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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2018. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Modi gives last Independence Day speech before elections

by Asia Times staff August 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his fifth and last Independence Day speech of his current term from the Red Fort in the capital New Delhi on Wednesday. After claiming his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win the next general elections, Modi announced a number of future policies running up to 2022, including a national […]

The Indian government is encouraging the construction of village toilets to improve village hygiene and safety. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Official denies telling toiletless villagers to sell their wives

by Asia Times staff July 24, 2017February 18, 2020
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Photo: NDTV
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Goa’s government takes action to curb plastic waste problem

by Asia Times staff May 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Ravinder Kumar was murdered in New Delhi on May 27. Photo: Hindustan Times.
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Minister vows to bring thugs who killed driver to justice

by Asia Times staff May 29, 2017February 18, 2020
The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu state government in Chennai, which has been criticized over its growing pollution problem. Photo: iStock
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Chennai has become India’s ‘most unclean’ city

by Asia Times staff May 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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