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India clamping down on critics of Modi, activist groups

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It takes courage to accuse a powerful politician — a man who would go on to become India’s prime minister — of encouraging riots against a minority. Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt did just that. And he says he is paying the price for it. Bhatt was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Bharatiya Janata Party, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Ford Foundation, GDP, Greenpeace India, Home Ministry, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mukul Kesavan, Nalin Kohli, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, RIOTS, Sanjiv Bhatt, Supreme Court, Teesta Setalvad, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

After huge win, next Indian PM begins victory lap

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma and Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – Thousands of people welcomed India’s next prime minister in the capital on May 17 after he led his party to a resounding election victory, with Narendra Modi flashing a victory sign to his cheering supporters and telling them that the win “created a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, China, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Mohan Guruswamy, Muneeza Naqvi, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, Outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama, President Rajnath Singh, United States, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30, White House

Indian alliance splits ahead of polls

June 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Indrajit Singh The Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — The second-biggest party in India’s main opposition alliance quit the group on Sunday after the dominant party appointed a Hindu ideologue to lead its campaign for parliamentary elections next year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, India, Janata Dal, Narendra Modi, National Democratic Alliance, PATNA, Sharad Yadav, Shiv Sena, United Progressive Alliance, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28

Condition of raped 5-year-old Indian girl improves

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped, and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in India’s capital for two days has improved, a doctor said Sunday, April 21 as protests continued over the authorities’ […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress Party, India Gate, Meenakshi Ganguly, New Delhi, New York-based Human Rights Watch, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, South Asia, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

1.5 million mourn Indian extremist leader at funeral

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rajesh Shah The Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday, Nov. 18 for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani, Bal Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindu Hriday Samrat, Kumar Ketkar, Mumbai, Pakistan, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Top Indian, Uddhav Thackeray, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30

Powerful low-caste Indian leader holds huge rally

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — On Monday, March 15, hundreds of thousands of cheering supporters marked the 25th anniversary of a political party representing India’s lowest castes and feted its bejeweled leader as a “Goddess,” who currently leads the country’s largest state.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Baburam Kushwaha, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, India, Jawitri Devi, Kanshi Ram, LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26

Indian women may hold a third of legislature seats

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government will present a bill to lawmakers on March 8 aimed at empowering the nation’s often-marginalized women by reserving one-third of legislative seats for them, a governing party spokesman said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party, India, Indira Gandhi, International Women, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister Singh, South Asian, Sushma Swaraj, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, poverty

Nanda’s latest film bears message to the world, wins awards at the Independent South Asian Film Festival

October 15, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Oriya film legend Prashanta Nanda packs a political punch in his latest film, “The Living Ghost,” by honing in on the exploitation — sexual and economic — of a native tribe in India that is facing extinction.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2009, Akshay Kumar Parija, Ashok Suvarna, Bangru Manoj Mishra, Best Actor, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bikash Dash, Egypt, Independent South Asian Film Festival, India, National Film Awards, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nua Bou, Prashanta Nanda, Vol 28 No 43 | October 17-October 23, William Beaudine, culture

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