The satirical "Cockroach Janta Party" calls itself a "political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth." India's government may be trying to squash it.

The victory of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political party in state polls dispels worries about his waning popularity, analysts said.

Across India’s political landscape from north to south and east to west, several regional outfits, once dominant in their respective states and frequently decisive in national coalitions, now stand decimated in elections,

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi installs the Sengol at the new parliament building in New Delhi, May 28, 2023. Credit: Prime Minister Office of India On May 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Indian Parliament, a triangle-shaped ...

Bengaluru, India – In the sultry August heat of 2007, India’s government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sweating over the future of negotiations with the United States over a landmark nuclear deal. The proposed agreement aimed to ease access ...

Abhijnan Rej, Designated Partner at Tarqeq Research says India and China’s relationship has both a "ceiling" and a "floor". He adds that there's  'strategic distrust' between the two countries which limits how far ties can go,

Hardline Indian political figures appear to be signalling a thaw in New Delhi-Islamabad ties is imminent, analysts say.

Editor’s note: The Economist is launching a new column on India. Ashoka is named after the first ruler whose empire stretched across most of the subcontinent, and whose symbols now represent the modern republic. The column will appear online every Sunday and run in the print edition each week.