Narendra Modi

Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities fo...
8:05 27 February 2022

While India seems to love Trump, the reality isn’t so simple

Looking out over the world’s largest cricket stadium, the seats jammed with more than 100,000 people, India’s prime mini...
20:22 25 February 2022

Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law

NEW DELHI (AP) — Defending the host who has showered him with pageantry, President Donald Trump refused Tuesday to speak...
16:40 25 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump hypes India modernization, US economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump overstated India’s progress in achieving universal access to electricity, skirt...
20:57 24 February 2022

Passage to India: Trump ready for warm embrace, adulation

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the Trumpiest of offers.A rally at one of the world’s largest stadiums. A crowd of millions che...
15:41 23 February 2022

At Trump’s India rally, Modi bets on bolstering his image

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — A festive mood has enveloped Ahmedabad in India’s northwestern state of Gujarat ahead of Prime M...
10:37 22 February 2022

Trump says Modi expects massive crowds during India visit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says that India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expecting to turn out massive c...
21:55 18 February 2022

New Delhi votes with Modi’s popularity on the line

NEW DELHI — Voting began for a crucial state election in India’s capital on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party tryin...
4:44 8 February 2022

India to continue rebel peace accord push in troubled areas

GAUHATI, India — India’s prime minister said on Friday that his government will continue its peace push in the insurgency-wracked northeastern region ...
11:16 7 February 2022

India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law

JAMMU, India — Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law...
8:06 7 February 2022

Poll pitch for India’s capital plays up growing divisions

NEW DELHI — Campaigning for a crucial state election in India's capital has reached a fever pitch as members of the Hindu nationalist-led government c...
5:01 7 February 2022

India projects rosy economic growth next year after slump

NEW DELHI — India’s government projects the economy will grow up to 6.5% in the next fiscal year, starting in April, and hopes to follow China's examp...
11:01 31 January 2022

Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court

NEW DELHI — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nat...
7:59 22 January 2022

IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India’s Modi

NEW DELHI — A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on Indian Prime Mi...
10:28 21 January 2022

Trump in early stages of planning 1st visit to India

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is in the early stages of planning what would be his first visit to India, officials in the U.S. and Indian govern...
19:26 14 January 2022

India’s top court orders review of all curbs in Kashmir

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including suspension of internet service, in Indian-control...
6:19 10 January 2022

AP Photos: Seniors join Indian citizenship law protests

GAUHATI, India — Senior citizens in India's northeastern Assam state have protested against a new citizenship law passed by Prime Minister Narendra Mo...
10:09 25 December 2021

India’s ruling party loses key state election amid protests

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it fac...
6:13 24 December 2021

India’s main opposition party stages protest against new law

NEW DELHI — India’s main opposition party staged a silent protest in the capital on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day after Prim...
11:28 23 December 2021

Across India, opposition building against citizenship law

NEW DELHI — Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators h...
10:07 16 December 2021

Hindus rejoice, Muslims deplore India court ruling on temple

NEW DELHI — India's Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Hindu temple on a disputed religious ground in the country's north and ordered that alternative ...
0:41 10 November 2021

Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs

KARTARPUR, Pakistan — The prime ministers of India and Pakistan inaugurated Saturday a visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India, allowin...
14:11 9 November 2021

No Kashmiri flag, constitution under Indian-imposed changes

SRINAGAR, India — India on Thursday formally implemented legislation approved by Parliament in early August that removes Indian-controlled Kashmir's s...
4:53 31 October 2021