Delhi votes as BJP bids to dislodge rival
India鈥檚 capital province of Delhi began voting Wednesday in local elections with prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party vying to dislodge one of his chief opponents...
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India proposes holding simultaneous mega polls
India鈥檚 ruling party on Tuesday tabled a parliamentary bill to synchronise state and national elections, a proposal that would vastly extend what is already the world鈥檚 largest democratic exercise...
Timely call to Meta to contain disinformation on Bangladesh
The constant flow of purposefully crafted, misleading, or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news has been a growing global concern, and it became particularly disconcerting for Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, when a section of communally oriented media outlets and many...
Unwarranted Indian interference
THIS is quite disconcerting that the Bharatiya Janata Party鈥檚 Hindu nationalist government of India has expressed 鈥榗oncern鈥� about the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of Sanatan Jagaran Mancha and a 鈥榝ormer鈥� leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, on specific charges of sedition. Moreover, the chief of the West Bengal BJP, Suvendu Adhikari, reportedly threatened...
Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes
Thousands of protesters clashed in India鈥檚 eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...
BJP leaders lodge protest with Bangladesh mission in Kolkata
Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Suvendu Adhikari from the Indian state of West Bengal submitted a protest note to the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata on Monday, urging action against those who chanted anti-India slogans during recent student protests, according to Indian media outlet theweek.in.
Inner democratic contradiction
ARE elections overplayed as a tool of representative democracy, as some claim? Or they are about getting past the post in each seat making the issue of public representation fluid but keeping a system going which many are used to and comfortable...
Bangladesh PM congratulates India's Modi on election victory
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a message addressed to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, congratulated the victory of the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha elections, according to an official press release...
Modi prepares to lead next Indian govt
The Hindu-nationalist party of Narendra Modi agreed with allies on Wednesday to form a government after a general election in which it failed to secure an outright majority for the first time in a decade...
India鈥檚 Modi set for 3rd term in office with ally鈥檚 help as BJP faces setback
The alliance led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a parliamentary majority at the country's general election, official results showed late Tuesday.
Modi eyes victory as Kejriwal sent back to jail
A top opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting 鈥榙ictatorship鈥� before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader...
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 鈥業ndia鈥� into a nation and giving people a sense of pride and security that they did not have before...
India鈥檚 billionaire wealth is on display as nation votes
THERE are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia鈥檚 richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is throwing what will likely be the world鈥檚 most expensive wedding for his youngest son...