As an election nears, political strife between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition-held states is straining the federal formula that holds India together.
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India’s 2024 Multiphase Election: What to Know
India’s general elections will determine the political direction of the world’s most populous nation for the next five years.
Data Dump Exposes Links Between Money and Politics in India
Lists of donors and beneficiaries cast government contracts and police investigations in an unflattering new light.
India to Enforce Citizenship Law Criticized as Anti-Muslim
The law sparked lethal riots when it was passed. Now, after a four-year delay, it has come into force on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign.
The Maldives Is a Tiny Paradise. Why Are China and India Fighting Over It?
Asia’s two giants are crowding the island nation with building projects, tossing its newborn democracy to and fro.
India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Contentious Election Fund-Raising Tool
Judges found that government bonds used for anonymous political donations were unconstitutional.
‘It Is Suffocating’: A Top Liberal University Is Under Attack in India
A campaign to make the country an explicitly Hindu nation has had a chilling effect on left-leaning and secular institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Demolition of Muslim Properties Sets Off Deadly Violence in India
When officials arrived to raze a mosque and seminary ruled to be illegally located on public property, they encountered hundreds of protesters.
Lights! Camera! Modi! It’s a One-Man Show on Indian Television.
The grand opening of a temple in Ayodhya was both a religious ritual and a made-for-TV spectacle for a broadcast media co-opted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tuesday Briefing: North Korean Missiles in Ukraine
Plus, a “revolutionary” way to feed the world.