Tag: Indian Elections 2019
India’s marathon vote ends, Modi on tenterhooks over second term
KOLKATA: Voting ended Sunday in India's most acrimonious election in decades that will decide whether Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets a second...
Modi casts vote on India’s ‘Super Tuesday’
AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote on India's "Super Tuesday" when the biggest number of seats are decided in the country´s marathon...
Indian man chops off finger after mistakenly voting for BJP
NEW DELHI: A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporter chopped off his finger in Bulandshahr constituency, India after mistakenly voting for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
According...
India holds new vote amid violence and protests
NEW DELHI: Millions of voters across India cast ballots in the second round of the world's biggest election Thursday amid violence and protests that highlighted...
Security shutdowns, patrols as tense IoK prepares to vote
SRINAGAR: Indian security forces shut down roads and stepped up patrols Wednesday in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), a day before voters in the region go...
India cancels polls in southern region over ‘attempted vote-buying’
--Polls have been delayed by five days in parts of northeastern state of Tripura over security fears
NEW DELHI: Indian election authorities have cancelled voting in...
Top Indian court questions election body on action hate speech during...
Upset over a series of violations of model code of conduct, the Supreme Court pulled up the Election Commission of India and asked a...
Complete shutdown in occupied Kashmir against Indian elections
--Over two dozen Kashmiri prisoners shifted to Haryana jail
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, routine life remained crippled on Thursday due to complete shutdown against the holding...
India’s giant election gets underway with voting in first of seven...
GHAZIABAD: Indians began voting on Thursday in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi gunning for a second...
Over 200 Indian writers urge people to vote out hatemonger BJP
ISLAMABAD: Over 200 prominent Indian writers including Arundhati Roy have signed a joint petition against the politics of hate being pursued by Bharatiya Janata Party...
India scion Priyanka Gandhi lambasts Modi on home turf
NEW DELHI: The newest star in India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty wrapped up a pre-election boat tour along the Ganges river on Wednesday, disembarking in Narendra...
Economists sound warning over India data ahead of poll
NEW DELHI: A group of more than 100 experts sounded a pre-election alarm Friday over Indian economic data, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of...
PM Modi urges celebrities to ‘inspire’ voters in 29-tweet pre-election blitz
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an early-morning Twitter blitz on Wednesday calling directly on Bollywood and sports stars and others to urge Indians...
Jobless millions to haunt India election
NEW DELHI: Vishal Chowdhary is young, bright and armed with an MBA. But he has spent two years struggling to find work in India's...
India announces general election for April-May
--BJP's Narendra Modi runs for 2nd term against Congress scion Rahul Gandhi as tensions between India and Pakistan persist
--Modi urges fellow Indians to 'enrich'...
India’s Modi stares at biggest election loss since coming to power
India’s ruling party could lose power in three key states, four TV networks said on Tuesday, citing vote count leads, potentially handing Prime Minister...
Indian town warns Modi over unemployment ahead of 2019 polls
KASBA BONLI: Rakesh Kumar has a post-graduate degree but works as a house painter in the small town of Kasba Bonli in northwestern India.
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