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A supporter wears a t-shirt with a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India’s next prime minister Narendra Modi as he dances with others outside the BJP party in New Delhi, on Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Modi wins India’s election with a landslide, partial results show

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....

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Indian security personnel are pictured as villagers look on following an overnight attack by suspected tribal militants on a village in Kokrajhar, in India’s northeastern state of Assam, on May 2, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/STR)

Eleven Muslims killed in sectarian attacks in India’s Assam

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...

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India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, addresses his supporters during a campaign rally at Balasore, 124 miles (200 kilometers) from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, on April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

Narendra Modi: A Study in Polarization

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...

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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...