The Latest Breaking News from Narendra Modi

Tesla opens first showroom in India, but EVs likely too expensive for locals

Tesla pressed Indian authorities to cut import taxes on EVs.

Euronews · Jul 16, 2025

World’s oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh dies at 114 after being hit by a car

A torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Singh took up running at the age of 89 as a way to get over depression after his wife and son died in quick succession in India.

Euronews · Jul 16, 2025

World's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies at 114 after being hit by a car

Fauja Singh, known as the Turbaned Torpedo and believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at 114 after being hit by a car in India

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

India Electoral Roll Revision Sparks Fear And Fury

Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement fears.

International Business Times · Jul 10, 2025

Why is Trump threatening higher tariffs on ‘anti-American’ Brics nations?

US president threat of additional 10 per cent levy on Brics members deepens rift with influential bloc

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Indian workers go on a daylong nationwide strike against Modi's economic reforms

Hundreds of thousands of workers in India went on strike, opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's privatization plans and economic reforms

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Cars plunge into river killing 9 people as section of 40-year-old bridge collapses in India

Search operation underway to rescue people and retrieve vehicles from river

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Can India stop Pakistan’s river water — and will it spark a new war?

The decades-old Indus Waters Treaty faces its gravest challenge as India suspends it, prompting Pakistan to warn of war.

Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2025

‘Deeply concerned’ over India press censorship, says X as accounts blocked

Social media platform says India government ordered it last week to block 2,355 accounts, including two Reuters handles.

Al Jazeera · Jul 8, 2025

X says Reuters handles blocked after Modi govt request, unblocked after another govt request

Contradicting the Narendra Modi government’s statement, X said on Tuesday that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had requested the social media platform to block access to the handles of Reuters and Reuters World, apart from 2,300 other accounts, in India.

Newslaundry · Jul 8, 2025