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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…
Read MoreWhile the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emergingAfter Vladimir Putin’s landslide presidential election victory on Sunday, western governments lined …
Read MoreModi favourite to win third term in largest democratic exercise in history held across six weeks India is to hold a national election in April it has been announced, in what will be the world’s largest election with nearly a billion people eligible to …
Read MoreParty 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 …
Read MoreCitizenship amendment act grants Indian nationality to refugees who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain or Buddhist, but not MuslimThe Indian government has enacted a divisive citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, just weeks bef…
Read MoreThousands 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…
Read MoreOn his 4,000-mile march across the country, congressman tells voters to wake up to the vast gulf between them and the richHis voice hoarse from all the speeches he had made during his 4,000-mile march across the breadth of India, Rahul Gandhi urged peo…
Read MoreJunior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from Google’s AI platform suggesting that some experts believe the policies of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, polices to be “fascis…
Read MoreThe inauguration of the temple erased divisions between politics and religion in a theoretically secular stateMonday’s inauguration of the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was a moment decades in the making. Yet it al…
Read MoreIndia’s prime minister inaugurated a new temple at the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque that was torn down by a mob of Hindu nationalists. Babri Masjid was destroyed in 1992 during a rampage that killed 17 people in the city of Ayodhya. The new…
Read MoreBuilt on the site of a razed mosque, the Ram temple represents the culmination of the Hindu right’s century-long projectMukul Kesavan is a writer based in DelhiThe inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the small north Indian city that Hindus belie…
Read MoreNarendra Modi hails controversial opening as fulfilment of ‘dream that many have cherished for years’More than three decades after a mob of militant Hindu radicals razed a mosque to the ground in the Indian town of Ayodhya, the country’s prime minister…
Read MoreModi government’s consecration of Ram Mandir on eve of elections denounced by oppositionAmid the deafening roar of construction and exuberant cries of visiting devotees, the outlines of India’s largest Hindu temple are gradually emerging.For now, Ram M…
Read MoreMaldivian envoy summoned and flights suspended after insults about Indian PM’s visit to Lakshadweep islandsA row has erupted between India and the Maldives after the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited the Indian islands of Lakshadweep to pro…
Read MoreConcerns 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…
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