India begins second phase of national elections with Modi's BJP as front-runner

Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as polarization grows with Prime Minister Narendra Modi whipping up an assertive brand of Hindu ... Read More

Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could.

The brazenness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vilification of India’s largest minority group made clear he sees few checks at home or abroad on his power. Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates BJP's election office in Varanasi

It is an honour for me to inaugurate the election office of pradhan sevak Narendra Modi here. All workers of the BJP have to work together to ensure that we fulfil the aim to cross 400 seats, said ... Read More

Modi's Moment: How Narendra Modi is Changing India and the World

To Western observers, Modi's messaging tactics can come across as political ... "The United States supports India's emergence as a leading global power." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... Read More

'Appeasement politics': BJP's Nadda targets Congress manifesto, calls it blueprint for division

In a statement, he echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge that the Congress' manifesto bears the imprint of the Muslim League, which had spearheaded the pre-independence movement for Pakistan. Read More

PM Modi, BJP not invincible but…: Prashant Kishor says Opposition missed ‘three distinct chances’ to stop saffron party

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... and the opposition had three distinct and realistic chances to stop the BJP but lost those ‘because of laziness and misplaced strategies’, eminent political ... Read More

Is India’s opposition ‘in disarray’ to challenge Narendra Modi’s BJP in election?

Kejriwal has denied the charges, while the opposition is arguing that the arrest was a move by Modi to weaponise the law against his political ... Rai added. Indian opposition leader’s arrest ... Read More

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With day temperatures in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha hovering between 39 and 42 degrees Celsius, political ... by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP, the biggest beneficiary ... Read More

Indian politics roiled as huge donations are linked to investigated firms

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters flash posters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra state, at a victory rally in Mumbai on Nov. 23 ... Read More

'Papa of propaganda': Rahul Gandhi takes shot at PM Modi over BJP political ad

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the BJP over its recent political ad in which it states that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "stopped ... viewers of how Indian students ... Read More

Why India's Political Opposition Is So Weak

Though Kejriwal’s arrest is not exactly a surprise, it nevertheless raises eyebrows when one considers that Modi has little to fear in this election. The Indian leader has seen a surge in ... Read More

India’s opposition puts up united front to challenge Modi

At a massive rally held in the Indian capital, top leaders of an opposition alliance accused Prime Minister Narendra ... of BJP and not so centered around the personality of Modi,” political ... Read More