Ahead of India's state elections in March, officials responsible for voter verification report long hours and tight deadlines.

Voting has begun in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where more than 74 million people are eligible to vote in a crucial election that will be a precursor to several key state polls. Voters will cast ...

Female voters stand in queues to cast their ballots at a polling station in Bihar on November 6, 2025 [Sachin Kumar/AFP] The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra ...

Opposition figures were held briefly at a New Delhi demonstration after accusing Narendra Modi’s ruling party of manipulating elections. By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar Reporting from New Delhi ...

Women voters hold up their voter identification card while standing in a line to vote in local elections, Howrah, India, July 8, 2023. For more than seven decades, India’s elections have been the envy ...

India has framed national reform agendas around 'ease of living' and 'ease of doing business', recognising that administrative convenience is not a luxury but a democratic obligation. It's time to ...

Voting for the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ...

Opposition parties say a move by India’s election commission is part of a wider pattern of election influencing by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which derides the claims. By Mujib ...

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition won a key state election in a vote seen as a crucial test of the leader’s popularity in one of the country’s poorest yet most ...

The BJP-led NDA secured 202 of the 243 seats in the Bihar assembly. Opposition parties have pointed to collusion between the BJP and the national election panel. Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar ...