by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2014 | World
New Delhi, Reuters—Opposition candidate Narendra Modi will be the next prime minister of India, with counting trends showing the pro-business Hindu nationalist and his party headed for the most resounding election victory the country has seen in thirty years....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2014 | World
Guwahati, Reuters—Suspected tribal rebels have shot dead 11 Muslims in attacks in India’s northeasterly tea-growing state of Assam, where tension has run high during a drawn-out general election, officials said on Friday. Police said they suspected militants...
by Sunny Peter | Apr 13, 2014 | Features
Mumbai, Asharq Al-Awsat—As India’s 800-million-plus voters began the six-week process of electing the country’s next government on Monday, one name was on the lips of every journalist, diplomat and political analyst: Narendra Damodardas Modi. A radical with an...
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....
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...
