NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi and his Cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s […]
Narendra Modi is still in power, but now his allies can start making demands of him. These kingmakers want Cabinet positions and special funding, reports say. It’s a stark change from when Modi won easily in previous elections without needing his allies. As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assembles his next government, the calculus clearly […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most number of seats in the country’s national election after his political party failed to win a majority on its own. The 73-year-old leader, who will be sworn in as prime minister on Sunday […]
India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has called for a parliamentary investigation into Narendra Modi and his right-hand-man for alleged stock market manipulation in the wake of the election results. Gandhi said Modi and home minister Amit Shah gave misleading advice to the public after exit polls incorrectly suggested the ruling BJP would win another landslide. […]
India’s prime minister caused a shock after his reelection by publicly thanking Taiwan’s leader. Many countries avoid publicly engaging with the island nation so as not to anger China. Tensions between India and China, Asia’s two major powers, are increasing. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi riled China in one of his first acts after being […]
(Bloomberg) — At the start of the year, Narendra Modi hailed the opening of a huge new Hindu temple as a once-in-a-millennium turning point in India’s history. The lavish event, broadcast across the nation, was timed to generate a wave of religious fervor that would carry him in a landslide to a third term as […]
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his National Democratic Alliance for their election victory to form a new government for a third straight term and Washington said it looked forward to further cooperation to ensure a free Indo-Pacific region. “The friendship between our nations is only growing […]
NEW DELHI — Until now, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had seemed unstoppable. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had come to dominate the world’s biggest democracy since coming to power 10 years ago, their Hindu nationalist politics becoming ever more entrenched in India along the way. Even as critics accused him of stoking […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in India’s lower house of parliament. In 2016, he yanked over 80% of bank notes from circulation […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in India’s lower house of parliament. In 2016, he yanked over 80% of bank notes from circulation […]
China, Ukraine and other nations have sent their congratulations as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government began preparations for his swearing-in for a record third term following the world’s largest democratic election. Mr Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planned to meet with allies later on Wednesday to discuss the government’s formation. Official results from […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — China, Ukraine and other nations sent their congratulations on Wednesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government began preparations for his swearing-in for a record third term following the world’s largest democratic election. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party planned to meet with allies later Wednesday to discuss the government’s formation. Official results […]