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India Kashmir leader dies

India's Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dies after a brief illness, aged 79.
7 January 2016, 05:01 AM

BJP thrashed in Bihar

The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...
15 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Proposed India-Pakistan series could yet see the light of the day

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not completely ruled out the series against Pakistan in December even as uncertainty continues on the issue.
10 November 2015, 06:13 AM

Modi’s BJP defeated in Bihar polls

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.
8 November 2015, 08:13 AM

Delhi 'beef raid' on Kerala government canteen causes outrage

The canteen of a Delhi guesthouse belonging to the southern Indian state of Kerala was visited by police after a right-wing Hindu group complained it had beef on its menu.
27 October 2015, 07:28 AM

Shiv Sena attack derails India-Pakistan cricket talks

A meeting between India and Pakistan's cricket board chiefs in Mumbai has been cancelled after a protest by far-right Hindu nationalists.
19 October 2015, 09:34 AM

BJP warns leaders over beef remarks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "angry" with party leaders who made incendiary statements in the aftermath of the Dadri killing over beef rumours.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

India BJP leader says Muslims should stop eating beef

A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.
16 October 2015, 07:47 AM

Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
15 October 2015, 06:18 AM

WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE

The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

The hardliners behind India Prime Minister Narendra Modi

An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
13 October 2015, 06:37 AM

Reservations sans development

Leaders of different communities had so much confidence in the fairness of the country, when it won freedom, that none of them wanted reservations.
29 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Has Modi lost the plot?

Has India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lost the plot?
5 August 2015, 14:58 PM

Hema Malini blames father of child killed in car accident

In tweets today, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini blames the child's father for not following traffic rules.
8 July 2015, 07:11 AM

Honour to Vajpayee great pride for India: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it is a matter of great pride for India to receive BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s award for his contribution in Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
7 June 2015, 06:38 AM

Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan

Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.
7 June 2015, 03:57 AM

BJP ally threatens agitation against beef meat ban

After protests by farmers and beef traders, the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra of India now faces protests against the beef ban by an ally, RPI(A).
21 May 2015, 05:54 AM

BJP, RSS leaders discuss LBA with Bangladesh

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brass met at the residence of party chief Amit Shah to discuss matters related to Assam, including the contentious Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh.
5 May 2015, 06:15 AM

NGOs and agrarian crises

That the BJP is tilting towards the Hindu ideology is unfortunate, to say the least. But that does not mean those who are fighting against parochialism to underline the secular spirit of our constitution should be getting the wrong end of the stick.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

When the dead speaks to you

THE suicide of Gajendra Singh last Wednesday at a political rally in New Delhi organised by Aam Aadmi Party casts a shadow over India's democracy and development.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM