Uttar Pradesh

India's Hindu nationalist regime and its politics of rape

A 19-year-old rape victim is fighting for her life in hospital after a key eyewitness, her father and aunts died in mysterious circumstances. Her accused is a powerful politician and a member of India's ruling BJP.

Suspicions arise over crash that injures teen rape survivor in India

The 19-year-old victim had accused ruling Bharatiya Janata Party state lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar of raping her in 2017. Media reports said suspicions over the crash had been raised because the truck's registration number was painted over.

India frees Kashmiri men after 23 years of wrongful imprisonment

Wrongly convicted as young men for bombing attacks on Delhi and Rajasthan, three men return home to find they have lost families and livelihoods.

Lightning storm kills 20 in eastern India

More than 50 people died after being struck by lightning in the month of July, including over 30 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

Runaway couple’s social media video highlights India’s honour killings

Once again the underbelly of the Indian society is exposed and the case has become a rallying point for activists demanding a change in the laws to protect vulnerable couples.

How a Hindu pilgrimage became militarised in disputed Kashmir

The Indian government has come under criticism for taking advantage of a spiritual journey to meet political ends.

Arrests and attacks on journalists cloud press freedom in India

Critics accuse the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to silence media through violence and coercion, while the recent arrests of three journalists for "defaming" a monk-turned-chief minister triggered public outrage.

Polls predicting Modi victory in India 'fake' – Rahul Gandhi

Opposition leader Gandhi urges voters not to "get disappointed by the propaganda of fake exit polls," after a slew of exit polls projected clear victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian polls: Modi's rhetoric on national security obscures local issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to boost the popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party by harping on national security issues and decades-old disputes with nuclear rival Pakistan. Will it help the party earn electoral dividends?

India’s tilt to the Hindu-right will not be easy to reverse

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, doesn't win the election, there are still no guarantees that society will be able to moderate itself.

Is the timidity of India's main opposition Congress helping embattled Modi?

The grand old party shows a vacillating leadership and seems unable to capitalise on right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party's failures in government.

I want to give India a new prime minister – Akhilesh Yadav

The former chief minister of the country's most populous Uttar Pradesh state tells TRT World that the ruling BJP ‘has created a wall of hatred,’ which like-minded alliances must demolish.