A statue of India’s national emblem, unveiled this week atop the country’s new parliament, has been slammed by government critics for its “unnecessarily aggressive” appearance. Officials maintain that ...

A remarkable fact about Indian politics since independence is that no party, or pre-poll coalition, has ever won a majority of the nationwide vote in the 17 national elections between 1951-52 and 2019 ...

The Narendra Modi administration suspended 146 opposition members of parliament for demanding answers from the government. Then it pushed through controversial legislation. The chamber of the Lok ...

The complex is a testament to the prime minister’s power to get things done, but the ceremony also put the nation’s political divisions on display. By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar Reporting from New ...

The landmark legislation will also apply to state legislatures, but it may be years before the law comes into force. By Sameer Yasir and Hari Kumar Reporting from New Delhi Indian lawmakers passed ...

MALAPPURAM, India (AP) — Ever since the BJP began its rise as a political force in the mid-1980s, the proportion of Muslim lawmakers in parliament and state legislatures has shrunk. These were ...

MUMBAI, India — India's Parliament voted on a crime bill and other legislation on Wednesday, even though dozens of opposition legislators were not present. It was the latest in a week of turmoil in ...

Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago.

A Secret Sitting of parliament is considered a closed-door meeting where the public and media are excluded to discuss sensitive national issues. It is mentioned under the Rules of Procedure and ...

The live updates to the blog are closed. Parliament special session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till 11 AM. Parliament special session LIVE: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya says, "My ...

NEW DELHI: Talking in Parliament on Monday about the “unprecedented challenges” being faced by India because of the West Asia conflict, PM Modi underlined the country’s opposition to attacks on ...