Tag: Religion and politics

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in general ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.The rules ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday is making his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — Last year more than two dozen opposition parties in India came together to take on Narendra Modi, one of the country’s most popular prime ministers ...

LUCKNOW, India (news agencies) — An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under new legislation ...

AYODHYA, India (news agencies) — About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India’s holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of the controversial grand ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at ...