India’s 2026 political calendar is packed with state elections, Census, delimitation debates, key Bills and leadership ...

Placing personality at the centre of politics is not new in India. Supporters of Indira Gandhi, an autocratic prime minister, ...

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping ...

NEW DELHI — Mahendra Kumar Jalan was an Indian millionaire with a diversified portfolio of food-processing plants, dairy farms and commercial real estate. As he faced scrutiny from the Indian ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks on the stage with then-U.S. President Donald Trump to address a crowd of 50,000 people of Indian origin at the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston, Texas, September ...

From unexpected exits to new political alignments, 2026 is set to test India’s leaders like never before., Astrology, Times ...

Many years ago in West Bengal, I encountered school-age boys playing Carrom or cricket all day. Curious as to why they weren’t at school or out working, they responded: “We are all employed. We do ...

Cricket, the most popular sport in South Asia, has always been political. And in the context of  strong political disputes, it tends to slide from sport into statecraft any day ...

On a stifling April afternoon in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, local politician Shakti Singh Rathore sat down in front of a greenscreen to shoot a short video. He looked nervous. It was his ...

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