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A total of 968 million Indians are heading to polling stations across the country for the second phase of general elections, in which members of India's 545-member lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha, will be elected. The elections,…

The Indian general elections began as of this morning. About 968 registered voters across the country will be heading to the polling stations to elect the new prime minister and the members of the 545-seated lower house of parliament over 7…

On the twenty-first day of Ramadan, Muslims commemorated the Martyr Day of Prophet Muhammad's cousin Hazrat Ali at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. The crowd prayed while the head priest presented some…

Indian farmers from various organizations and trade unions staged a protest in Bangalore in support of a strike called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a farmers union coalition. The protesters are battling low income and demand a law that…