India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and what’s at stake?
Voters to decide the fate of 695 candidates, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, on May 20 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert
NEW DELHI (AP) — Parts of northwest India sweltered under scorching temperatures on Saturday, with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country.
Sonia Gandhi makes emotional appeal to voters on behalf of son
Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, made an emotional appeal to voters in the family borough, asking them to vote for her son in a region that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party have dominated in the last ten years.
Has India’s Muslim population really exploded?
A new government report claims that the country’s Muslim population share has increased 43 percent since 1950, fuelling an unfounded conspiracy theory.
BJP’s anti-Muslim rhetoric has deep, dark historical roots
The world’s largest election is currently underway in India, with more than 960 million people registered to vote over a period of six weeks.
As India’s Modi drags Pakistan into election campaign, will ties worsen?
Unlike in 2019, Pakistan was largely absent from India’s election rhetoric. Now that’s changed – after a three-word social media post. What’s next for the neighbours?
India’s income inequality widens, should wealth be redistributed?
Rising income inequality is a hot topic dominating the national elections.
India grants citizenship to first batch of 14 refugees under controversial law
NEW DELHI — India granted citizenship on May 15 to a first batch of 14 people under a controversial law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, midway through general elections in which religious divisions have taken centre stage.