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‘Authoritarian’ rules upset sleepy Lakshadweep’s Muslim majority while Covid cases soar from zero to 10% of populationAccording to local people, the problems for Lakshadweep, an archipelago of paradise islands in southern India, began the day the new g…
Read MoreDemolition of mosque in Uttar Pradesh was ‘violation of rule of law’, says Indian MP A local administration accused of illegally tearing down a mosque in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has filed a police case against nine local Muslim leaders who ch…
Read MorePankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy attack Penguin Random House India for putting out book by a prime minister they say has mishandled Covid and persecuted writersLeading Indian authors Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy have spoken out against Penguin Random…
Read MoreFrom an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadershipThe missing persons complaint was filed at Parliament Street police station in Delhi as a matter of some urgency: it concerned the “disappearance …
Read MoreProtesters against Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law remain detained in prisons rife with coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn ashen-faced Natasha Narwal emerged on bail from Delhi’s notorious Tihar jail…
Read MorePressure builds on Indian government to announce national lockdown; third of UK adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19; Laos records first Covid deathSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.44pm BST We are now closing this blog. You can stay up to da…
Read MoreModi’s government had a choice between saving lives and saving face. It has chosen the latterA few years ago, as Narendra Modi came into power, I worked on an investigative report about India hiding its malaria deaths. In traveling from tribal Odisha t…
Read MoreAmid the calamitous second Covid wave, the ruling BJP party tried and failed to win the coveted West Bengal electionsIn the months leading up to the assembly elections in West Bengal, I began to realise that there was every chance that the state where …
Read MoreDowning Street says agreement will create 6,500 jobs and contain £533m of Indian investment in UKBoris Johnson will host bilateral talks with India’s prime minister on Tuesday, announcing the potential for up to £1bn of new trade and investment in a vi…
Read MoreOur South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19. Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did…
Read MorePrime minister defeated in West Bengal as voters send message over handling of coronavirus crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s prime minister has suffered a rare political defeat in a key state election, amid signs…
Read MoreWashington reverses vaccine export ban while Downing Street dispatches ventilators and oxygen Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageInternational efforts to help India fight its devastating coronavirus crisis have stepped up as th…
Read MoreThe Indian prime minister’s overconfidence lies behind the country’s disastrous Covid-19 responsePolitical hubris met pandemic reality in India this week. At the beginning of March, the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi claimed the country …
Read MoreDespite enforcing one of the strictest lockdowns last year, the authorities seem unable to cope with a renewed Covid surgeAt 7.52pm on 16 April, Vinay Srivastava, a 65-year-old freelance journalist in Lucknow, the capital city of India’s largest state …
Read MoreA ‘double mutant’ strain, lack of medical supplies and the relaxation of lockdowns have combined to foment disasterIndia has seen a terrifying increase in coronavirus cases in the past few weeks. Tuesday saw another new record when the country racked u…
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