Millions of people across India are voting in the second phase of the staggered general elections in which opposition parties are trying to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from winning a second term. More than 155 million people are eligible to vote in the second phase, which covers 95 parliament[…]
New Delhi, India – On April 6, speaking at the University of Delhi, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley waxed eloquent about how the world’s most-populous democracy would become the third largest economy on the planet by 2030 after the United States and China. By then, the size of India‘s economy would have more than trebled[…]
In the village of Maharajpur in Ghaziabad, an industrial hub on the outskirts of India’s capital New Delhi, Hafiz Abdul Qavi felt dejected after casting his ballot. “There was no rule of law in this country for five years,” the 63-year-old shopkeeper told Al Jazeera on Thursday. “Whoever forms the[…]
Voters in 91 constituencies across 20 states will choose their representatives in the first phase of mammoth elections. Indians are voting in the first phase of a mammoth general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term. The first phase of voting covers an electorate of 142 million across 20[…]
New Delhi has accused Pakistan’s foreign minister of stirring up “war hysteria” after he claimed, citing credible intelligence data, that India was drawing up plans to strike Pakistan once again sometime later this month. India is preparing to stage another attack on Pakistani soil, similar to the Balakot strike back[…]
“Unprovoked fire” coming from India’s side of the division line in Kashmir killed three Pakistani troops and injured one, the army has said, adding their forces have “responded effectively,” inflicting casualties to Indian forces. Indian forces targeted Pakistani positions near the border town of Rakhchakri in Kashmir, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),[…]
The EMISAT radar imaging reconnaissance satellite will allow India to “easily” unveil the electronic warfare capabilities of potential adversaries, thus giving it an edge over Pakistan and China, a military analyst told RT. “A leading space power – and India is aspiring to be one – simply has to have[…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has successfully conducted an anti-satellite missile test that put the country in a league of global “space powers.” In a national address Wednesday, Modi said India had achieved a “historic feat” by shooting down its own low-orbit satellite with a missile in just three[…]
The Pakistan Air Force has successfully tested a new domestically-built extended-range missile, said to be a “smart weapon.” It also vowed to respond “with full force” if subjected to any foreign aggression. The weapon, which is apparently an air-to-surface missile, has been deployed by a JF-17 Thunder – a Chinese-Pakistani[…]
A top pro-independence leader in Indian-administered Kashmir has been booked under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) which could see him imprisoned for up to two years without a trial. Yasin Malik, chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was sent to Kot Balwal jail in Jammu city[…]
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