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Police in India used drones to drop tear gas on a growing legion of angry farmers as they marched on New Delhi on Tuesday. The police also threw up barricades on major roads leading into the national capital and banned gatherings of more than five people to thwart the protests.

The Indian Defense Ministry announced this week that it had begun a joint army exercise alongside Saudi Arabia named “Sada Tanseeq,” or “Forever in Coordination,” expected to run through February 10.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has reportedly found Hindu relics beneath a Muslim temple, fueling a bitter religious dispute.

The government of the Maldives on Sunday set a deadline of March 15 for India to remove all of its troops from the island nation.

The Hindu nationalist government of India presided over the escalation of Christian persecution in the country at a “record pace” in 2023, religious freedom experts told Breitbart News, and faces little to no pressure to protect their Christian populations from the West.

The Indian parliament suspended 79 lawmakers from opposition parties on Monday for disrupting a session, followed by another 48 on Tuesday. 14 others were suspended last week, bringing the total to 141 since December 14 – a remarkably high number of suspensions for even the rowdy Indian legislature.

President Joe Biden declined an invitation this week from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit New Delhi for Republic Day in late January.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued multiple statements this week effusively condemning the Hamas jihadist terror group for its massacre of Israeli citizens and expressing support for the government of Israel – placing India firmly against radical Islamic terror and cementing its place as a Jerusalem ally.

New Delhi police arrested the editor of NewsClick, a website critical of President Narendra Modi’s administration.

The Indian government reportedly instructed Canada on Tuesday to withdraw 41 members of its diplomatic corps from Indian soil.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to publicize the evidence for his allegations of murder against the Indian government on Thursday, but he said the evidence was copious and called on India to cooperate with the investigation into Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death.

Canada and India each expelled a diplomat after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea accused India of murdering a prominent Sikh leader.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that India is the world leader in shutting down Internet access, coming in ahead of heavyweight access-blockers like Iran, Libya, and Sudan with 84 regional shutdowns in 2022.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was scolded by Indian PM Narendra Modi for indulging in protest marches by Sikh separatists.

Indian police filed criminal charges against four journalists for allegedly “misrepresenting facts” about tribal conflicts in Manipur.

Multiple news outlets reported on Thursday that Xi Jinping is planning not to attend the G-20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi, India.

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission deployed its Pragyan moon rover on Thursday, beginning its cautious exploration of the lunar south pole while millions of Indians watched its livestream and celebrated the historic accomplishments of the mission.

The Times of India (TOI) reported on Sunday that conditions in Ukraine are increasingly difficult for visiting Indian students, because the Ukrainians resent India’s positive relationship with invading Russia. Indian visitors say the locals are increasingly telling them to “go back” as the war grinds on.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims peace is returning to the turbulent province of Manipur after months of tribal warfare.

India has quietly banned its growing domestic drone industry from using Chinese parts due to fears of security vulnerabilities.

Huge protests erupted in the conflicted Indian state of Manipur after a viral video showed two Christian women paraded nude by a Hindu mob.

The months-long persecution of Christian tribes in Manipur, northern India, by members of the majority Hindu Meitei tribe became a topic of national outrage on Wednesday as a video went viral of a presumed Meitei mob parading two women through the streets naked, molesting and humiliating them in broad daylight.

Indian PM Modi guest of honour at France’s Bastille Day celebrations, taking place under tight security after the country was swept by riots.

Indian PM Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to France where he will discuss major new defence deals.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has ruled out attending Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s upcoming address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, declaring “no way in hell” she would be there.

Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta.

India asserted itself as the lone member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) not to endorse communist China’s predatory Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during a virtual summit Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden’s warm welcome to Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose tenure has seen a 300-percent spike in attacks on Christians in the country, was a “big miss” for human rights, David Curry, the president and CEO of Global Christian Relief, told Breitbart News this week.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was turned back by police when he tried to enter the violence-torn state of Manipur by truck.

Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s opposition Indian National Congress (INC) party, announced on Tuesday that he will visit the conflict-torn state of Manipur on Thursday and Friday.

The Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need denounced an “increasingly muted response” to religious persecution in China and India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first state visit to Egypt on Saturday, landing in Cairo after departing the United States for two days of meetings with Egyptian business leaders and officials, including President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday lashed out at former U.S. President Barack Obama for saying India’s government should do more to protect Muslim citizens.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock on Thursday when confronted about the dramatic escalation in violence against non-Hindu religious minorities in his country during his tenure, claiming to be “really surprised” and denying any religious discrimination.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday to address a joint meeting of Congress as part of a multi-day tour through the United States aimed at building on U.S.-India relations.

India once again broke its previous Russian oil import records in May, Reuters reported on Wednesday, buying 1.95 million barrels per day (bpd) that month. About 40 percent of the oil India imported in May came from Russia.