Why isn’t the BJP fielding a candidate in Indian-administered Kashmir?
These are the first parliamentary elections since the Indian government revoked the region’s semiautonomy.
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'Blank vote' arouses controversy in India's general election
NEW DELHI -- The casting of blank ballots is becoming an issue in the general election underway for the lower house of India's parliament, a vote that will determine the political direction of the world's most populous nation for the next five years.
India unveils monument to dead from brutal World War II battle
KOHIMA, India/BANGKOK -- Eighty years ago in northeastern India, the Imperial Japanese Army fought what is widely seen as one of the most reckless campaigns of World War II. This week, officials gathered in a ceremony to mark the completion of a memorial to those who died in the offensive's bloody Battle of Kohima.
Canadian police announce the arrest of a fourth Indian suspect in the killing of a Sikh activist
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A fourth Indian national living in Canada has been charged in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India.
World's No. 1 pickleball player says he makes $2.5 million a year—up tenfold from 2021: 'We haven't reached the top'
During Ben Johns' first year as a professional pickleball player, he could barely support himself financially.
A police officer was killed in Pakistan-held Kashmir during protests against price hikes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills turned violent in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured, officials said Sunday.
Bangladesh’s China-backed naval dock heightens power play in India’s backyard
In March, a satellite image of the dry dock was released on social media platform X by Damien Symon, a researcher with global intelligence research network The Intel Lab.
Sales of luxury homes triple in India amid ‘mounting appetite’ for bigger houses
Luxury homes – categorised as those priced over 15 million rupees (US$179,650) – made up 21 per cent of all residential units sold across the top seven Indian cities in the first quarter of 2024, according to the report. It was 7 per cent for the same period in 2019.