India elections: First rounds of polling to begin with Narendra Modi expected to hold on to powe
Narendra Modi
According to the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers in May last year, India’s press freedom ranking has dropped 11 places to 161 out of 180 countries it surveyed
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk says human rights defenders, journalists and perceived critics of government being targeted
A lively, accessible account of democracy, its strengths and weaknesses over the past 2,500 years – and the forces threatening it
Hindu litigants are mounting court challenges to allow them to worship at mosques in moves Muslims see as intruding on their rights
Arvind Kejriwal arrested in a corruption case one month before elections
Mob of about 20-25 people armed with sticks, iron rods and stones told students to move to a mosque
Polls forecast comfortable victory for prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP
Government accused of officially launching law, which led to widespread rioting in 2019, for political reasons ahead of elections
Ruling viewed as ‘major setback’ for prime minister Narendra Modi’s government, the largest beneficiary of bonds scheme
Trek seen as a metaphor for the grim slog the opposition National Congress faces under a system increasingly dominated by Narendra Modi’s BJP party
World’s most populous country afflicted by insufficient rainfall, rapidly declining groundwater reserves and poor infrastructural planning
Kites carried string coated in powdered glass to entangle drones’ rotors as farmers seek better prices, loan waivers and pensions
Drones drop tear gas on farmers trying to reach New Delhi to call for higher crop prices
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