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A woman casts her vote during the first round of polling of India's national election in Bishnupur constituency on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur, India, April 19, 2024
Tory leader’s video was ‘an insult to the innocent civil rights protesters who were murdered in Derry in January 1972,’ says SDLP MP Colum Eastwood
MILLIONS of Indians began voting today in the world’s largest election, which will last six weeks.
People began queuing outside polling stations hours before they opened for the election, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare third term in power.
Nearly 970 million voters — more than 10 per cent of the world’s population— will be selecting 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, to serve for five years.
Indian communist leader MA Baby considers the chilling escalation of violence against minorities and increasing impunity for their attackers under the Modi regime
