At Charcha 2026, legislators from across parties said India's electoral arithmetic, weak city governments and limited municipal finances are leaving cities ill-equipped for rapid urbanisation.

India has been accused of trying to impose vegetarian standards after serving a meat-free menu to world leaders at the Brics ...

New Delhi, India – It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern city of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia community, was on the boil. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a stalwart of India’s then-ruling ...

Several Kashmiri political figures, including former members of banned separatist groups, have abandoned long-held separatist leanings and joined mainstream Indian politics. This shift in the disputed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 35-day protest led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Delhi's Jantar Mantar ended on 25 July [EPA/Shutterstock] Recent footage ...

These words were posted online on May 16 by 30-year-old Abhijeet Dipke, an Indian political communication strategist studying at Boston University in the US. He was responding to a comment from ...

New Delhi, India – The Indian government tabled a new bill earlier this week in parliament under which a prime minister, state chief minister or other federal or state minister can be removed from ...

India, the world’s largest democracy, faces the monumental task of conducting elections for a staggering electorate of over 1 billion voters. To put this into perspective, India’s voter base is almost ...

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to supporters while campaigning at Bhabanipur, India, in the West Bengal state assembly election, April 27, 2026. Credit: ...

Why are millions of young Indians suddenly calling themselves cockroaches? The chief justice of the Supreme Court of India probably did not anticipate that an off-the-cuff courtroom remark would ...