The outcome is a stunning blow for Modi, who had predicted his party and its allies would capture more than two-thirds of all ...

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to supporters while campaigning at Bhabanipur, India, in the West Bengal state assembly election, April 27, 2026. Credit: ...

Amid the scorching heat of an Indian summer, political temperatures are rising with four states — Assam, Kerala (recently renamed Keralam), Tamil Nadu and West Bengal — and one Union Territory, ...

While fresh national elections in India are nearly three years away, the race for the votes of students and, by extension, young people has begun in earnest. This was evident in the way major ...

The emergence of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the thousands of young people who gathered under its banner have ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election. The Election Commission ...

No political pedigree. No party machinery. No decades of protest experience. Yet the CJP and student protesters managed to ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won big in state-level elections this week, with the Hindu nationalist BJP now controlling over 70% of the country.

The mock political outfit Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has amassed over 22 million followers on Instagram. Similar movements led by disgruntled youth on social media in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/Rich Pedroncelli/AP/jim young/Reuters India’s ruling ...