Indian elections 2024
Heatstroke kills 33 polling staff on last voting day, says UP election chief.
Updated 02 Jun, 2024 07:03pm
“There’s a sense of pride with everything he does, and that’s why people vote for him,” says one voter.
Updated 01 Jun, 2024 06:44pm
Indians to cast vote for 57 seats in final phase today.
Updated 01 Jun, 2024 08:14am
Modi, Rahul address rallies in Punjab and Odisha.
Updated 31 May, 2024 08:40am
Voting will continue until June 1, votes to be counted on June 4.
Published 30 May, 2024 07:38pm
Claim of having won even before elections are over fits with the emasculation of India’s democratic heft Modi has supervised.
Updated 28 May, 2024 06:23pm
Is Modi going down the route of demonising hapless Indian Muslims simply a cynical and racist ploy to cultivate Hindutva electoral vote? Or are there also more deep-rooted and systemic issues in India that its ruling elite are keen to cover up?
Updated 29 May, 2024 04:43pm
Sixth phase of India’s election over as 53.73pc voter turnout recorded in Delhi.
Updated 26 May, 2024 08:36am
“People forget that we're all just the same as the next person when they are incited by hateful speeches," says a Delhi local.
Published 25 May, 2024 11:43pm
Election Commission deploys paramedics with medicine and oral hydration salts at Delhi polling stations.
Updated 25 May, 2024 05:26pm
Weather bureau has warned of “severe heatwave conditions” this week, with mercury reaching 47.4 degrees Celsius in Najafgarh on Monday.
Published 21 May, 2024 02:28pm
South Asia, we are given to understand, is home to one of the most diverse assemblages of people in the world.
Updated 21 May, 2024 09:11am
Political analyst Yogendra Yadav says BJP can suffer serious reverses in a few of the eight states where voting was held.
Updated 21 May, 2024 08:34am
Bread and butter issues "replacing religious fervour" in many parts of India.
Updated 21 May, 2024 08:08am
Dr Agnès Callamard urges Pakistan to uphold its international obligations and safeguard constitutional guarantees ensuring the right to a fair trial.
Updated 21 May, 2024 10:01am
Several high-profile candidates are in the fray from Lucknow and Mumbai — cities which have suffered from dismal voter turnout in the past.
Published 20 May, 2024 01:58pm
The flip side to this bonhomie is that public wooing of Muslims by a party produces a potential constituency of worried Hindus, ready to be snapped up by the BJP.
Updated 20 May, 2024 09:57am
Urges India to allow Kashmiris to practise their right to self-determination as guaranteed by UNSC resolutions.
Updated 18 May, 2024 08:18am
Former Indian finance minister and senior lawmaker for Congress says that Modi was playing “his usual game of dividing Hindus and Muslims”.
Updated 17 May, 2024 11:34am
Easy to make AI videos, which contain near-perfect shadow and hand movements, can at times mislead even digitally-literate people.
Published 16 May, 2024 05:40pm
FO describes recurring anti-Pakistan rhetoric from Indian leaders during the election campaign as indicative of an extremist mindset.
Updated 15 May, 2024 08:27am
The 73-year-old spent the morning visiting temples and offering prayers at the banks of the Ganges.
Published 14 May, 2024 01:26pm
Would Modi accept defeat if it does come calling? Or would he take the Donald Trump route, instead?
Updated 14 May, 2024 10:19am
Rhetoric over religion, inequality sharpens as turnout so far shows significant decline compared to 2019.
Published 13 May, 2024 01:14pm
The outlook for India-Pakistan relations is troubled if Modi returns to power.
Updated 13 May, 2024 09:02am
Modi’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is raising concerns of violence.
Updated 12 May, 2024 10:25am
Kejriwal says the outcome of the election will determine whether India will remain a democracy.
Updated 12 May, 2024 11:58am
Released opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal urges Indians to battle "dictatorship".
Published 11 May, 2024 04:12pm
The National Conference and People’s Democratic Party say they will support the Congress-led alliance of more than two dozen parties federally.
Published 10 May, 2024 07:13pm
The Delhi CM can leave custody until June 1, last day of voting in the elections, court says.
Published 10 May, 2024 02:47pm
