India’s mammoth general elections have begun, marking the start of a seven-phase democratic exercise that will span over six weeks.

India’s main opposition party the Indian National Congress has released its election manifesto.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the party is unable to campaign properly with its accounts frozen.

Arriving in buses and trains, farmers flocked at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Thursday to attend “Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat.”

It was his first visit to the disputed region’s capital, Srinagar, since the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 2019.

India’s main opposition the Congress party says its bank accounts have been frozen by the income tax department weeks before the expected announcement of national elections.

At least six people have been killed in India and dozens severely injured during communal clashes against Muslims after the demolition of a mosque and an adjoining madrasa by the authorities in the northern state of Uttarakhand.