Several Indian states are seeking additional electricity allocations from the federal government to prevent power outages after weak hydropower generation and maintenance at power plants have reduced supplies during the night, according
India’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has secured a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament),
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the 2024 Lok Sabha election results have culminated in a hung parliament, with no single party managing to secure a majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra
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May 13 marked the fourth phase of India’s Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) election, which will determine whether or not Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets a third term. It was also
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On May 10, 2024, as many as 12 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were gunned down in an encounter with Security Force (SF) personnel in a forest area near Pidia village
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On May 8, 2024, a ‘deputy commander’ of The Resistance Front (TRF), Momin Mir, was killed by Security Forces (SFs) in the Kulgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On May 7,
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India’s 2024 election has much significance for the country and the region. 969 million registered voters, a vast number and monumentally more than all the countries of Europe, will decide who will
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the country has reached a turning point in history and the people have to decide whether it will be run by “vote jihad” or Ram
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In the first part of this two-part series, the author explored the historical geopolitics behind India’s North-East states. In this final part, the author examines how the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
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In March, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said at an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh that previous governments had not cared for states that sent only two representatives to the country’s Parliament,
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There are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia’s
More When Narendra Modi returned to power for a second term in India with a landslide victory in 2019, his government acted swiftly. Just months after the election, the Modi government abrogated Article 370 of
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On April 12, 2024, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court at Kochi in Ernakulam District sentenced four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to rigorous imprisonment (RI). The four
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On April 2, 2024, the Government extended the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the whole State of Manipur, except for 19 Police stations, for another six months
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The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba’s talks in New Delhi on Friday essentially devolved upon meetings with just two Indian officials — his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar and the Deputy National Security Adviser
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With the Indian parliamentary election commencing shortly, the critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government have claimed that India is sitting on a “ticking bomb” of joblessness. The critics have further said
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