Missing in action: How two key parties in India’s largest state collapsed
The near-absence of election campaign by the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, which once ruled Uttar Pradesh, reflects larger challenges.
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Tech companies plug into India's smaller cities for talent
MADURAI/BENGALURU — Indian engineer B. Ramachandran now prefers living in the smaller cities than the major tech hubs of Bengaluru and Chennai.
India opens world's biggest elections with lower house voting
JAIPUR, India -- India on Friday began voting in the first of its seven-phase general elections that will carry on until early June, the world's biggest electoral exercise, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a third straight five-year term.
Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer
GUNTUR, India (AP) — There’s a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change.
India's top court puts order banning Islamic schools on hold
NEW DELHI — India's top court put on hold a lower court's order that effectively banned Islamic schools in the country's most populous state, lawyers involved in the case said on Friday (April 5), giving a breather to thousands of students and teachers in the system.
India says China's claims over Arunachal Pradesh state are 'absurd'
India's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China was making "absurd claims" over Arunachal Pradesh, adding that the northeastern state which shares a border with China will always be an "integral and inalienable part of India".
India says train drivers watching cricket caused crash that killed 14 in Andhra Pradesh
The fatal collision in Andhra Pradesh state in October took place as hosts India played England during the one-day World Cup.
15 Hindu devotees die in northern India after a farm tractor overturns and falls into a pond
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with Hindu devotees overturned and fell into a pond in northern India on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, including seven children, officials said.