Little-known political parties are receiving millions in donations despite limited electoral activity.

The parties, known as Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs), are registered with Indian authorities but are not recognised as state or national parties ...

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 ...

I am sitting at a McDonald's outlet. At the next table, I see two boys and a girl, probably in their late teens or early 20s, opening a box that contains a big birthday cake to celebrate. I take a ...

NEW DELHI, May 7 (Reuters) - India's main opposition Congress party drew increasingly strong backing from Muslim voters while Hindus overwhelmingly voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, ...

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Shakeela remembers being upbeat and hopeful that evening. As officials in Indian-administered Kashmir counted votes cast in the regional assembly election in ...

On May 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Indian Parliament, a triangle-shaped edifice of concrete and stone, in a grand ceremony suffused with religious symbolism. The swarm ...

Indian elections are no longer just battles between political parties. They are becoming contests between larger-than-life personalities — and no leader has reshaped this political culture more ...

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 ...