Exit polls show that an anti-corruption party in India is on track to win a majority in state elections in the capital, a result that would see Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing his first state election defeat since sweeping to power last year. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or Common People’s Party, is likely to win…

New Delhi (dpa) – Shunning the traditional white outfit of the Indian politician, maverick Arvind Kejriwal pfers ill-fitting trousers, well-worn sweater and a muffler wound over his ears and neck. Anti-corruption campaigner Kejriwal is keen to demonstrate that he is earnest in his ambition to clean up the system of government and change the culture of…

NEW DELHI — On Saturday, India’s capital Delhi voted to give itself a new state government, in what has perhaps become the most keenly watched electoral contest in the country since it elected a new federal government in May last year. In December 2013, Delhi had voted out a Congress party government under the then-Chief Minister…