Tag: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

A former arch-rival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aligned with the Hindu nationalist leader on Thursday to form a ...

The leader of India's eastern Bihar state resigned from his post on Wednesday in a surprise move widely expected to ...

Indian lawmakers voted Monday to pick the country's president, who is certain to come from the lowest Dalit caste, in ...

India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as "untouchables" ...

India's top court on Tuesday stayed a nationwide ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of ...

Militants killed six Hindu pilgrims and wounded 14 others Monday in Indian-administered Kashmir, police told AFP, after their bus came ...

In a crowded hospital in Kashmir a 17-year-old student is recovering from gunshot wounds, one of thousands of civilians injured ...

A government minister was mocked on social media for urinating in public despite the prime minister's flagship public hygiene drive ...

Authorities in a deeply conservative Indian state were accused Wednesday of reinforcing entrenched gender discrimination after describing veiled women as ...

Opposition parties Thursday picked a former parliament speaker from India's lowest Dalit caste as their presidential candidate, pitting her against ...

Yoga has connected the world with India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday, as he rolled out his mat along ...

Pregnant women in India are being advised to stay away from meat, eggs and lust -- drawing derision from health ...

Indian police on Thursday briefly arrested leading opposition figure Rahul Gandhi as he tried to reach farmers striking in Madhya ...

Arundhati Roy's eagerly-awaited second novel goes on sale Tuesday, two decades after her prize-winning debut "The God of Small Things" ...

A ban on trading cattle for slaughter has been temporarily suspended by the Madras High Court, dealing the first legal ...

An Indian court Tuesday temporarily suspended a ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of cattle ...

An Indian court Tuesday charged a minister and two senior leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party with criminal conspiracy ...

Indian exporters were scrambling Tuesday to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would arrive despite a ...

Authorities in north India have blocked mobile internet services, arrested 24 people and suspended senior officials after clashes between castes ...

India's top court Monday ordered that a key opposition leader and influential former minister stand trial on historic corruption charges ...