India’s 2026 political calendar is packed with state elections, Census, delimitation debates, key Bills and leadership changes. Here’s what to watch.

A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott.

Placing personality at the centre of politics is not new in India. Supporters of Indira Gandhi, an autocratic prime minister, famously conflated her with the nation itself, claiming that “India is Indira and Indira is India.”

Indian Gen Z, those born roughly between the late 1990s and early 2010s, is emerging as one of the most politically visible yet complex generations in the country. From online debates to street protests and voting booths, young Indians are redefining what political participation looks like in the digital age.

With MAGA-era hostility reshaping narratives around immigration and identity, Indian Americans face a new political reality that demands civic engagement, strategic voting, and a stronger public voice.

The challenge for India is no longer how to ensure Bangladesh’s stability, but how to engage a Bangladesh that is politically restless, socially mobilized, and strategically self-aware.

NEW DELHI — Mahendra Kumar Jalan was an Indian millionaire with a diversified portfolio of food-processing plants, dairy farms and commercial real estate. As he faced scrutiny from the Indian government’s financial crimes investigators in 2019, he ...

On a stifling April afternoon in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, local politician Shakti Singh Rathore sat down in front of a greenscreen to shoot a short video. He looked nervous. It was his first time being cloned. Wearing a crisp white shirt ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks on the stage with then-U.S. President Donald Trump to address a crowd of 50,000 people of Indian origin at the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston, Texas, September 2019. Credit: X/US Embassy India With the 2024 ...

From unexpected exits to new political alignments, 2026 is set to test India’s leaders like never before., Astrology, Times Now

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vineeta Gupta hosted 20 Indian American women at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fueled by chana masala, naan and rice pudding, they wrote hundreds of postcards in an appeal to fellow South Asians. Their message: Vote ...