Narendra Modi’s BJP party badly beaten in Delhi state election
Opposition AAP on course for more than 60 seats after bitterly divisive campaign
Opposition AAP on course for more than 60 seats after bitterly divisive campaign
Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is first to get majority in parliament since 1984
Exit polls indicate that BJP party and allies are poised to win a comfortable majority
Only 7% of candidates who contested India’s parliamentary elections were women
First stage of world’s largest democratic exercise begins with Congress Party seeking revival
Jingoism rampant as Pakistan and India appear to court potential disaster
Campaigns under way reveal vicious rhetoric in appeal to electorate of 900 million voters
PM Narenda Modi called ‘the Führer’ by opposition Rahul Gandhi for poor jobs figures
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, reporting to brother
Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party ‘revived’ ahead of next year’s national poll
Water, power and roads no longer deemed enough to buy power in regional polls
The city’s toxic air, classified as ‘hazardous’, is over 15 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended limit
Relations have deteriorated sharply between neighbouring states in past three years
Journalists who report on India’s ‘sand mafia’ are frequent victims of violence
Two-candidate contest likely to be won by ‘low-caste’ Ram Nath Kovind (72)
Yogi Adityanath accused of attempted murder and inciting violence against Muslims
Vladimir Putin hopes incoming president can ease ‘crisis’ in US-Russia ties
Sixty-four people have now been killed by security forces during 39 days of protest
Judges urge ‘ostrich-like’ authorities to set up disaster fund to relieve 330 million affected
Villagers in rural areas accused of casting spells are being punished and exploited
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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