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India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state

Rahul Gandhi, head of India's opposition Congress party, started a unity march last September from the southern tip of the country, which ended on Monday. Gandhi is trying to drum up support for his party, opposition to the ruling BJP and, many observers say, trying to uphold democracy in the face of what's becoming an increasingly religious state.

India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state
Activists from right-wing Hindu organization Bajrang Dal burn an effigy of Islamic terrorism during a protest against the Tuesday killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a Hindu man in a suspected religious attack in western Udaipur city of Rajasthan state, in Ahmedabad

'India is a tinderbox': Religious tensions come to a boiling point after brutal murder of Hindu tailor

'India is a tinderbox': Religious tensions come to a boiling point after brutal murder of Hindu tailor
Several men supervise a voter registration table adorned with BJP flags during the election in Uttar Pradesh.

A test for Hindu nationalism as India's biggest state goes to the polls

A test for Hindu nationalism as India's biggest state goes to the polls
India Citizenship Bill protests

Citizenship law could do 'irreversible damage' to India's secular fabric

Citizenship law could do 'irreversible damage' to India's secular fabric
A woman politician gives a thumbs up on back of truck

Women are becoming 'electable' candidates in India — even when they don't win

Women are becoming 'electable' candidates in India — even when they don't win
India's Premier Modi in a street celebration

Huge crowds greet India's Modi in his sacred city seat

India's election is being held over 39 days from April 11 to May 19, with votes due to be counted on May 23.

Huge crowds greet India's Modi in his sacred city seat
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Modi silent as rapes spark fury, protests in India

Mounting outrage over two rapes, one in the disputed region of Kashmir and another allegedly involving a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, gripped India on Friday, with government ministers struggling to dampen political fires.

Modi silent as rapes spark fury, protests in India
Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) take part in the celebrations outside the AAP office in New Delhi February 10, 2015.

India's anti-corruption opposition party wins a shocker in New Delhi

Street celebrations broke out today in New Delhi when results of last weekend's local elections were announced. The anti-corruption, opposition Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party came up with a big upset win. "It was like a big fat Indian wedding,'' one journalist says.

India's anti-corruption opposition party wins a shocker in New Delhi
Clean India campaign

Indian politicians exposed cleaning up garbage intentionally left for them

India's new prime minister wants to clean up his country — and he's making all of his underlings go along with it. A leader in Delhi, though, may have missed the point. That story and more in today's Global Scan.

Indian politicians exposed cleaning up garbage intentionally left for them
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India's elections are over and Indians in the US have mixed feelings about the results

A landslide victory for India's BJP has left the Indian community in the US divided and wondering what the new government of Narendra Modi might bring.

India's elections are over and Indians in the US have mixed feelings about the results
Narendra Modi gives a victory sign at a rally in his home state of Gujarat, Friday. Modi will be India's next Prime Minister after decisively winning parliamentary elections.

India's long election ends in a landslide vote for change

For the first time since independence, an opposition party in India has won an absolute majority in a parliamentary election. It was a decisive defeat for the Gandhi-Nehru Congress party. And India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, is a controversial figure.

India's long election ends in a landslide vote for change
Zahir Janmohamed in the Juhapura neighborhood of Ahmedabad.

Narendra Modi's 'coronation' is no slam dunk in India's elections

Narendra Modi is widely expected to walk away with victory in India's ongoing election. But it's no sure thing, one India writer suggests.

Narendra Modi's 'coronation' is no slam dunk in India's elections
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), takes a "selfie" after casting his vote at a polling station during the seventh phase of India's general election.

I used to think of Pakistan as my enemy, until I met someone from Pakistan

Deepak Singh grew up in Lucknow, India, thinking Indians were the good guys and Pakistanis the bad guys. Now that he's moved to the United States and finally met people from Pakistan, he sees things differently.

I used to think of Pakistan as my enemy, until I met someone from Pakistan
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India: Voting in the World's Biggest Democracy

Polling stations are open today in India's marathon five-phase election. To help us understand the importance of this complicated election is Mira Kamdar, Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute.

India: Voting in the World's Biggest Democracy