Former Indian PM Vajpayee dies at 93Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Indian Prime Minister and one of the founding members of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently governs the country, died on Thursday at the age of 93 at New Delhi's AIIMS hospita More… |
India's ruling party pulls out of Kashmir allianceThe chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has resigned after the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit a coalition with her party, reported BBC. The BJP said the three-year a More… |
Modi's party wins big in crucial India pollsIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won handsomely in an election in his home state Gujarat and has snatched power from rival Congress from the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, reported BBC. More… |
Modi's party surges to power in India's key state pollsPrime Minister Narendra Modi has swept to victory in a key state election with a resounding win that will allow his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to push forward with its economic reform agenda and enter the national polls in 2019 as favourites. More… |
Modi's party surges to power in India's key state pollsPrime Minister Narendra Modi has swept to victory in a key state election with a resounding win that will allow his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to push forward with its economic reform agenda and enter the national polls in 2019 as favourites. More… |
Modi on course to win, say India exit pollsHindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India's next prime minister, exit polls showed on Monday, with his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies forecast to sweep to a parliamentary majority in the world's biggest ever ele More… |
India's opposition could clinch election winIndia's main opposition party of prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi and its allies are set to emerge as the biggest group in an election beginning on Monday, heralding the end of a 10-year reign of the ruling party, two opinion polls sh More… |
India's Modi widens lead in opinion pollOpposition leader Narendra Modi has widened his lead as candidate to become India's prime minister and his Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to emerge as the single largest party in coming elections, according to a new opinion poll. More… |
Ruling Congress party punished in India pollsThe Congress party was headed for a bruising defeat in key state elections, including in the capital, early results showed on Sunday, underlining the struggle it will face to cling to power in a national election due by May. Congr More… |
13 injured in Bangalore blastThirteen people, including eight policemen, have been injured in an explosion near the office of a political party in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police were quoted as saying. Police More… |