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1. BJP opposes Indian time zone division

   Posted May 18th 2007, 12:00am by Azizur Rahman

   ... India Bharatiya Janata Party Calcutta Shaikh Azizur Rahman in Calcutta Indian nationalists are opposing moves to introduce separate time zones in India because they fear it will fuel the independence movement in the northeastern states. The comments come after a proposal this month by India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (PSCE), which asked the government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/593310/bjp-opposes-indian-time-zone-division
2. News - Asia - INDIA

   Millions vote in test for India’s Hindu hardliner

   Posted Dec 13th 2012, 04:55pm by AFP

   ... has secured thumping victories in the last two polls, is looking to secure another sizeable majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to bolster his reputation, which was stained ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1104499/millions-vote-test-indias-hindu-hardliner
3. News - Asia - INDIA

   India’s Modi faces vote as he eyes national leadership role

   Posted Dec 11th 2012, 12:45pm by Agence France-Presse in Ahmedabad

   ... grassroots right-wing Hindu organisation before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1987. Though he has never declared his ambition to be prime minister, his desire for the top spot in his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1102887/indias-modi-faces-vote-he-eyes-national-leadership-role
4. Holy minister waves martyr's banner for the dispirited BJP

   Posted Aug 31st 2004, 12:00am by Maseeh Rahman

   ... southern town issued an arrest warrant against Uma Bharti, a sanyasin or ascetic who also happened to be the chief minister of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the party forced her ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/468488/holy-minister-waves-martyrs-banner-dispirited-bjp
5. A vote against arrogance and hate

   Posted May 24th 2004, 12:00am by Mark Williams

   ... a full-time job chasing off the monkey menace from the grounds of parliament. This month, India's voters went on a hunt of their own, turfing out a Bharatiya Janata Party-led government that most ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/456872/vote-against-arrogance-and-hate
6. News - Asia - INDIA

   Bangalore ‘terror’ blast injures 16 ahead of elections

   Posted Apr 17th 2013, 08:13pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Bomb blast Bangalore Malleshwaram Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Agence France-Presse in Bangalore Explosion triggers panic among locals, appears to have been planted on a motorbike near the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party A top Indian official said a blast in the city of Bangalore that wounded 16 people on Wednesday, including 11 policemen, was “an act of terror” ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1216845/bangalore-terror-blast-injures-16-ahead-elections
7. News - Asia

   Briefs, January 21, 2013

   Posted Jan 21st 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... News Asia Thein Sein Bharatiya Janata North Korea Phone Mixed messages from Myanmar war zones YANGON - Myanmar's president said he wanted peace talks with all ethnic rebel groups ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1132582/briefs-january-21-2013
8. News - Asia - INDIA

   Narendra Modi's BJP wins landslide election in India's Gujarat state

   Posted Dec 21st 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... sealing his status as the most high-profile leader of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of national polls in early 2014. With nearly all results counted, news reports from Gujarat ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1109396/narendra-modis-bjp-wins-landslide-election-indias-gujarat-state
9. News - Asia - DIPLOMACY

   Britain ends boycott of Gujarat leader Narendra Modi over 2002 riots

   Posted Oct 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Agence France-Presse in Ahmedabad, India

   ... violence since independence. Modi, a senior leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, denies any misconduct. But he has struggled to shake off the allegations, and the US has ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1067491/britain-ends-boycott-gujarat-leader-narendra-modi-over-2002-riots
10. Fair treatment in Gujarat

    Posted Mar 21st 2004, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... not be fair for me to comment. However, let's say for argument's sake that the accused had links with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and were found guilty, it does not mean ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/449108/fair-treatment-gujarat

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