Indian elections are no longer just battles between political parties. They are becoming contests between larger-than-life personalities — and no leader has reshaped this political culture more ...

As elections to the Delhi Assembly draw near, the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the right-wing BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) are in overdrive to show which of them is more anti-immigrant. The ...

The dominant figure in Indian politics for nearly two decades, she was elected prime minister four times before being assassinated by her bodyguards. Indira Gandhi in 1963. She served as India’s ...

Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. It's not the lotus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's governing party, or the hand symbol of the opposition Congress, but the ...

There is a temptation to see the Trinamool Congress crisis as a Bengal story alone: Mamata Banerjee's defeat, Abhishek Banerjee's unpopularity with sections of the party, rebel MPs and MLAs testing ...

The T20 World Cup is taking place… without one of the sport's leading nations ISHARA S. KODIKARA/Getty Images The men’s Twenty20 World Cup is supposed to be a celebration of cricket. It is underway ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political party won its first-ever state elections in West Bengal. Modi’s popularity was seen to be waning when, two years ago, his party failed to secure a ...

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 ...