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A polling officer set up a polling booth ahead of the second phase of the general elections, at a village in Barmer in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lok Sabha polls 2024 | 1,202 candidates in fray in phase 2The stage ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Janjgir-Champa district, Chhattisgarh, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. As PM Modi targets Congress, phase 2 campaign ends on a sour notePrime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial speech on the Congress party’s plans to “redistribute wealth” was the highlight ...

Dias’ experience, and that of French journalist Vanessa Dougnac recently, has raised concerns that India was targeting the media for certain reports that crossed the authorities.At least 30 foreign journalists wrote an open letter on Tuesday protesting against what they saw as increased restrictions on visas and journalism permits, ...

President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma Bhushan on Sitaram Jindal during Padma Awards 2024 ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Monday, April 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Ram Naik conferred Padma awardsFormer Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup ...

Walter Ladwig, a senior international-relations lecturer at King’s College London, called the missile sale a “very interesting development” given India’s traditional lack of a strong relationship with the Philippines.“This is part of a clear push by India to expand its defence cooperation with Southeast Asian countries beyond its usual ...

“I know a lot of people that were impacted in some way,” she said. “I feel like this has burst Australia’s bubble a bit.”Paul Inggall, 50, said he had been at Bondi Junction in the morning hours before the attack.“These things don’t happen often in Australia but when they ...

India and Pakistan have clashed over control of Kashmir for decades, with three wars fought over the region. Like Misbah’s husband, many other Kashmiri youths also received weapons training after moving to Pakistan during the insurgency. Some militants did not return and settled in Pakistan, marrying locals.In 2010, Indian ...

A view of a polling station that was damaged by a crowd during the first phase of the general election, in Khurai in Imphal East, Manipur, India, April 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Election Commission orders re-polling in 11 Manipur booths on April 22The Election Commission of India has declared ...

“Both sides are looking for more communications,” said a second diplomatic source, who also confirmed that Koehler would attend.This comes just four days after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun. Tuesday’s video conference was the first US-China exchange at the defence chief ...

Five Japanese nationals in Pakistan escaped unhurt on Friday from a suicide bomb attack on their vehicle as police shot down a gunman accompanying the bomber, a police spokesperson said, but two bystanders were among the three injured.Islamist militants seeking to overthrow the government and set up their own ...