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Snigdhendu BhattacharyaThe Diplomat |
At an election rally, he said that the opposition would redistribute wealth among “infiltrators” and “those who have many children,” an...
The upcoming general election is the first in J&K since the Modi government’s controversial decision in August 2019 to revoke its autonomy and strip...
The loss of their grazing lands to Chinese incursions and Indian corporations has prompted Ladakhis to oppose the BJP government’s top-down...
The revelations about the scheme are striking, but corruption alone has rarely brought down governments in India.
Two of the commissioners in the three-member body that will conduct elections have recently been appointed by the ruling party.
In previous elections, Muslim votes have tended to split among secular parties facilitating the BJP’s victory. Will that change?
Over the past week, the Congress party has sealed seat-sharing deals with AAP and the SP. Will it clinch a deal with the TMC too?
The BJP government has weakened a suite of progressive laws that were enacted by the previous Congress-led administration.
Hindu nationalists say that Muslims should give up their claims to mosques on disputed sites to settle conflicts amicably.
Thirty-seven legislators, including India’s junior minister for external affairs, were administered an oath by the chief of the Arambai Tenggol.
Their decisions seem bold, given that the BJP’s rise has prompted many of them earlier to adopt strategies seeking to appease the Hindu majority.
“As long as Hasina retains power, every election in Bangladesh will involve extensive irregularities, making the much-anticipated level-playing...
The region is expected to suffer the most significant impacts of changing water availability this century. Yet tight-fisted governments are quibbling...
Amidst a boycott call by the opposition BNP, several new parties have thrown their hats into the electoral ring.
Has the Indian foreign secretary’s remark distancing Delhi from the elections emboldened the Awami League to press ahead with its election plans?
Crowd behavior in some of the matches during the ongoing men’s Cricket World Cup tournament in India has revived the debate about whether the rise...
On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a...
The Narendra Modi government’s formation of an eight-member committee headed by former President Ramnath Kovind to examine the prospect of “One...