India urges pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship
NEW DELHI (AP) — India urged pro-China Maldives on Thursday to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship.
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India says Canada yet to provide evidence of its involvement in the killing of a separatist leader
NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Thursday that Canada has informed it about the arrest of three Indian men who have been charged with the murder of a Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia last year, but insisted that no relevant information or specific evidence about Delhi’s involvement has been shared by the Canadian authorities till date.
India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to galvanize voters with his assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics.
India starts voting in the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term as prime minister
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader.
India’s Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India into a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China, as he unveiled his Hindu nationalist party’s election strategy.
India’s opposition makes its election case, calling Modi an autocrat and promising aid to the poor
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a slide into autocracy as it laid out its campaign promises on Friday, two weeks before the start of a weeks-long, multi-phase general election.
New Delhi’s top elected official arrested in liquor bribery case
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal was arrested Thursday by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago, a top leader of his party said.
India’s main opposition party accuses the government of freezing its bank accounts ahead of election
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Congress party, India’s main opposition political group, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Thursday of stifling democracy and crippling the party by freezing its bank accounts in a tax dispute ahead of national elections.