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Voters queue at a polling station to cast their votes in Shabazpur Dor village, in Amroha district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 17, 2014. (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

India holds biggest day of voting with Hindu nationalists gaining strength

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 17, 2014 | World

Bangalore, Reuters—India held the biggest day of its mammoth general election on Thursday, with a quarter of its 815 million-strong electorate eligible to vote during a week of fresh blows for the ruling Congress party and gains for the Hindu nationalist opposition....

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Muslim women, who were displaced by deadly religious strife last year, stand in a queue to cast their votes for the general election at a polling station in Palra village in Muzaffarnagar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 10, 2014. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)

As riot-hit Indian region votes, religious divide favors Hindu leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2014 | World

Muzaffarnagar, Reuters—Manoj Balyan wants Narendra Modi to become India’s next prime minister when results of a general election are released next month, and not because of the pro-business opposition leader’s record as a credible economic manager....

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Indian voters wait in queues to cast their votes during the first phase of elections in Dibrugarh, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, Monday, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India begins world’s largest election

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2014 | World

Gauhati, AP—India started the world’s largest election on Monday, with voters in the remote northeast making their way past lush rice paddies and over rickety bamboo bridges to reach the polls. Most parties were campaigning on promises of economic growth. The...