HOW THE BABRI MOSQUE DESTRUCTION SHAPED INDIA

The BBC's former India correspondent, Mark Tully, traces the rise of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party BJP since that event... READ MORE›

INTERNET SHUTDOWNS RAISE FREE SPEECH CONCERNS IN INDIA

An increase in internet shutdowns since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014 has raised questions about online rights under his Bharatiya Janata Party BJP ... READ MORE›

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BJP 'TARGETED' BOLLYWOOD STAR KHAN FOR CRITICAL REMARKS

However, Manohar Parrikar, India's defence minister and a senior BJP leader, suggested at a public function later that Khan was taught a lesson... READ MORE›

17 INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN ATTACK ON KASHMIR BASE

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned what he called the cowardly terror attack ... READ MORE›

ATTACKS ON INDIA'S MINORITY MUSLIMS BY HINDU VIGILANTES MOUNT

India is experiencing an uptick of self-styled Hindu groups attacking Muslims, especially with the rise of Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party... READ MORE›

INDIAN ARMY SUFFERS WORST LOSS IN YEARS TO MILITANTS, AS 17 SOLDIERS DIE IN KASHMIR

It was the largest number of casualties suffered by the Indian army in a single Kashmir attack in more than two decades... READ MORE›

PM MODI'S PARTY TAKES FIRM LEAD IN STATE ELECTIONS

Victory for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh would boost his chances of winning the 2019 general election... READ MORE›

DELHI VOTES IN FIRST REAL TEST FOR MODI

Related Stories Voting is under way in Delhi in state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity... READ MORE›

INDIA BLOCKS 857 PORNOGRAPHY WEBSITES DEFYING SUPREME COURT DECISION

Adding to the confusion, the government acted just weeks after India's Supreme Court declined a request to block access to online pornography... READ MORE›

HINDU MOB KILLS MUSLIM MAN AFTER RUMOURS HE WAS EATING BEEF

A group of about 60 beat Mohammad Akhlaq with sticks and bricks and left son with severe injuries in Bisara, India... READ MORE›

INDIA TO CHANGE ITS DECADES-OLD RELIANCE ON FEMALE STERILIZATION

And it is Mr. Modi's socially conservative Bharatiya Janata Party that has broken with decades of resistance to injectables... READ MORE›

NARENDRA MODI: FROM INTERNATIONAL PARIAH TO THE G20'S POLITICAL ROCK STAR

Photograph Dan Peled AAP For a decade, Narendra Modi was an international political pariah... READ MORE›

INDIA AND PAKISTAN WARN EACH OTHER OVER ATTACKS

Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said his country would respond befittingly to Indian aggression but it did not want confrontation... READ MORE›

MOB KILLING OF INDIAN MUSLIM OVER BEEF RUMOR SPARKS ONLINE BACKLASH

Last week's killing of a Muslim farmer by a Hindu mob over rumors of eating beef has polarized Indians... READ MORE›

INDIAN PM MODI SAYS PAKISTAN 'A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS'

India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents and pushing them into the Indian portion of Kashmir to attack government forces and other targets... READ MORE›

TWO TRAINS DERAIL IN INDIA KILLING DOZENS

Manoj Sinha, a government railway official, said more than 400 yards of track had been damaged by the flooding... READ MORE›

INDIA'S NEW PRESIDENT ROSE FROM POVERTY TO HIGH OFFICE

NEW DELHI -- A few weeks ago, relatively few people in India had heard of Ram Nath Kovind... READ MORE›

VISITING US INDIAS LEADER CONDEMNS GLOBAL TERRORISM

Mr. Modi was the fifth Indian prime minister to address Congress, and the appearance represents a turnaround in his acceptance within the United States... READ MORE›

INDIA RETRACTS PROPOSAL ON ENCRYPTION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA DATA AFTER OUTCRY

Our prime minister believes in absolute freedom on social media... READ MORE›

AFTER A MUSLIM IS BEATEN TO DEATH FOR EATING MEAT, INDIAS MODI CALLS FOR HARMONY

After a Muslim is beaten to death for eating meat, Indias Modi calls for harmony... READ MORE›

INDIA CRACKS DOWN ON SLAUGHTER OF SACRED COWS

Authorities are still investigating the alleged murder, which includes the son of a local Bharatiya Janata Party politician as a prime suspect... READ MORE›

CATTLE BECOME A TRIGGER FOR SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN INDIA

Two weeks later, a mob in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh clashed with the police after a rumor spread that a cow had been slaughtered... READ MORE›

DEADLY TRAIN CRASH IN INDIA AS TWO EXPRESS SERVICES DERAIL AT BRIDGE

Multiple deaths were reported and rescue efforts were continuing after two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a river bridge in central India... READ MORE›

17 INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED BY MILITANTS IN KASHMIR

India's home minister, Rajnath Singh, in a series of pointed comments on Twitter, appeared to accuse Pakistan of being behind the attack... READ MORE›

Militants in India's northeastern state of Assam killed at least 56 people, firing indiscriminately in remote tribal villages on Tuesday... READ MORE›

INDIA'S 'SURGICAL STRIKE' ON PAKISTAN TERRITORY HINTS AT NEW ERA FOR NUCLEAR-ARMED RIVALS

Pakistan, meanwhile, said Indian forces did not cross the line and instead shelled border posts, killing two Pakistani soldiers... READ MORE›

MODI SEES ELECTION DANGER IN INDIA'S 'DALIT QUEEN'

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party BJP swept Uttar Pradesh, home to 200 million people, in the 2014 general election, handing him the biggest parliamentary majority in three decades... READ MORE›

INDIANS CONVERGE TO HONOR LATE PRESIDENT

Abdul Kalam, a former president of India and the man credited with numerous scientific advances in the nation, including the development of nuclear weaponry... READ MORE›

STATE ELECTION IN INDIA DELIVERS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO MODIS POPULARITY

A coalition led by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won 58 of the 243 seats in the Bihar legislative assembly... READ MORE›

BJP LANDSLIDE IN UTTAR PRADESH A BOOST FOR INDIA PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party's emphatic victory in the country's most populous state is being seen as a broad endorsement of Modi's policies... READ MORE›

INDIA TO 'DIVERT RIVERS' TO TACKLE DROUGHT

India has faced a water crisis for years... READ MORE›

INDIAN DROUGHT 'AFFECTING 330 MILLION PEOPLE' AFTER TWO WEAK MONSOONS

We had never recorded such high temperatures in these months in more than 100 years, said PK Mohapatra, the special relief commissioner in Orissa state... READ MORE›