The BJP directly won only one of India’s four 2026 state elections, yet a wider political reorganisation may have brought its alliance closer to a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha ...

A major political confrontation is intensifying over the Election Commission as the opposition, led by the Congress, has ...

New Delhi, India – It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern city of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia community, was on the boil. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a stalwart of India’s then-ruling ...

India, the world’s largest democracy, faces the monumental task of conducting elections for a staggering electorate of over 1 billion voters. To put this into perspective, India’s voter base is almost ...

These words were posted online on May 16 by 30-year-old Abhijeet Dipke, an Indian political communication strategist studying at Boston University in the US. He was responding to a comment from ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Indian political parties are increasingly targeting women voters with fiscally draining handouts of cash around the time of elections to counter wider worries about ...

When India’s top court banned a controversial scheme in February 2024 that allowed individuals and corporates to make anonymous donations to political parties through opaque electoral bonds, many ...

How an increasing number of Hindu politicians in America might threaten religious freedom in India. This year’s elections will not put a Hindu in the White House, but the 2024 campaign has highlighted ...

High drama erupted in the small hours of a suspense-filled January day in Kolkata. Masked officers of the Enforcement Directorate swept into the glossy offices of I-PAC (Indian Political Action ...