Modi visits Indian-administered Kashmir on local election campaign amid massive security

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the main city in Himalayan Kashmir on Thursday to campaign for his party in the local election, the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Modi’s visit to...

New Delhi's top elected official resigns after being released on bail in a bribery case

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India’s leading opposition figures resigned his post as New Delhi’s chief minister on Tuesday, days after he emerged from prison on bail in a bribery case. Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested in March on...

New Delhi's chief minister announces resignation two days after he was released on bail

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India's main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister said he would resign from office Sunday, two days after he was granted bail in a bribery case. Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested nearly six months...

India's top court releases New Delhi's chief minister on bail after 6 months in jail

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday freed on bail Arvind Kejriwal, a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi, who was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. Supreme Court...

India's Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here's what it could mean

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine, a month and a half after he traveled to Moscow to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. Officials in India and Ukraine have...

India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a...

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justice and better security at medical campuses and hospitals. Demonstrators held signs calling for...

India's Modi voices concern over unrest in neighboring Bangladesh and attacks on Hindus there

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there. Modi addressed his nation from New Delhi’s 17th-century Mughal-era...

India's Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Olympic wrestling after making the final. What happens next?

PARIS (AP) — India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and resulting in some forced adjustments by organizers. Phogat defeated...

Police say the death toll has risen to 151 as rescuers search for more people buried by landslides in southern India