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People inspect the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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India's deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Sat,06/03/23-9:26AM , 172 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature — another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the lifeline of the world's most populous nation.
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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi carries a royal golden sceptre to be installed it near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The new triangular parliament building, built at an estimated cost of $120 million, is part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi called "Central Vista". (AP Photo)

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Modi opponents boycott opening of new Indian Parliament; PM says it breaks with colonial past
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Sun,05/28/23-1:52AM , 195 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s major opposition parties on Sunday boycotted the inauguration of a new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rare show of unity against his Hindu nationalist ruling party, which has ruled for nine years and is seeking a third term in next year's elections.
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Supporters of opposition Congress party celebrate early leads for the party in the Karnataka state elections in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Elections in India's southern state of Karnataka were held on May 10. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Modi’s Hindu nationalist party loses India's Karnataka state in crucial polls ahead of national vote
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Sat,05/13/23-3:42AM , 842 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern Karnataka state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count Saturday that boosted its prospects ahead of national elections due next year.
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In this two picture combo, on left, Hindu priest Swami Ram Das ,48, expresses his views sitting in his ashram, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and on right, Muslim community leader Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi, 68, talks sitting in a Mosque on Tuesday March 28, 2023, in Ayodya, India. Abidi and Das are two ordinary citizens living in one city in a country of more than 1.4 billion people that is on the cusp of becoming the world's most populated nation. Together they embody the opposing sides of a deeply entrenched religious divide that presents India one of its biggest challenges so far: to safeguard freedoms to its Muslim minority at a time when a rising tide of Hindu nationalism is laying waste to the country's secular underpinnings. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Tue,04/18/23-11:53PM , 247 Reads
AYODHYA, India (AP) — Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn’t recognize anymore.
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