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Indian MPs face charges including for rape, murder
NEW DELHI: More than 40 percent of lawmakers in India’s new parliament face criminal charges – some as serious as…
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Triumphant Modi promises inclusive India
India’s Gandhi concedes defeat in family bastion NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to unite the country yesterday…
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Indian Congress leader Gandhi faces backlash
Modi’s ruling party wins 285 seats against just 53 for Congress NEW DELHI: Honest, intelligent and open to new ideas…
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In an Indian village, Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens
NAYABANS, India: Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a time when their children played…
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Hindu groups to double down on demands as Modi set for big win
RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal to push temple, cow, Kashmir issues NEW DELHI: A Hindu temple on a disputed site, life…
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Exit polls forecast Modi election victory
India shares hit record high – Nerve-jangling three-day wait until official count NEW DELHI: Indian shares hit a record high…
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India’s acrimonious election comes to an end
Modi on tenterhooks over second term KOLKATA: Voting ended yesterday in India’s most acrimonious election in decades that will decide…
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In India election, a $14 software tool helps overcome WhatsApp controls
Political workers using these tools to boost campaigning NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as…
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Warships and wives: debate in Indian election turns ugly
NEW DELHI: From jibes over the prime minister’s wife to criticism of the main opposition leader’s family holiday three decades…
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‘Love vs hate’ in latest Indian polls
Tens of millions cast ballots in penultimate phase of seven-round general election NEW DELHI: Tens of millions voted yesterday in…
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Indian politician charged after donkey ride to file papers
NEW DELHI: Indian police charged a would-be election candidate with animal cruelty yesterday after he rode a donkey to file…
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Violence mars voting in India eastern battleground state
Security forces use teargas to disperse protesters in Kashmir MUMBAI: India’s battleground state of West Bengal took the centre stage…
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