In India’s election, a flash drive, sex abuse videos – and a missing MP
An MP from a party allied with Prime Minister Modi’s BJP in Karnataka state has been accused of sexually abusing multiple women, sparking a controversy amid a national election.
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‘Country is doing well’: Why jobless young Indians are still backing Modi
Polling shows inflation and a lack of jobs worry most young Indians. It also shows that support for Modi stays intact.
Is today’s India more unequal than under British rule?
India’s top 1 percent holds more income today than it did under the British, new research shows. The middle class is the worst affected. Is a tax for the super-rich the answer?
Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’
These ‘politically neutral problem solvers’ do short stints in political campaigns and are valued for their data skills.
India votes in Phase 2 of mammoth election as Modi raises campaign pitch
The Indian prime minister pricks challengers by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.
Farm suicides, anger haunt Indian villages that Modi promised hope
Villages where Modi launched his farm outreach a decade ago have seen deaths and debt mount since then. And the goodwill for the Indian PM is evaporating — turning into staunch criticism.
India election 2024 phase 2: Who votes and what’s at stake?
Across 13 states, 88 constituencies go to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the world’s largest election.
Modi wants to turn the election into a Hindu-Muslim war
And the Election Commission of India is allowing it.