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POLITICSOct 15India news: Supreme Court likely to hear Rahul Gandhi's Election Commission pleaA petition filed by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and others seeks an independent audit of India's sweeping voter deletions. DW has more.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 15India asks when UN body will report on PoK human rights concernsThe statements had also called for detained leaders of the Joint Awami Action Committee to have access to legal representation and their families, and had called for due process and fair trialThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 15Ankita Bhandari murder: Parents detained during India Gate protest, released around 5 a.m.Apart from the parents, several Congress leaders, including the party’s media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, social media department head Supritya Shrinate, and Indian Youth Congress chief Uday Bhanu Chib, were also detained and later releasedThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 15Anti-CEC protest LIVE | Supreme Court likely to hear Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders’ plea against SIR todayThe Delhi High Court refuses to restrain the CJP from holding the protest at Delhi's Connaught Place, takes on record the police’s assurance that all possible steps would be taken to regulate and control their activityThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14India’s Voter Roll Protests SwellModi’s government faces a growing challenge as Cockroach movement proves durable.Foreign Policy
POLITICSOct 14How far will cockroach movement go? India's youth-led protests defy Modi governmentIt all started as a bit of online satire by a few young people fed up by corruption. Clearly though, the Cockroach movement's no longer a laughing matter for India’s government which has shut transport and blocked rallying points in the capital to quell the momentum of youth-led mobilization that's already down the education minister over rampant school exam cheating and is now spearheading the protests against the culling of names from voter rolls, with the electoral commission chief accused of bias.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 14‘Enormous potential’ for India-Canada ties amidst global uncertainty: Canadian Foreign MinisterMinister Anita Anand is in India along with Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu for engagements with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal; the Canadian Minister indicated that PM Modi would visit Canada later in DecemberThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14India jails two leaders of Cockroach Janta Party as government escalates crackdownHuman Rights Watch said Wednesday the Indian government must uphold the right of citizens to protest peacefully.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 14Leaders of Indian Cockroach Movement sentenced to five days in prisonTwee leiders van de Indiase Kakkerlakken-beweging zijn veroordeeld tot een celstraf van vijf dagen. Het gaat om Ashutosh Ranka en Saurav Das, die behoren tot een groep mensen die gisteren bij een protest werden gearresteerd nadat ze over barricades waren geklommen. Dat deden ze bij de protestlocatie Jantar Mantar in het centrum van New Delhi. Doordat ze over de barricades klommen, begaven ze zich volgens de politie op een plek waar het niet is toegestaan om te demonstreren. De Indiase oppositieleider Rahul Gandhi sprak op X van een "laffe daad" en veroordeelde de arrestaties: "Jantar Mantar isNOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 14Ankita Bhandari case: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi meet parents protesting at Delhi’s India GateBhandari was murdered while working at a resort for refusing to provide “special services” to a VIP guest; her parents allege that new Sikkim Governor Dushyant Kumar Gautam was the VIP, which he has deniedThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14Usha Vance, please speak up: Indians are not ‘indentured servants’For Indians, the phrase indentured servant is not an ordinary political insult.The Hill
POLITICSOct 14India urges Russia, Ukraine to protect Black Sea shippingNew Delhi wants Moscow and Kyiv to ensure safe commercial shipping in the Black Sea amid attacks that put Indian seafarers at risk.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 14Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi reach India Gate to meet Ankita Bhandari's family: WatchCongress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi met Ankita Bhandari's family at India Gate as they protested the appointment of BJP leader Dushyant Gautam.dnaindia · india
POLITICSOct 14‘We have guns too’: Democrat candidate for Indiana county council goes on wild rant on local TVA Democrat city council candidate has gone viral after a wild interview with a local TV station in Indiana.The Independent World
POLITICSOct 14Don't come in way of protesting students, they are India's voice: Rahul Gandhi to PM ModiLoP Rahul Gandhi made these remarks after interacting with students, including activists of the party’s students’ wing, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), who were injured during recent protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the weekendThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the PoliceSome of those detained accused security forces of beating them during an intense crackdown on demonstrations in India’s capital over the weekend. Police have said they followed the law.NYT World
POLITICSOct 14India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders jailed after entering ‘banned’ protest siteTwo Cockroach Janta Party leaders have been jailed for five days after entering a banned protest site in India's Delhi.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 14India jails ‘cockroach’ leaders over protests against alleged voter roll manipulationTwo leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were remanded in custody for five days on Wednesday, as police ratcheted up efforts to clamp down on anti-election commission protests. CJP activists and opposition parties have defied a security crackdown to demand the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner, accusing the poll body of manipulating voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. The commission, which oversees voting in the world’s most...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 14Sheikh Hasina’s activities in India ‘principal challenge’ in planning Bangladesh PM’s visit: Humaiyun KobirMr. Kobir, Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs, stresses on the importance of ‘strategic autonomy’ for Bangladesh; he says India has to appreciate the ‘challenges of a newly elected government’ in Bangladesh and argues that activities of the exiled leaders of the Awami League will not help IndiaThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14India news: 'Cockroach' leaders sent to judicial custody amid protest crackdownThree of India's Cockroach movement leaders will spend five days in jail over charges of trespassing into what was until recently a designated protest site. In other news, Marco Rubio is set to visit India. DW has more.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 14China and India Want Much the Same Things From South AsiaThe two countries have reset bilaterally and internationally. Now it’s time to think regionally.Foreign Policy
POLITICSOct 14Modi speaks to Carney, says India and Canada contribute to stable, prosperous worldThe two Prime Ministers had a phone call as senior Canadian Ministers are in Delhi for talks; India steps up its middle power engagementThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 14U.S. State Secretary Rubio to visit India for energy talks next week; visit to Jamnagar on cardsMr. Rubio will first visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and will then travel to Mumbai and JamnagarThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 13Rubio will travel to Uzbekistan and India to strengthen commercial and energy cooperationThe U.S. representative will visit Uzbekistan and India to strengthen economic and energy ties in Central Asia. He will participate in the C5+1 meeting and meet with regional leaders, accompanied by a trade delegation.Clarín