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Modi’s BJP celebrates landslide New Delhi win

Shawdesh Desk: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that ‘development had won’ as his Hindu nationalist party took back control of the capital province Delhi in local elections.

If voted to power in Delhi, BJP will free city from ‘illegal Bangladeshis’: Amit Shah

Shawdesh desk: India’s ruling party BJP will free the city of Delhi from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas within two years if it gets the mandate in next month’s provincial

India: Man jailed for life in doctor rape, murder case

A court in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Monday sentenced a man convicted of raping and murdering a young female physician to life imprisonment. The killing of the

India opens largest religious festival for 400 million Hindu pilgrims

Shawdesh desk: Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people — the

Indian state funeral for ex-PM Manmohan Singh

Shawdesh desk: India on Saturday accorded former prime minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military

PK Halder walks out of Kolkata jail

Shawdesh desk: Bangladeshi businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder, knowns as PK Halder, walked out of jail after a special court in Kolkata granted him bail. He has been released more than

Indian accused denies rape and murder of doctor

Shawdesh desk: An Indian man on trial for raping and murdering a 31-year-old doctor has pleaded not guilty, his lawyer said Saturday, a crime that appalled the nation and triggered

China, India resume high-level border talks after 5 years

Shawdesh Desk: China held rare high-level talks with India on Wednesday at which both sides agreed to “maintain peace” and seek a “comprehensive solution” to their border disputes. The meeting