India

Latest Stories

Kashmiri polling officials carry electronic voting machines and other election material on the eve of the second phase of India's general election outside a distribution center in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. With 900 million of India's 1.3 billion people registered to vote, the Indian national election is the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

India enters 2nd phase of elections with Kashmir in lockdown

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019, photo, Associated Press video journalist Vineeta Deepak sits for a photograph in New Delhi, India. The Associated Press on Wednesday named Deepak, an experienced video journalist and bedrock member of its Indian staff, as its South Asia News Director to lead coverage of a region stretching from the heights of the Himalayas to the tropics of the Indian Ocean. She will drive AP's multi-format reporting on the world's largest democracy as it exerts its influence abroad while grappling with rising nationalism and growing inequality at home. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Vineeta Deepak to lead AP’s coverage of South Asia region

Associated Press

In this April 10, 2019, photo, Indian election officials and paramilitary soldiers with election materials walk along the river Brahmaputra to board on a country boat on the eve of the first phase of general election in Majuli, Assam, India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Poll workers journey to reach India’s most remote voters

By AMRIT DHILLON - Associated Press

In this April 10, 2019, photo, election officials and paramilitary soldiers with election materials board on a country boat to cross the river Brahmaputra on the eve of the first phase of general election in Majuli, Assam, India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

AP Photos: Ballots reach Indians by boat, afoot, atop hills

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this in April 2, 2019, photo, United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, second left, sits with her son and Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi, second right, at the India National Congress party headquarters to release its manifesto for the upcoming general election, in New Delhi, India. Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi ruled the country for about a half a century cumulatively after India won independence from Britain in 1947. Rajiv Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi, is now the Congress party leader and a potential candidate for prime minister if the opposition can stitch an alliance to stop the Modi juggernaut. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Congress party chief files election nomination

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

Indian polling officials and police with electronic voting machines and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) sit inside a vehicle before heading to a polling station on the eve of the first phase of general election in Majuli, Assam, India, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Voting will take place in seven phases over six weeks beginning Thursday. Nearly 900 million people, including 15.9 million first-time voters, are eligible to cast ballots in the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

4 killed in Indian election violence as voting kicks off

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally continues to be more popular at the national level than any other leader, but local issues and personalities largely influence national elections. (Associated Press/File)

Narendra Modi campaigns on security in India elections

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury - Special to The Washington Times

Police: Indian Maoist rebels kill 5 before national election

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2018 file photo, bishop of the Indian city of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal, center, leaves after being questioned by police in Kochi, India. Indian authorities charged the Roman Catholic bishop on Tuesday with repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that helped make the sexual abuse of nuns a major issue in the church. (AP Photo/Prakash Elamakkara, File)

Indian bishop charged with repeatedly raping nun

Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2019, file photo, students from various organizations participate in a demonstration demanding more job opportunities in New Delhi, India. According to the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy, employment actually contracted in the year following demonetization by 3.5 million jobs. The think tank said unemployment reached 7.4 percent in December 2018, its highest rate in more than two years. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Jobs, castes and other issues in India’s general elections

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

From Left, Indian Foreign Minister Suushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah release BJP's manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 8, 2019. India's general elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases starting from April 11. Votes will be counted on May 23. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s ruling party releases manifesto days before election

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, right, greets Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on her birthday in Lucknow, India. Longtime political archrivals in India's most populous state have stitched an inventive political alliance that fuses votes from the ancient Hindu caste system to take on the ruling Hindu nationalist party-led government. (AP Photo/Nirala Tripathi)

India political rivals join hands in bid to top ruling party

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

In this March 19, 2019, photo, funeral pyres burn on the banks of river Ganges, in Varanasi, India. According to ancient practice, funeral pyres burn constantly, with the debris and ash shoveled into the river. In the Indian city considered the center of the Hindu universe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned a grand promenade connecting the sacred Ganges river with a centuries-old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

For India’s prime minister, symbolism is political strategy

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 photo, Hindu hardliners, one holding a sword, chant slogans against Muslim communities during a rally demanding a Hindu temple be built on a site in northern India where hardliners in 1992 had attacked and demolished a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh. Riots had left about 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

AP Photos: India’s sacred cow a symbol of rising nationalism

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

An Indian army soldier stands guard as an army convoy moves on a highway on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2019. Authorities in Indian portion of Kashmir have banned civilian traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway for two days in a week for the safe passage of Indian security force convoys. The move comes after the February 14 suicide bombing on a paramilitary convoy which killed more than 40 paramilitary personnel. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

India bans key highway in Kashmir for 2 days a week

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

An Indian boy plays an online game PUBG on his mobile phone in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 5, 2019. A boy’s suicide in India after his mother scolded him for playing the popular online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has inflamed a debate across the country over whether the game should be banned. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.)

India weighs ban on popular online game after deaths

By RISHABH R. JAIN and AMRIT DHILLON - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an election campaign rally of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 1, 2019. India's general elections will be held in seven phases starting April 11. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Narendra Modi puts legacy on line in India elections

By Siddhant Mohan and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

India declines comment on NASA’s anti-satellite criticism

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

An elderly supporter of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) smiles a he attends an election campaign rally addressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 1, 2019. India's general elections will be held in seven phases starting April 11. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India election body struggles with scale of fake information

By AMRIT DHILLON - Associated Press

Pakistan, India trade fire in disputed Kashmir: 7 people die

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press