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India, cows and politics — With Hindu party leading India, beef grows more political

October 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Sullivan Associated Press NEW DELHI — The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the northern Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man’s home, then beat him to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, BJP, India, Mark Zuckerberg, Maybe Vijay, Meanwhile Som, Mohammad Akhlaq, New Delhi, Nirmala George, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ram Mandal Das, Ram Mangal Das, Sangeet Som, Tarun Vijay, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

New India PM meets with rival leader of Pakistan

May 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the leader of rival Pakistan on May 27 and asked that his country “abide by its commitment” to prevent its territory from being used in terrorism against India and speed up investigations into the 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Abdullah Ghaznavi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley, Associated Press, BJP, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, Jen Psaki, Maldives, Mumbai, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, State Department, Sushma Swaraj, United States, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6

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

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