PM Narendra Modi’s BJP secured a landslide victory in 2014, bagging more than 70 of 80 seats from the country’s largest state. But BJP’s momentum in this election is being kept in check, likely leading to a tight race. BABA UMAR 15 APR 2019 LUCKNOW, India – As the April heat soars to 40C in Lucknow, political gossip inside Mohammad Naseem’s shop intensifies.
Battered by decades of communal violence and now the rise of right-wing Hindu supremacy, the 2019 general election offers some hope to India’s largest religious minority BABA UMAR 12 APR 2019 UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA –– When Mohammad Saleem went to cast his vote in Thursday’s general election, the idea was to bring in New Delhi a federal government.
With a population nearly Brazil’s size, northern Uttar Pradesh sends 80 of the 543 lawmakers to the country’s parliament, the highest among all other states, making it a game-changer turf. UTTAR PRADESH, India — A three-party alliance of regional parties threatens the momentum of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by strongman Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh.
US and Poland, sponsors of an Iran-focused conference in Warsaw, have backtracked from their initial agenda as some EU invitees’ plan to skip the meeting. Is the summit headed for a two-day fiasco? BABA UMAR 25 JAN 2019 Two weeks ago, their idea was to hold an Iran-focused meeting in Poland and possibly outline the shape of a future “Arab-NATO” – a euphemism.
At least 600 people in India-administered Kashmir, which includes Indian soldiers, local police and 160 civilians, lost their lives to violence. BABA UMAR 28 DEC 2018 An eight-month-old baby Nitin Kumar, a senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, an alleged police informer Shameema Akhtar, a Class 7 student Andleeb Jan, a 14-year-old rebel fighter Mudasir Ahmad Parrey,.
The former chief minister of the country’s most populous Uttar Pradesh state tells TRT World that the ruling BJP ‘has created a wall of hatred,’ which like-minded alliances must demolish. BABA UMAR 23 APR 2019 LUCKNOW, India –– Akhilesh Yadav, 45, is seen as a game-changer politician in the ongoing election. A former chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh state.
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party has vowed to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Indian-administered Kashmir, by repealing Article 370 of the constitution, which bars Indians from buying land in the disputed territory. via @TRTWorld
TRT World’s Baba Umar spoke with journalist Najeeb Mubariki about what the Indian elections mean for Kashmiris. @TRT World
BABA UMAR 10 APR 2018 SOURCE: TRT WORLD The spokesman for the Afghan Taliban speaks to TRT World about the recent Kunduz air strike, Kabul’s talks offer and the emergence of Daesh in the region. The deadly air strike in the Afghan province of Kunduz that reportedly killed dozens of seminary students has once again underlined the need to bring the 17-year-old conflict to an end. In the recent.
The Armenian opposition has launched a general strike after the ruling Republican Party blocked opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan’s bid to become prime minister after two weeks of anti-government protests ousted veteran leader Serzh Sargsyan. BABA UMAR 2 MAY 2018 Source: TRT World What’s going on in Armeni Weeks of protests in.
