Modi, 73, was administered the oath of office by India's President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi

The West Bengal CID, probing the murder of Bangladesh MP Md Anwarul Azim, today recovered bones, suspected to be those of the lawmaker, from the bank of a canal in the Kashipur area of North 24 Parganas district, a senior officer said

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will be present at today's swearing-in ceremony for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports NDTV

Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered his country away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take the oath of office on Sunday for a third term in power alongside coalition allies after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief rival Rahul Gandhi was nominated to lead India’s opposition in parliament yesterday after an election result that rescued his party from the political wilderness.

Narendra Modi will take oath as India’s Prime Minister for the third successive term tomorrow, as his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally presented its claim to the president yesterday to form a government.

An Indian court yesterday granted bail to opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in the latest of several defamation cases brought against him for accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi or his party of corruption.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost a third of its rural parliamentary constituencies in last month’s election, a voter analysis shows, reflecting discontent in the countryside over lack of jobs and high inflation.

Narendra Modi will take oath as India's Prime Minister for the third successive term on June 9 at 6:00pm

India's Narendra Modi was formally elected today by lawmakers of his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to be prime minister for a historic third consecutive term, as the world's most populous nation returns to government by coalition

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked a meeting of allied lawmakers on Friday for giving him unanimous support to lead their coalition, giving him a majority to govern in the next parliament.

India's Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has secured bail in a defamation case filed by BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to present a coalition agreement to the president on Friday, after an unexpectedly close election forced his party to rely on allies to keep him in power

Ever since the rise of Narendra Modi on the national scene in 2014, his leadership has attracted voters to the BJP on a considerable scale.

A Delhi court yesterday denied interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister and key opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in a case relating to alleged corruption in the capital territory’s alcohol sales policy, legal news website Live Law reported.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain in office but with a substantially reduced mandate, confounding expectations of a resounding victory forecast by analysts and exit polls. AFP takes a look at the reasons why Modi and his party failed to achieve a third successive landslide win:

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis yesterday offered to step down as Maharashtra deputy chief minister taking moral responsibility for the party’s poor showing in Lok Sabha elections in the state.

As the Indian parliamentary election results neared completion on Tuesday, supporters at the Congress party’s national headquarters at 24 Akbar Road in the heart of Delhi broke into celebrations.

India’s main opposition Congress party bagged both parliamentary seats in strife-torn Manipur in the general election as the north-eastern state voted out Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and its ally after year-long ethnic clashes.