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Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is a key BJP leader.  Photo: AFP/ Sanjay Kanojia
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Shakespeare was wrong: Names do matter in India’s election season

by Sagarneel Sinha November 1, 2018

Elections for the Lok Sabha, lower house of India’s Parliament, are not far away, and it seems that names have assumed much significance this election season. A recent example is the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj. Uttar Pradesh is the most politically significant state, sending 80 members of Parliament to the […]

A view from Malana village in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The village is said to produce the world's best hashish. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

India’s cannabis hot-spot experiments with alternative livelihoods

by ​ Renuka Gautam and Sat Singh January 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote outside a polling station during the last phase of the Gujarat State Assembly election in Ahmedabad on December 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave
Posted inChina, India, Pakistan, South Asia

As BJP wins Gujarat, Himachal, it is Modi vs Modi in 2019

by Saikat Datta December 18, 2017February 18, 2020
Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi has handed over her position to her son Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIndia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

As Sonia Gandhi hands over baton, another Congress era ends

by Aditya Sinha December 13, 2017
At least 46 people were killed by a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Sunday morning. Photo: The Indian Express
Posted inUncategorized

Highway landslide kills 45

by Asia Times staff August 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Rescue workers arrive at the scene of a bus accident that killed 28 people in Khaneri in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district on Thursday. Photo: PTI
Posted inUncategorized

Bus plunge kills 28, injures 8

by Asia Times staff July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

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