In India's heat, Delhi labourers toil in 'red hot' conditions
NEW DELHI — Working on a highway project in one of India's hottest areas this summer, Banwari Singh handles iron bars that he says often turn "red hot".
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Modi accused of failing on 10-year-old promise to clean up Ganges River
NEW DELHI -- For years, the clean-up of the polluted River Ganges has been mired in politics, with accusations of corruption and mismanagement flowing thick and fast while the river has remained filthy. With India now voting in its six-week-long general elections, which began in mid-April, the topic has come under the spotlight again.
India is stepping up as a security partner in the Caucasus
Anil Trigunayat is a distinguished fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, a security think tank in New Delhi, and previously served as India's ambassador to Jordan and Libya. He is the author of "West Asian Dynamics and India's Strategic Imperative."
Indian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train
ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to Kanyakumari is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines.
Ruling BJP's ideological parent aims to restore India's lost glory
NEW DELHI -- As India votes in its six-week-long general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to draw huge crowds of enthusiastic supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at roadshows and rallies. One of the key forces behind this mobilization across the country is the party's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.