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Pakistan said on Wednesday that it was “encouraged” by comments from India’s election front runner Narendra Modi, who said he would co-operate with foreign governments if he were to be elected as the nation’s Prime Minister. The Hindu nationalist hardliner Narendra Modi and his party, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are widely tipped to come back into power after …

On Wednesday, over 50 Bollywood actors, writers and filmmakers signed an appeal which urged Indians not to vote for nationalist hardliner Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing general elections in the country, and choose a “secular” party instead. Critics fear that if the BJP comes to power, it would set off religious tensions in the country. Some …