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(L-R) US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, US President Joe Biden, Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar listen as Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (on screen) speaks during a virtual meeting in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex 11 April 2022 in Washington, DC. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP

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Biden, Modi in 'candid' Ukraine war talks as Indian stance frustrates US

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  • Activists from Islamist groups clash with the police as they protest against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka on 26 March 2021. Picture: Munir Uz zaman/AFP

    Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests

    The violence, which began Friday at the main mosque in the capital Dhaka, spread to several key districts in the South Asian nation of 168 million, leaving five people dead and scores injured.

    501 days ago
  • FILE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was monitoring the relief operation. Picture: AFP

    Three dead, 150 missing in India river torrent disaster

    The massive burst of water tore through the Dhauliganga river valley, destroying everything in its path, videos taken by terrified residents showed.

    549 days ago
  • FILE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: GCIS.

    India's vaccine capacity will help 'all humanity': Modi

    India as the world's biggest vaccine maker will use its resources "for all humanity" in the battle against coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

    683 days ago
  • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a ceremony to thank the Union Council of Ministers for their contribution in India's general election at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on 21 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Twitter confirms account of India PM Modi's personal website hacked

    The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July.

    707 days ago
  • A file image of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: @narendramodi/Twitter

    Modi enjoys twin triumphs for India's Hindu nationalists

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took centre stage Wednesday at a ceremony laying the foundations for a temple at a flashpoint holy site exactly a year after imposing direct rule on Muslim-majority Kashmir - twin triumphs for his Hindu nationalist government.

    735 days ago
  • FILE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: AFP

    India's Modi urges citizens to stay alert to virus as lockdown eases

    India, with the world’s longest lockdown, is set to largely lift containment measures in June, except in high-risk zones.

    801 days ago
  • FILE: A security personnel stands guard on a street during a lockdown in Srinagar on 11 August 2019, after the Indian government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy. Picture: AFP

    Indian govt ends internet blackout in restive Kashmir

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government imposed a communications blackout in early August when it stripped the portion of Kashmir it controls - the country's only Muslim-majority region - of its partial autonomy.

    928 days ago
  • Members of the Central Trade Unions hold placards during a nationwide general strike called by trade unions aligned with opposition parties to protest the Indian government's economic policies in Hyderabad on 8 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    'Millions' strike in protest at Indian government policies

    Farmers and students joined some of the protests called by 10 trade unions who claim 250 million members between them.

    945 days ago
  • Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University stage a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in New Delhi on 13 December 2019. Picture: AFP

    Blindspot to backlash: India’s Modi and party misread the mood

    In Modi’s biggest challenge since taking office in 2014, hundreds of thousands have rallied against the law offering citizenship to immigrants from non-Muslim minorities who have fled Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

    959 days ago
  • Protesters gather at the Jama Masjid mosque at a demonstration against India’s new citizenship law in New Delhi on 20 December 2019. Picture: AFP

    Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine

    Three protesters were shot dead on Thursday, taking the death toll to nine in the wave of anger that is emerging as a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    964 days ago
  • Police face protesters gathered to demonstrate against India's new citizenship law in New Delhi on 17 December 2019. Picture: AFP

    Police and protesters clash in Indian capital over citizenship law

    Nationwide opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act - which offers a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan - has grown since last week, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government appears to have dug in its heels.

    967 days ago
  • Activists of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party take part in an anti-India protest march in Lahore on 5 August 2019, in reaction to the move by India to abolish Kashmir's special status. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan braces for protests against India moves in Kashmir

    On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist party rushed through a presidential decree to scrap the special status granted to the Indian-ruled part of Kashmir from India's constitution.

    1100 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump listens to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on 30 November 2018. Picture: AFP

    Fury in India as Trump claims Modi asked for Kashmir mediation

    India has disputed Kashmir with its neighbour since their independence in 1947. Both control parts of the former Himalayan kingdom, but claim it in its entirety.

    1114 days ago
  • Indian voters wait for start of voting at a polling booth in Mumbai on 29 April 2019. Voting began for the fourth phase of India's general parliamentary elections. Picture: AFP

    India awaits results from world's biggest election

    Exit polls had pointed to a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist government, but the opposition are clinging to hopes of a win.

    1176 days ago
  • A file image of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: @narendramodi/Twitter

    Modi's party confident after polls predict India election victory

    About 65% of India's 900 million-strong electorate turned out over the six weeks of voting, the election commission said.

    1178 days ago
  • A file image of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: @narendramodi/Twitter

    Anxious Indian Muslims fear Modi 2.0

    India, however, is also home to 170 million Muslims, the world's second-largest Muslim population, in the Hindu-majority but officially secular nation of 1.3 billion.

    1181 days ago
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays his ink-marked finger after casting his vote during the third phase of general elections at a polling station in Ahmedabad on 23 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    Indian PM Modi votes in 3rd phase of mammoth general election

    In all, 188 million voters are eligible to cast ballots in 117 constituencies during the day across 15 states and federally controlled territories. India’s parliament has 545 members.

    1205 days ago
  • Picture: Aminul Islam Bulbul/Unsplash

    India marks 100th anniversary of Amritsar massacre

    The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, as it is known in India, saw British troops fire on thousands of unarmed people in the northern city of Amritsar on the afternoon of 13 April, 1919.

    1215 days ago
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