Rahul Gandhi

'I'm not scared': India's Gandhi vows to fight after parliament expulsion

Opposition leader and scion of the Gandhi family name was stripped of his parliamentary seat after he was convicted of defamation in Prime Minister Modi's home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaign trail remark seen as an insult to the premier.

India's opposition leader found guilty of defamation over Modi remark

Rahul Gandhi seeks an appeal over a two-year prison sentence following a case stemming from a remark made against PM Modi during the 2019 election campaign.

India opposition leader Rahul Gandhi enters Kashmir to culminate long march

India-administered Kashmir is final but most important destination of five-month "Unite India Rally" that seeks to challenge what opposition Congress party says is a "hate-filled" version of country under Hindu right-wing government of PM Modi.

India's opposition Congress gathers tens of thousands in Karnataka rally

Congress holds huge rally in southern state to mark first 1,000 km of its 3,500 km walking tour of its leaders in cities, towns and villages, in bid to draw support against ruling BJP it accuses of spreading communal hatred in the secular republic.

India's Congress begins 3,500-km march against 'hate'

Opposition party members are holding the rally, dubbed "Unite India Rally", from Kanyakumari town on the southern tip of India and will try to reach northernmost city of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir in about 150 days.

Gang-raped Muslim woman 'numb' after India frees convicts

"The release of these convicts has taken from me my peace and shaken my faith in justice," says Bilkis Bano of 11 Hindu men convicted of 2002 crime and released by BJP-ruled western Gujarat state.

Modi accused of ‘treason’ as Pegasus spyware row rocks India

The disclosures revealed Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi among hundreds of other citizens selected for possible surveillance by the Modi government.

Indian PM Modi's main rival among targets of Pegasus spyware

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is among dozens of Indian people identified by a leaked list as a potential target of Pegasus spyware, made by an Israeli company, media reports said.

India passes controversial agriculture bills amid uproar

PM Modi's government says the laws will make it easier for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, but the opposition says the legislations are "pro-corporate."

Indian train kills at least 14 workers laid-off in coronavirus lockdown

The workers fell asleep on the tracks of the train. They were walking back to their home village after the steel company they were working for, laid them off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

India to quarantine thousands of migrant workers as coronavirus surges

Without a clear mechanism in place, the federal government has ordered states to screen and isolate tens of thousands of stranded workers to prevent them from travelling, adding to the strain on local health services.

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.