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.

On October 7, he will complete 25 years in public service – of which he’s spent 4,495 days as India’s longest continuously-serving elected prime minister ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar shakes hands with Taliban Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, October 10, 2025. Credit: X/Dr S ...

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 ...

Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. A satirical collective that takes inspiration from the insect – stubborn, reviled and considered indestructible – has attracted millions ...

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 ...