Narendra Modi

Meet the journalists whose jobs vanished after India's Kashmir crackdown

India's communication blockade on the back of its revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's autonomous status has forced several journalists into odd jobs.

Kashmiris suffer further as ICRC stops humanitarian work

The International Committee of the Red Cross hasn’t been able to work in India-held Kashmir since it was stripped of its political autonomy on August 5, foreign aid workers are not being issued visas and Kashmiris are being left without support.

Indian police battle anti-Modi protesters over disputed law

Nearly 2,000 protesters gathered outside chanting "Fascist Modi, Go Back" before the showdown between demonstrators and police. More than 100 protesters were detained, a police official said.

Analysis: Saudi policies increasingly hurt Muslim causes worldwide

The custodians of Islam’s two holiest sites have conveniently distanced themselves from many issues affecting Muslims.

One woman reports a rape every 15 minutes in India

The government statistics understate the number of rapes as it is still considered a taboo to report rape in some parts of India, and because rapes that end in murder are counted purely as murders.

India takes 15 envoys to Kashmir but EU spurns 'guided tour'

EU nations, except Norway, refused to take part in a rare diplomatic visit to disputed India-administered Kashmir, where New Delhi's lockdown after annexation continues since August 5.

Pakistan's trouble with accepting campus politics

Student unions were banned in the country in the 1980s but now Imran Khan's government is at a crossroads between lifting the curbs or facing fresh opposition in the form of campus activism.

Millions strike in India to protest Modi's labour policies - unions

Millions of Indian workers protest PM Narendra Modi's economic policies in demonstrations called by 10 trade unions that claim 250 million members between them.

Were Indian police complicit in assault on JNU students?

Students blame youth wing of ruling nationalist BJP party after more than 30 were hospitalised in brutal assaults.

Protests in India after attack on university students

A Hindu nationalist group is blamed for attacking students of Jawaharlal Nehru University amid protests against PM Modi's new citizenship law.

Another India-Pakistan conflict is just a populism-driven decision away

Narendra Modi and Imran Khan may be tempted to escalate the hitherto limited warfare in disputed Kashmir, both to distract public opinion away from domestic governance failures, and to reinforce their ideological claims to power.

In pictures: India’s New Year Eve — the night of resolution or revolution?

How a large gathering of Indian protesters welcomed the new year with revolutionary defiance, rejecting the Hindu nationalist government's 'discriminatory' policies.