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  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Marietje Schaake
    When it comes to AI and democracy, we cannot be careful enough

    Without adequate precautions, next year’s elections could descend into chaos

    An election official registers a voter at a polling station in India
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘The credit will go to Modi’: India’s PM seeks G20 boost in upcoming elections

    Ruling Bharatiya Janata party exploits global spotlight to kick off campaign for regional and national polls

    India’s prime minister Narendra Modi waves to media representatives during the G20 summit in New Delhi
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Indian politics & policy
    Indian opposition parties join forces to take on Modi

    Rare show of unity aims to unseat prime minister in next year’s election

    Mamata Banerjee, leader of the All India Trinamool Congress, speaks at a meeting of Indian opposition parties in Bengaluru on Tuesday
  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    Indian politics & policy
    Modi’s BJP concedes crucial state election in rare poll setback

    Indian prime minister’s ruling party loses control of Karnataka a year ahead of national poll

    Congress supporters celebrate their party’s victory in Karnataka
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    News in-depth
    Modi battles to retain India’s prized southern tech hub in local poll

    Opposition party trumpets unemployment and alleged corruption in Karnataka ahead of national elections next year

    Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Bengaluru on Sunday
  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    India’s democratic backsliding

    Decline of political freedoms under Narendra Modi is tragic for the country and the world

    Narendra Modi greets crowds of supporters as they shower him in rose petals
  • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
    Global InsightJohn Reed
    Modi will struggle to cage the Gandhi dynasty

    The defenestration of India’s most prominent opposition leader could backfire for the ruling BJP

    A mural in Chennai depicts the Congress party’s   Rahul Gandhi
  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    India’s creeping clampdown on free expression

    The raids on the BBC are part of a troubling global picture for media rights

    A police officer stands outside the BBC office in New Delhi. Reporters Without Borders said the raids bore ‘all the hallmarks of a reprisal’
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    News in-depthAdani Group
    Indian PM Narendra Modi’s opponents seize on Adani Group woes

    Opposition targets country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party over crisis at conglomerate run by leader’s ally

    Demonstrators wave posters while clinging to the gates of the Life Insurance Corporation office during a protest in New Delhi, India
  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Modi trots out nationalist rhetoric ahead of high-stakes Gujarat election

    BJP under pressure in prime minister’s home state over alleged corruption and rising prices

    Supporters of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party hold portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
  • Saturday, 5 November, 2022
    Indian politics & policy
    Shock turns to anger over India bridge collapse

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for investigation into disaster in his home state that killed 135 people

    Rescue boats under the ruined Morbi bridge
  • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
    Pakistan
    Pakistan officials urge release of probe into donations to Imran Khan’s party

    Former PM’s party denies wrongdoing in dispute over alleged foreign funding

    A man watches televisions broadcasting live footage of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s then-prime minister, in Rawalpindi in April
  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Indian politics & policy
    Modi’s BJP teams up with rebels to reclaim power in India’s richest state

    Maharashtra represents significant political prize for ruling party ahead of 2024 general election

    Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, left, pictured in Mumbai on Thursday
  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Ruchir Sharma
    Modi’s wins show how the power of his personal story endures

    The mismatch between the BJP’s entrepreneurial drive and the elite entitlement of Congress is as glaring now as ever

    People stand on an Indian battle tank ‘Vijayanta’ installed at the airport circle, as they wait for the arrival of Narendra Modi at a rally in Ahmedabad last week
  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    Indian politics & policy
    Narendra Modi’s BJP sweeps to victory in Indian state elections

    Prime minister’s party wins four of five states including the country’s largest, Uttar Pradesh

    BJP supporters celebrate the election results outside the party’s offices in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday
  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Indian politicians brush off crime accusations in world’s largest democracy

    Rise of candidates facing serious charges including kidnap and murder alarms observers

    Supporters of the Samajwadi Party gather at a roadshow in Allahabad ahead of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections
  • Sunday, 2 May, 2021
    Indian politics & policy
    India’s ruling BJP suffers setback in state elections

    Failure in West Bengal despite aggressive campaign delivers rebuke of Modi’s pandemic leadership

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    Meta Platforms
    India summons Facebook over political hate speech controversy

    Company to defend itself before parliamentary committee over its handling of extremist political content

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A strong India cannot be built on religious division

    Narendra Modi should focus on jobs and economy, not polarisation

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    Citizenship law sparks fear and anger among India’s Muslims

    Critics say act is discriminatory and weakens country’s secular foundations

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
    Siddarth Shrikanth
    India’s student diaspora rises up against Modi crackdown

    Young are putting pressure on families back home to take a stand

    19 December 2019, India, Prayagraj: Police personnel detain a supporter of the Samajwadi Party during a protest against the Indian government citizenship amendment act. Photo: Amardeep/PTI/dpa
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2019
    India
    Modi castigates anti-government protesters as death toll rises

    India’s PM defends police officers and contentious citizenship bill amid clashes

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Clashes continued Sunday between Indian police and protesters angered by a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims, as Modi used the rally to defend the legislation, accusing the opposition of pushing the country into a "fear psychosis." (AP Photo)
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2019
    Indian politics & policy
    Death toll rises in India as protests over Modi’s rule intensify

    At least 15 people killed while anger rises against Modi’s agenda

    Indian students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University and locals participate in a protest demonstration against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. Critics have slammed the law as a violation of India's secular constitution and have called it the latest effort by the Narendra Modi government to marginalize the country's 200 million Muslims. Modi has defended the law as a humanitarian gesture. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Indian politics & policy
    Narendra Modi’s enforcer unmoved by backlash to citizenship law

    Amit Shah is dedicated to transforming India into a Hindu nation

    TOPSHOT - Indian left wing activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) shout slogans as they burn an effigy of India's Home Minister Amit Shah during a demonstration against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill in Siliguri on December 14, 2019. - Protests against a divisive new citizenship law raged on December 14 as Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India following days of violent clashes that have killed two people so far. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP) (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Stephanie Findlay
    Hindu nationalists see Ayodhya victory as just the start

    Millennials view the decision to build a temple on a contested holy site as a day of reckoning

    A Muslim boy dressed up as Babur Emperor poses as he holds a placard along with Muslims and members of Tamil ethnic group during a demonstration against the Supreme Court verdict awarded to Hindus on a disputed religious site of Ayodhya in Chennai on November 21, 2019. (Photo by ARUN SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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