Can India’s Rahul Gandhi defeat Narendra Modi with ‘unity marches’? | India Election 2024 News

Can India’s Rahul Gandhi defeat Narendra Modi with ‘unity marches’? | India Election 2024 News

Mumbai, India – Loud chants and songs on justice echoed around Shivaji Park in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, as thousands of people gathered at the iconic venue that had played frequent host to rallies by freedom fighters when the country fought for independence from the British decades ago. This time, the…

Just how big is India’s 2024 election? Find out in seven numbers | India Election 2024 News

Just how big is India’s 2024 election? Find out in seven numbers | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – India, the world’s largest democracy, has kicked off its two and a half month long parliamentary election to decide who will rule the South Asian nation. On Saturday, the Election Commission of India – the country’s independent poll-conducting body – announced the dates for a democratic…

Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election | India Election 2024

Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election | India Election 2024

Mumbai, India – A grimacing police official, staring into the camera, declares her intent to publicly shoot dead “leftists” while attacking “left-liberal, pseudo-intellectuals” as well as students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a left-leaning university space in the cross-hairs of the Modi government. Men in skull caps, the visuals intercut…

India’s Modi to visit Kashmir, first since special status scrapped in 2019 | Narendra Modi News

India’s Modi to visit Kashmir, first since special status scrapped in 2019 | Narendra Modi News

The visit comes ahead of India’s national election due by May, the first since the region lost its autonomy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly hold a rally in the main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir, his first visit since the disputed region’s semi-autonomy was scrapped in 2019. Modi’s government stripped…

After gains against Modi, India’s Congress party slips before election | Elections News

After gains against Modi, India’s Congress party slips before election | Elections News

New Delhi, India — A little more than two months ago, the Congress party, India’s biggest opposition force, seemed to be on a roll. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of what is the country’s oldest political movement, the party of Mahatma Gandhi, had attracted large crowds on a nationwide march, rekindling…

Ban on India’s electoral bonds: How will it affect coming elections? | Narendra Modi News

Ban on India’s electoral bonds: How will it affect coming elections? | Narendra Modi News

New Delhi, India — The Indian Supreme Court verdict on Thursday scrapping an opaque, election funding system has set off powerful tremors in the country’s politics, with transparency advocates arguing that it could expose those involved in a controversial form of political financing ahead of national elections. Opposition leaders say…

What are India’s electoral bonds, the secret donations powering Modi’s BJP? | Narendra Modi News

What are India’s electoral bonds, the secret donations powering Modi’s BJP? | Narendra Modi News

A mysterious source of electoral funding, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is under scrutiny in India after the country’s top court found in November that they “put a premium on opacity” and can be “misused for money laundering”….

Grammy Awards: Indians Bag 6 Grammys; Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain’s Band Wins Best Global Music Album

Grammy Awards: Indians Bag 6 Grammys; Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain’s Band Wins Best Global Music Album

Indian artists secured big wins at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, bringing home a total of six Grammys, three of which were bagged by the legendary tabla player Zakir Hussain alone. The music awards took place February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and was hosted by comedian…

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony | Politics

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony | Politics

Mumbai, India – Driving through the Mira Road neighbourhood of Mumbai was a usual affair for 21-year-old Mohammad Tariq, who ran errands on his father’s white loading auto carrier. But on Tuesday, participants in a Hindu nationalist rally stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road. Young boys –…