Press censorship and increasing disinformation on social media may have led to the widespread perception that India’s image has improved, the report said.
How has India changed for the country’s largest minority community since 2014?
Indian PM Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third term after a decade in power.
In recent campaign rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called Muslims "infiltrators" and said they "have too many children," referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the aim of outnumbering Hindus in India.
Police investigate India's ruling BJP over a video the opposition say is anti-Muslim.
ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to Kanyakumari is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines. The 22-car Thirukkural Express is a microcosm of India, carrying passengers from different castes and religions and with wide-ranging ambitions []
The third round of voting kicks off as Prime Minister Narendra Modi steps up incendiary speeches targeting the Muslim minority.
While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third termIt wasn’t even the real wedding, just the pre-wedding party. But that didn’t stop India’s richest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, whose son is set to marry the daughter of a millionaire, from throwing an affair so ostentatious that no one could question just how wealthy they are.The pop star Rihanna was paid about $8m to perform. The catering alone cost $25m and...
Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority.
Shafaqna English- BJP candidate, Kompella Madhavi Latha, contesting from Hyderabad in southern India, has been seen in a video checking the identity cards of burqa-clad Muslim women and forcing them to remove their veil at a polling booth. Officials said a case of intimidation and poll code violation could be
For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical waysLate one night in November 2005, a small group of plain-clothed police officers pulled over a bus in western India. They escorted off a man named Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was joined on the side of the road by his wife, Kausar. Sheikh and Kausar were put into separate police cars and driven 600 miles away,...
Ambani and Adani, two of Asia’s richest men, are said to enjoy close ties to the prime minister