India’s economy is expanding at the slowest rate in five years
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India’s storied Gandhi family in crisis after Modi’s big win
Some candidates from the the 134-year-old Indian National Congress simply gave up ahead of the May 23 election
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Video: India Elections 2019 – impact on the Middle East
Dubai’s ruler H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum congratulated re-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his landslide victory by securing 303 out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha.
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Gallery: Five key economic challenges for Narendra Modi’s second term
With Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party securing a landslide victory in the Indian elections. Here we look at the key economic challenges facing Asia’s third-biggest economy.
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India’s Modi and Pakistan PM highlight need for ‘peace,’ after vote
Analysts say the return of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in a new landslide could help peace prospects.
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Gallery: Counting begins in India’s mega-election
Officials around India began Thursday the mammoth process of counting the roughly 600 million votes cast in the world’s biggest election, with results due later in the day.
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Indian rupee surges on predictions of Modi election win
The Indian currency had its biggest single day gain against the dollar since December 18, 2018
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Gallery: Seventh and final round of voting in India
Ending the world’s biggest election with 900 million eligible voters from Goa’s beaches to Mumbai’s slums and Ladakh’s Himalayan monasteries. Long queues formed outside polling stations in eight northern states electing the final 59 candidates to India’s 543-seat lower house.
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Poor boy Modi becomes India’s nationalist powerhouse
Doubts have been expressed over Narendra Modi’s economic reforms and businesses still complain about the sudden cancellation of high-value banknotes in 2016 in a bid to combat the black-market economy
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World’s largest election reaches penultimate round in India
India’s almost-seven week election, the biggest on Earth with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a new term from the 900 million voters, wraps up next Sunday with results due on May 23
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Gallery: Voting underway in 59 parliamentary seats
Phase six of India’s general elections, which includes the capital New Delhi votes Sunday’s penultimate round of India’s almost seven-week-long election, which wraps up on May 19.
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In pictures: Voting begins in second phase of the India’s election 2019
Nearly 100 constituencies in 13 states go to the polls today in the second round of the seven-phase election that began on April 11.
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Video: All you need to know about the world’s largest democracy votes in India
Beginning in April, India will hold a month-long vote to elect its next Prime Minister.
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India bans Narendra Modi film until after mega-election
Modi’s right wing Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking a second term, defending a landslide win over the opposition Congress party in 2014
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Video: Is unemployment rising in India?
The Indian government made job creation a key part of its plan for India when it took office in 2014.