NEW DELHI, March 9 (Reuters) - The second-highest official in India's election commission resigned abruptly on Saturday, days ahead of the expected announcement of the date of the country's general ...

As India’s marathon election kicked off its first voting phase last Friday, April 19, unemployment was looming large in the minds of millions of voters—despite the country’s rapid economic growth.

YouTube approved dozens of ads promoting voter suppression and incitement to violence ahead of the upcoming election in India, according to a new investigation by the rights groups Global Witness and ...

This is the first BMC election after the 2022 split in the Shiv Sena and a direct contest with the Eknath Shinde-led faction, ...

In the end it was not quite the landslide mandate that incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had anticipated or that exit polls had predicted.

A selection committee, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has appointed Gyanesh Kumar as India's new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He will replace Rajiv Kumar, who is set to retire on Tuesday ...

Indian voters are battling sweltering conditions to take part in the world’s biggest election as a severe heat wave hits parts of the country and authorities forecast a hotter-than-normal summer for ...

Last summer, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood next to President Biden in the White House and said regarding India’s democracy, “there is absolutely no space for discrimination.” He was ...

India’s general elections are scheduled to begin on April 19, 2024, and last six weeks. The results are to be announced on June 4. Voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for ...