India’s top court has granted temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal weeks before the seventh and final phase of national elections are held. 

India is preparing for "severe heatwaves" during its mammoth election, with public health experts cautioning that millions of voters could be in danger and local authorities expressing concerns that voter turnout might be impacted. 

India’s mammoth general elections have begun, marking the start of a seven-phase democratic exercise that will span over six weeks.

A controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law enforced by the Indian government recently has exacerbated communal tensions in the world’s largest democracy.

India’s main opposition the Congress party says its bank accounts have been frozen by the income tax department weeks before the expected announcement of national elections.