India says trade route was misused to smuggle weapons, narcotics, fake currency
Powerful regional parties that could play the role of kingmaker if ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party fails to win a clear majority were in spotlight as millions voted in second phase of staggered election
2 top leaders of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and 2 from opposition have been temporarily banned from campaigning for making divisive speeches playing to religious bases
Bharatiya Janata Party expected to emerge as single largest party but fall short of majority
Opinion polls forecast Modi’s BJP could come close to majority
In India’s elections that begin Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to return to power as he projects himself as a strong nationalist leader who will carry forward the country’s development. On the campaign trail, Modi has steered clear of more contentious issues such as rising unemployment and rural distress. Reporter Anjana Pasricha spoke with voters in Uttar Pradesh in northern India.
Opposition parties denounce the Bollywood film, coming ahead of India’s elections, as a political venture
Disinformation battles are waged by political parties and their supporters
In an effort to seize the initiative from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition Congress Party has held out the promise of creating the world’s largest “minimum income scheme” for nearly 250 million poor people if voted to power in general elections beginning in two weeks. Critics have slammed it as a populist measure. Anjana Pasricha has more.
Critics slam pledge by Congress Party with an estimated price tag of $52 billion as a populist measure to woo voters ahead of general elections
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the test was not intended to create an atmosphere of war, but to defend India
The hope is that the social revolution ushered in by the film will resonate in rural India
A documentary “Period. End of Sentence,” which won an Oscar last month, centers on a small village in Uttar Pradesh state in Northern India where a machine to make affordable sanitary napkins was installed with the help of a crowdfunding initiative by a student group in the United States. The film, made by Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, has revolutionized attitudes toward the subject of menstruation. Anjana Pasricha brings this report.
Amid conflicting claims by the Modi administration and the opposition, voters will have the final word
As India prepares for general elections starting April 11th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being attacked by opposition parties for failing in his 2014 pledge to create millions of jobs for India’s huge young population. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party rebuts that criticism saying that India, now the world’s fastest growing major economy, is generating new opportunities. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports.
Vadra, the charismatic 47-year-old sister of the Congress Party leader, is the latest high-profile member of India's famous Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to enter the political arena
Election will decide if Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets second term in office
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of sheltering and harboring Islamic militant groups that stage attacks in India, a charge Pakistan denies
Analysts say though Modi and the BJP got a lift with the India-Pakistan confrontation, the contest remains wide open
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