Prime Minister Narendra Modi has filed his nomination to run for a third term in India’s general election in the northern city of Varanasi. Mr Modi hopes to retain his seat in the holy Hindu city, his constituency, from where he ran and won, first in 2014 and then again in 2019. India’s gigantic, six-week […]
VARANASI, India (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination on Tuesday to run for a third term in India’s general election in the northern city of Varanasi. Modi hopes to retain his seat in the holy Hindu city, his constituency, from where he ran and won, first in 2014 and then again in […]
By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition said the nation’s election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue “unchecked and brazen” violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation. More than halfway through India’s six-week national elections, the world’s biggest, the Congress party-led opposition complained […]
Y Saraswati lost her husband 30 years ago – she says a $35 widow’s pension every month gives her dignity [Bimal Thankachan] Balaram Bhallavi and his family might finally get a proper roof over their heads. For years, a tiled shanty in a sun-drenched village in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state has been home to […]
(Bloomberg) — With the India elections underway, follow Bloomberg India’s channel on WhatsApp for how money and business intersect with politics and power. Sign up here. Most Read from Bloomberg Voters went to the polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat in the third phase of India’s election, with campaigning becoming increasingly […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority. In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too […]
Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots as prime minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarising rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority. In recent campaign rallies, Mr Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children”, referring to a […]
(Bloomberg) — Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for the big vote. Most Read from Bloomberg Hello, this is Chiranjivi Chakraborty, Asia Equities Reporter in Mumbai. My birthplace is Ambikapur in Sarguja district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. About 1,100 km south-east […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Election Commission said on Thursday it has sought responses from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress on alleged violations of poll rules by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. India is holding the world’s largest election over seven phases, with votes due to […]
India’s main opposition party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith. Mr Modi made his comments in a campaign rally in the western state of Rajasthan days after the country began its weeks-long general […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith. At a rally on Sunday in the western state of Rajasthan, Modi said that when the Congress party was […]
By Krishn Kaushik, Praveen Paramasivam and YP Rajesh KAIRANA/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) -A substantial number of Indians voted on Friday in the first phase of the world’s largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism. The vote pits […]