A record-breaking 642 million voters have cast their ballots in the general election — around a 66 per cent voter turnout — but they haven't backed Narendra Modi as much as predicted.
Narendra Modi 's Bharatiya Janata Party and their allies are heading to a majority and look set to retain power.
The BJP has seen unexpected losses in the country's most populous and politically significant state — Uttar Pradesh. It's a hit to the BJP's majority and seen by the opposition as a repudiation of the party's Hindu nationalist politics.X Bruce Lehrmann says he was denied procedural fairness in failed defamation case, court documents revealRarely seen clouds have materialised over Sydney, but what are they?South Korea fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over garbage carrying balloons
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