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  • A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her index finger after casting her vote at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • A woman casts her vote at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • People stand in queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • A voter, right, arrives to check his name at an assistance booth set up by party workers as a candidate’s cut out photo is displayed on left during the Kerala state election in Kochi, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • People queue up to vote outside a polling booth during the Kerala state elections in Kochi, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026.
    People queue up to vote outside a polling booth during the Kerala state election in Kochi, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo: AP)

Key Indian states hold elections that will test reach of Modi’s party in opposition strongholds

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NEW DELHI, April 9, 2026 (AP) — Voters in India’s Assam and Kerala states and the federally administered region of Puducherry began casting ballots Thursday in local elections seen as a test of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. The elections pit the BJP and its regional allies against a

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India withdraws bid UN climate talks
Security personnel stand guard on the 'Kartavya Path' during a rehearsal ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 2, 2023. (Photo: Reuters)

India withdraws bid to host annual UN climate talks in 2028

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SINGAPORE, April 8 (Reuters) – India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations ​annual climate Conference Of the ‌Parties (COP33) in 2028, two government officials familiar with the matter told Reuters. India communicated its ​decision to not host the ​conference this month, the officials said, ⁠but it was not immediately clear ​why the

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Supreme Court of India (Photo: Reuters)

Indian transparency activists, journalists set for court fight over Modi’s privacy law

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NEW DELHI, March 20 (Reuters) – Transparency activists and journalists are taking the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to India’s top court ​over its new privacy law, arguing the legislation will have a “chilling” effect on journalism and enable officials to withhold information of ‌public interest. Four lawsuits are due to be heard in

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge

Clueless foreign policy or one-sided surrender?, asks Kharge on US interim trade deal

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New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday questioned the Modi government’s haste in falling into a ‘trap deal’ with the United States, asking why the government did not wait for the US Supreme Court’s judgment on tariffs. “Clueless foreign policy or one-sided surrender? Why did the Modi Government not wait for

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