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India's Modi heads for victory but opposition stronger that expected

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies were heading for victory but with a reduced parliamentary majority, preliminary results showed on Tuesday. The country has emerged from a six-week-long election that saw 642 million people vote in seven stages.

Radio France Internationale

BJP Supporters Rally For Demolition Of Muslim Mosques In India

India grapples with religious tensions as BJP supporters advocate for mosque demolition, echoing past events.

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Modi-led alliance wins India's general election

The alliance led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a parliamentary majority, figures from the election commission showed late Tuesday.

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India election results 2024: Narendra Modi claims third term but projections show party unlikely to win outright majority – as it happened

Narendra Modi says India has placed its faith in the ruling coalition ‘for a third consecutive time’, as figures show his BJP party unlikely to secure an overall majority

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Modi: Tea Seller's Son Who Became India's Populist Hero

Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered India away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades.

International Business Times

Hanuman Bahuk: Tulsidas's powerful prayer which is said to heal diseases in Kaliyug

Medicine and faith go hand in hand for several people. While scientifically it is advised to undergo regular treatment and medical procedure, some people keep their hopes attached to the faith they follow. Hinduism preaches worshiping several deities and they are associated with curing ailments. Mythologies, stories and words of…

The Times of India

'The real stripes of the tiger are showing', analyst says as India's Modi heads for third term

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win a record-equalling third consecutive term in office on Tuesday when the 642 million votes cast in the world's largest election are counted. Ashley J. Tellis, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, tells FRANCE 24's Mark Owen that…

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Modi Eyes Triumph As India Counts Epic Vote

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was widely tipped to win India's election on Tuesday, in what would be a triumph for his Hindu nationalist drive that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights.

International Business Times

Oliver rips Modi praise amid crackdown

Oliver went in on India's growing Hindu nationalism, censorship and Modi's expected re-election

Salon

AP Photos: The world's largest elections come to a close in India

The 6-week-long election in India closed on Saturday. The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. Voters are choosing 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for a five-year term.

The Independent UK

India's Modi retreats to meditate as marathon election nears end

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is waiting out the last round of India's elections at a memorial to a Hindu spiritual leader, where he will remain in silent meditation as millions cast the final votes in polls he is expected to win.

Radio France Internationale

India enters last phase of election seen as referendum on Modi’s decade in power

A six-week-long national election in India that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power neared its end Saturday as the last phase of voting began.

France 24

Hindu Holy City Votes As India's Six-week Election Ends

India's six-week election reaches its final day of voting Saturday, including in the holy city Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used as a staging post for his Hindu nationalist agenda.

International Business Times

Punjab 2024: Is Amritpal Singh contesting just to get out of jail?

Four days before polling, only one face dominates political posters through Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib city. That face belongs to Amritpal Singh, whose visage is splashed across the Lok Sabha constituency of the same name. The separatist leader, currently lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam, is contesting as an independent candidate.

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The Guardian view on India’s election: Narendra Modi’s audacity of hate

Editorial: India’s prime minister encourages a belief in his divinity, leading followers to think it is God’s purpose to spread fear and loathing

The Independent UK

Bus crashes into gorge in India-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 21 people

Officials say a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded and rolled into a deep gorge on a mountainous highway in India-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 21 people

Newslaundry

Jobs, communal speeches, women’s safety: BHU students weigh Modi’s tenure, campus life

In this episode of Another Election Show from Varanasi, we sat with the students of the city’s Banaras Hindu University to talk about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s representation from the constituency, works of the central government and the local issues.

Newslaundry

Farm anger, temple cheer: Can Preneet Kaur hold Patiala fort for the BJP?

“The workers have no problem with whatever candidate is fielded by the BJP,” said Virendra Kumar Gupta. “But if the workers are being ignored, then that’s an issue.”

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A 700-year-old dargah, a tradition of inclusivity, and a threat: Urs at Haji Malang in Mumbai

Photographs by Shreya Shetty.

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The neighbourhood’s concerns: The China factor and the South Asian eye on India polls

Five countries in South Asia are electing new governments this year. Among them is India, which has been competing with China for a larger share of influence in the region.

The Times of India

Eknath Solkar's brother Anant passes away

MUMBAI: Anant Solkar, the younger brother of India's legendary cricketer Eknath Solkar, passed away at his residence in Bandra on Sunday at the age of 72. A talented off-spinning allrounder, Anant, popularly known as 'Anya' locally, was known to be a brilliant fielder and a talented cricketer like his elder…

France 24

Millions head to polls in penultimate round of India's grueling election

Millions of Indians are voting Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party.

Radio France Internationale

India's Hindu nationalists confident of victory as elections enter final stages

Even before India’s six-week general election has run its course, Hindu nationalists are confident the polls will result in a rare third term in office for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader Narendra Modi. But the opposition says the incumbents will face stiff competition in the final…

The Conversation

How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1.

The Conversation

How Modi is using TV, film and social media to sway voters in India’s election

As the world’s largest electorate goes to the polls in India, political parties are seeking to sway voters through popular culture, like film. Although cinema has long reflected and influenced the country’s political and social cultures, right now, Bollywood (and other Indian films) are a major boon to the current…

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