Narendra Modi

India's Congress begins 3,500-km march against 'hate'

Opposition party members are holding the rally, dubbed "Unite India Rally", from Kanyakumari town on the southern tip of India and will try to reach northernmost city of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir in about 150 days.

World leaders congratulate next British PM Liz Truss

Congratulations sent from across the world after Liz Truss was elected as the Conservative Party's new leader, as she will take office Tuesday as Britain's new prime minister.

A silent invasion: How Hindutva infiltrated US politics

Organisations affiliated to India’s ruling BJP are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to mainstream a controversial political ideology that draws its strength from dehumanising and vilifying Muslims.

Fresh protests over release of 11 gang rapists by India

Demonstrators in several states protest against release of Hindu men convicted of gang raping a pregnant Muslim woman during 2002 Gujarat state violence.

Gang-raped Muslim woman 'numb' after India frees convicts

"The release of these convicts has taken from me my peace and shaken my faith in justice," says Bilkis Bano of 11 Hindu men convicted of 2002 crime and released by BJP-ruled western Gujarat state.

Rights groups decry release of convicts in gang rape, murder case in India

Eleven convicts in the 2002 riots case of gang rape survivor Bilkis Bano have been released from jail after authorities approved their appeal for "remission of sentence".

PM Modi's party loses crucial Indian state after ally switches sides

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, from the regional Janata Dal (United) party, resigns after his party colleagues recommended leaving the coalition with Bharatiya Janata Party.

Indian parliament begins voting for new president

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nominated candidate Draupadi Murmu is in the lead for the mainly ceremonial role, with results set to be announced later this week.

Unrest over India's military hiring system turns deadly

At least one person has been killed in protests against a new military hiring process that seeks to bring in recruits between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 for a four-year tenure at non-officer ranks.

Violent protests erupt in India over short-term military jobs

Under the new job programme, the armed forces can recruit 46,000 young men and women for four years, 75 percent of them will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits.

India urged to stop 'selective and vicious' crackdown on Muslim protesters

India's cracking down on protesters with excessive use of force, arbitrary detention and punitive house demolitions is in complete violation of international human rights law and standards, human rights organisation Amnesty International says.

India bulldozes homes of Muslim families amid anger over anti-Islam remarks

Authorities in northern Uttar Pradesh state arrest more than 300 people and tear down several houses belonging to Muslims in connection with unrest over insulting remarks made by members of ruling BJP about Prophet Muhammad and his wife Ayesha.