NEW DELHI – In a moment that blended symbolism with sheer stamina, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the nation’s political history on August 15 by delivering the longest-ever Independence Day address ...

Last September, in a northern neighborhood of New Delhi, Mohammed Ishaq was lynched for eating a banana. The fruit had been offered up at a shrine to a Hindu deity during a religious festival; when ...

MEERUT, India (RNS) — In February 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned scuba gear and dove off a small boat into the Arabian Sea to perform an underwater ceremony in what some ...

Sharp political charge: PM Modi alleged Nehru opposed the Somnath temple’s restoration, calling it an example of appeasement politics. Historical parallels: He compared past opposition to Somnath’s ...