Oyo: India’s fast-growing hotel chain expands in Europe
India’s fast-growing hotel chain Oyo will expand in Europe with the purchase of an Amsterdam-based vacation rental firm.
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Rahul Gandhi: Can India’s Congress leader unseat PM Modi?
India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was all but written off after his crushing defeat in the last elections. But he has energised a struggling Congress party and increasingly set the agenda with a combative campaign. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey visits his constituency to assess whether he can unseat the prime minister this time.
India student leader ‘a symbol of protest’ against PM Modi
A district in one of India’s poorest states has made national headlines in the ongoing general election after a firebrand student leader decided to run for a seat there. Kanhaiya Kumar, who was charged with “sedition” for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans and spent a few weeks in jail in 2016, is a candidate from Begusarai constituency where voting was held… Read more »
Kashmir attack: Tracing the path that led to Pulwama
The suicide attack that killed more than 40 Indian soldiers in February was carried out by a young Kashmiri from Pulwama. Ahead of voting in the region in India’s general election, Sameer Yasir reports on the rise in youth militancy over the past two years.
Terrorism and the Sri Lanka attacks (Analysis)
This past Easter will go down infamously, as Muslim terrorist sects carried out lethal attacks on a church in Sri Lanka. As authorities and officials frantically attempt to point fingers at the group who committed this atrocity, many of them overlook the theory that multiple terrorist groups were involved in the planning and execution of the attacks. This recent event… Read more »
Simulation Reflection
Since I know myself to be rather introverted, especially when compared to other members of my delegation (USDOS), I knew that I wouldn’t be the most prominent speaker in the group. However, instead of just sitting there, I used this skill to my advantage in the simulation by joining in and listening to different conversations between other delegations, even those… Read more »
Sri Lanka attacks: Who are National Thowheed Jamath?
A previously little-known group called the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) is being accused of having carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka attacks: Who are the victims?
Sri Lanka is in shock after a wave of bombings targeting churches and hotels left 290 people dead. Churches were hit during Easter services on Sunday in the cities of Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa.
India chief justice Gogoi accused of sexual harassment
India’s Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has been accused of sexual harassment by a former Supreme Court employee. The 35-year-old woman has filed an affidavit alleging two instances of misconduct in October last year, shortly after Mr Gogoi was appointed. She says her family was victimised after she refused the advances. A statement said Mr Gogoi, 64, “totally denied” the “false… Read more »
Is this the end of the Congress-AAP alliance in Delhi?
India has entered full election mode: voting began on 11 April, and the final ballot will be cast more than five weeks later on 19 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of the world’s largest democracy.