投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Defence minister’s comments after Guardian report are first time India has acknowledged any assassinations on foreign soilIndia’s defence minister has appeared to confirm that the government carried out extrajudicial killings in neighbouring Pakistan, …
Opposition parties accuse government of ‘match fixing’ for elections over Arvind Kejriwal treatmentDelhi’s chief minister, a key opposition leader, must remain in custody for a further two weeks, a court has ruled, with India’s opposition parties accus…
Leader of India’s Common Man party has spent his career rooting out everyday corruption and is now in jail weeks before general election beginsIndia summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrestWhen Arvind Kejriwal emerged on to India…
Judge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated An Indian court has ruled that Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will be kept in custody for six days after his drama…
Some releases promote the PM and his policies while others are accused of being divisive and IslamophobicThey are films that claim to tell the “real story” of India’s history, taking aim at the evils of “leftists” and “intellectuals” and even the freed…
Aam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal is held as part of corruption case a month before electionsDelhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has been arrested in a corruption case, a move condemned by his party as a “conspiracy” by Narendra Modi’s govern…
Party of Indian prime minister was by far biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds, which were struck down as unconstitutionalIndia’s election commission has published details of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of political donations, exposing how …
Thousands of police mobilised for Srinagar rally seen as Modi’s campaign event for elections India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has made his first visit to Kashmir since the government revoked the region’s autonomy in 2019, claiming the state was f…
Nominated candidate of eight-party coalition takes office after gathering of national assemblyShehbaz Sharif has been sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan after an election that was riddled with allegations of rigging and irregularities.Sharif, of th…
Two Delhi restaurants both claim to have the right to call themselves the home of the original butter chicken recipeIt’s one of India’s most beloved dishes and can be found bubbling on kitchen stoves or served on silver in restaurants across the countr…
Annapoorani: the Goddess of Food criticised for depiction of deity and member of vegetarian caste cooking and eating meatNetflix is embroiled in a backlash in India from rightwing Hindu groups over a film accused of offending religious sentiments for i…
Concerns raised over what a third term for Narendra Modi would mean for the country amid rising Hindu-Muslim tensionIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has cut a confident figure in recent weeks. As his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) swept three major…
Outspoken opposition MP hits back after being kicked out, blaming a witch-hunt and vowing ‘I’m not going anywhere’It’s a saga that has had the hallways of India’s parliament abuzz for months: one that began with a bitter custody battle over a rottweile…
Opposition politicians excluded from rest of winter session for protesting against parliament security breachMore than 140 Indian opposition politicians have been suspended from parliament, the largest number in history, after protesting against a rece…
Chief justice says government did not overreach its powers when it revoked autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019India’s supreme court has ruled that the government acted lawfully when it revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and brough…