Narendra Modi
Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after autonomy is stripped
World
August 5, 2020
Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after autonomy is stripped
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities enforced security restrictions in many parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, a year after New…
Indian PM lays foundation of temple at razed mosque site
World
August 5, 2020
Indian PM lays foundation of temple at razed mosque site
AYODHYA, India (AP) — Despite the coronavirus restricting a large crowd, Hindus rejoiced as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke…
India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears
World
August 4, 2020
India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For almost a century, no outsider was allowed to buy land and property in Indian-controlled Kashmir.…
China accuses India of targeting Chinese imports after clash
World
July 2, 2020
China accuses India of targeting Chinese imports after clash
BEIJING (AP) — China accused India on Thursday of improperly disrupting activities by Chinese companies in the midst of tensions…
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
Features/Interviews
April 17, 2020
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
The street peddler watched the prime minister’s speech on a battered TV, with her family of five crowded around her…
India extends world’s biggest virus lockdown
World
April 14, 2020
India extends world’s biggest virus lockdown
India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, which covers 1.3 billion people, will be extended until at least…
Critics of India’s Modi government face sedition charges
World
March 6, 2020
Critics of India’s Modi government face sedition charges
NEW DELHI (AP) — Sharjeel Imam was a little-known research scholar and a student activist until Indian police launched a…
Italian tourists in India quarantined with coronavirus
World
March 4, 2020
Italian tourists in India quarantined with coronavirus
A group of Italian tourists were under quarantine in India Wednesday, with 16 testing positive for the new coronavirus, prompting…
Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots
World
February 28, 2020
Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities for months in anger that…
Sporadic violence in Delhi as death toll hits 32
World
February 27, 2020
Sporadic violence in Delhi as death toll hits 32
Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streets littered with the debris of days of sectarian riots…