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Indian election 2014: Hammer and Sickle banners line the road as voting begins in remote Communist-controlled Tripura state – a final bastion of the Left
07 April 2014 07:36 PM
With some 814 million voters, India’s general election is a democratic event of huge significance – and staggering complexity. In the first of a series of dispatches on the five-week process, Andrew Buncombe reports from Khowai
Indian election 2014: Campaign turns bitter as India goes to the polls in massive general election
07 April 2014 08:27 AM
People in parts of the north-eastern states of Assam and Tripura went and cast their ballots in the first of nine days that have been set aside for voting
India elections: Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi sling mud as country prepares to vote
07 April 2014 12:30 AM
The leaders of India’s two main parties heaped fresh attacks on one another in an increasingly bitter campaign prior to the first of nine days of voting.
India elections: A better future for Indian children lies under the railway arches
06 April 2014 12:00 AM
As the country goes to the polls, Andrew Buncombe visits a Delhi school which changes young lives
India elections 2014: 814m voters registered – 100m more than last election
03 April 2014 12:04 PM
Around 120m will be first-time voters
Could Muslims hold the key to India’s upcoming election?
02 April 2014 04:04 PM
Voting gets underway in the biggest-ever democratic process next Monday and ahead of the first of nine polling days, the ruling Congress party has been reaching out to India’s Muslim groups.
With ‘Rohingya’ not an option on census forms, Burma’s new democracy is facing an identity crisis
02 April 2014 11:16 AM
Recently, discrimination has turned to violence, especially in Rakhine state
Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf pleads not guilty to high treason
31 March 2014 12:59 PM
Charges carry the death penalty, should the trial proceed that far
UN launches official investigation into Sri Lankan war crimes
27 March 2014 05:25 PM
Five years after the Sri Lankan army crushed the remnants of a once-powerful rebel force, the United Nations is to launch a formal investigation into allegations that war crimes were committed by both sides.
The battle for Varanasi: As India goes to polls, can anything stop the Modi wave?
26 March 2014 04:24 PM
It is being called the battle for Kashi. Two weeks before India embarks on a massive, month-long election, one of the most intriguing and closely watched contests is shaping up in the ancient, sacred city of Varanasi.
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