INDIA ELECTIONS
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PM Modi’s party wins resounding victory in main stronghold
New Delhi, Dec 8 (EFE).- Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party closed the year with a resounding victory Thursday in…
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India PM Modi’s home state holds crucial local elections
New Delhi, Dec 1 (EFE).- India’s western Gujarat state, a stronghold of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP Hindu-nationalist party, began…
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Tribal woman Droupadi Murmu elected India’s new president
New Delhi, Jul 21 (EFE).- Indian politician and member of the Adivasi (tribal or indigenous) community, Droupadi Murmu, was on…
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Yogi: the controversial Hindu monk who could decide India’s future
By David Asta Alares Lucknow, India, Mar 7 (EFE).- Several men were dancing Monday at one of the major intersections…
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India’s Muslim minority votes to ‘survive’ as largest state holds elections
By David Asta Alares Lucknow, India, Mar 4 (EFE).- “As a minority, and especially as a besieged minority, the first…
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Woman decides to fight elections in India after rape of her daughter
By David Asta Alares Unnao, India, Feb 23 (EFE).- Asha Singh is contesting elections for the first time in her…
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Modi-led coalition wins India’s first regional poll since pandemic began
By Shubhomoy Chatterjee Patna, India, Nov 11 (efe-epa).- India’s ruling alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power…
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Indian ruling alliance, opposition neck to neck in first polls during Covid
Patna, India, Nov 10 (efe-epa).- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition’s Mahagathbandan (grand alliance) were neck-to-neck on…
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