Millions vote amid heatwave alert in Phase 6 of India’s staggered election
Many people lined polling stations before the start of voting at 7am to avoid the blazing sun at the peak of summer.
Droupadi Murmu in asian news
India election commissioner quits weeks before national polls
India’s election commissioner Arun Goel has resigned, just weeks before crucial national polls, sparking allegations of a lack of transparency in the country’s constitutional body.
India’s opposition slams gov’t as top election official quits ahead of vote
Arun Goel’s resignation leaves the poll body with only one of three mandated officials to conduct the election, due by May.
India’s ruling BJP eyes new law for common civil code but is it fanning Hindu-Muslim divide?
India’s ruling party appears set to introduce a contentious law in Uttarakhand state for a common civil code including for marriage, igniting concerns over religious and communal tensions centred on a Hindu-Muslim divide.