Women cast their ballot to vote at a polling station in the first phase of India’s general election in Kairana, Shamli district, in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on April 19, 2024. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

Hindu nationalist Modi the favourite as India votes

  • April 19, 2024
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India began voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines….

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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden, right, shake hands next to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Pool)

Biden, Modi and G20 allies unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe

  • September 11, 2023
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NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an…

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A security force personnel stands guard next to a hoarding decorated with flowers on a pavement ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Biden, Modi discuss rail deal, democracy as U.S. press sidelined

  • September 9, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke for nearly an hour on Friday about joint plans on technology, infrastructure and the importance of a healthy democracy,…

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French President Emmanuel Macron greets India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Macron awards India’s visiting Modi top France honour

  • July 14, 2023
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France’s president has awarded the country’s top honour to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the presidency said on Friday ahead of Bastille Day celebrations where he is the featured guest….

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US First Lady Jill Biden, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden wave from the Truman Balcony during a welcoming ceremony for Modi at the White House © ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

With an eye toward China, Biden goes all-in for Modi

  • June 24, 2023
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Laser-focused on countering China, US President Joe Biden has embraced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has few other world leaders, casting aside any concerns about the Hindu nationalist’s…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga to mark International Day of Yoga in Dehradun, India, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Living la vida yoga: India’s Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day

  • June 20, 2023
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India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day on Wednesday…

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(File) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)

Indonesia summons India envoy over ‘derogatory’ Prophet remarks

  • June 7, 2022
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Indonesia has summoned India’s envoy in Jakarta over “derogatory” remarks made about the Prophet Mohammed by two officials of the South Asian country’s ruling party, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The move by the most populous Muslim-majority country came after…

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Smoke billows from a chimney of an electric crematorium as burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen at a crematorium in Bhopal on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Gagan NAYAR / AFP)

India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as virus ‘swallows people’

  • April 25, 2021
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For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections, spurred by an insidious new variant that emerged here. The surge has undermined…

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In this picture taken on February 12, 2021 smoke billows from the remains of a firecracker factory near Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu state, following an explosion on February 12 that killed at least 19 people and hurt dozens. (Photo by – / AFP)

19 killed in firecracker factory blast in India

  • February 13, 2021
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At least 19 people were killed and dozens hurt in a blast at a firecracker factory in India, authorities said Saturday. The blast on Friday afternoon in Virudhunagar district was…

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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the ‘Namaste Trump’ event at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, in Ahmedabad, India on Monday. US First Lady Melania Trump also attended the event.

Trump’s India visit prioritizes pageantry over policy

  • February 25, 2020
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AHMEDABAD, INDIA (AP) — Prioritizing pageantry over policy, President Donald Trump basked in India’s welcoming embrace on a day that featured a mega-rally with cheering crowds, a mutual admiration show…

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