protesters
By Sharat Pradhan Workers from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh on Monday over the rape and hanging of two girls last...
Modi speaks of India’s ‘Glorious Future’
By Sanjeev Miglani and Shyamantha Asokan NARENDRA Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister in an elaborate ceremony at New Delhi’s presidential palace on...
India and China: the tortoise and the hare?
By Gwynne Dyer SOON AFTER winning an absolute majority in the Indian parliamentary elections, prime minister-elect Narendra Modi promised “to make the 21st century India’s...
India’s pro-business Modi storms to historic election win (Updated)
By Malini Menon and Rajesh Kumar Singh Opposition candidate Narendra Modi thundered to victory on Friday in India‘s election, with partial results showing that the pro-business Hindu nationalist...
Modi seeks personal triumph in final day of Indian election
By Douglas Busvine and Manoj Kumar Indians voted on the last day of a mammoth election on Monday as challenger Narendra Modi sought a personal mandate...