NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on Monday rushed through a presidential decree to scrap special status (Article 370) of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) in the most significant change in seven decades as promised in the manifesto by the Hindu-extremist party. The BJP also moved a ...

In India, protests were held in different cities after death of a 24-year-old Muslim by Hindu mob in Jharkhand state. Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi termed the lynching a "blot on humanity". Holding placards and chanting slogans against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime ...

The spike in attacks against Muslim minority in India under the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has alarmed the human rights groups. A Voice of America blog has highlighted the growing fear and insecurity among Muslims in India. The blog says the uptick in hate crimes has alarmed ...

NEW DELHI- Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a spiritual break Saturday as India’s acrimonious marathon election wound to a close after almost seven weeks awash with insults, violence and fake news. On the eve of the seventh and final day of voting in the world’s biggest ...

Clashes between followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and an opposition leader heightened tensions in the key Indian city of Kolkata today ahead of the final round of the country's hard-fought national election. Dozens of people were arrested in the street battles late last night that forced ...

In India, Congress president Rahul Gandhi says Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election manifesto is the voice of an isolated man, it is short sighted and arrogant. In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said BJP Manifesto was created in a closed room. BJP has made a string of promises, including expeditious ...

NEW DELHI:In India, more than 100 artists have urged the people not to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party for demonstrating Islamophobia and communal polarization in the country. In a statement, the visual artists have urged voters not the re-elect the Bharatiya Janata Party as it has created a ...

In India, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will scrap a decades-old law providing special rights to residents of Jammu & Kashmir state. According to the party’s election manifesto released today, Article 35A is an obstacle in the development of the ...

Over two hundred prominent Indian writers including Arundhati Roy have signed a joint petition against the politics of hate being pursued by Bharatiya Janata Party and have urged voters to defeat the BJP in upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India. In a joint petition posted on the website of Indian ...

Prominent defence and international affairs analysts say that Bharatiya Janata Party's government is responsible for promotion of jingoism, Hindu supremacy and ultra-nationalism in the Indian society. Speaking in Radio Pakistan's News and Current Affairs Channel program, they said that Modi-led ...