Democracy
- India
India ranks 97 in terms of democracy, says V-Dem report
V-Dem an independent research institute based at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has published a report – Democracy Report 2022 Autocratization Changing Nature? – where it stated that India is among the…
- India
UP polls for saving democracy, Constitution: Akhilesh
Balrampur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are for saving democracy and the country’s Constitution, which will be “destroyed” by the BJP if it returns…
- India
Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quits Congress
New Delhi: Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Tuesday resigned from Congress after a long association of 46 years with the party. In a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi,…
- India
‘India’s democracy score declined significantly in recent years’
London: The Indian government’s failure to crack down on the persecution of religious and other minorities by Hindu nationalists continues to weigh on the country’s democracy score, which has declined significantly in…
- India
Congress’ thinking has been hijacked by ‘urban Naxals’: PM Modi
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the grand old party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Congress’s thinking has been hijacked by ‘urban Naxals’. Prime Minister said that if…
- India
Communalism that led to Gandhiji’s death biggest threat to nation today: Pinarayi Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the communal ideology that led to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi has become the biggest threat to the country and it still “slaughters”…
- Telangana
Need to struggle to preserve democracy in country: JUH Bodhan
Hyderabad: “Our country is the largest democracy in the world, ” said Mufti Sheik Jabar, President of Jamiat Ulama Hind Bodhan, at a flag hoisting ceremony on the Republic Day on Wednesday.…
- India
CAA-NRC protest: Sharjeel Imam seems to be skeptical of ideas of secularism, democracy, says court
New Delhi: A Delhi Court while framing charges of sedition against Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel Imam noted that in his speeches Imam appears to be “skeptical of the ideas of secularism…
- India
60 pc MLAs in Goa switched parties in last five years, a ”record” in India: ADR report
Panaji: As many as 24 legislators in Goa, which is 60 per cent of the total strength of the 40-member state Assembly, have switched parties in the last five years, a report…
- India
US & India should set bold goals to achieve USD 500 billion in bilateral trade: new USIBC president
Washington: After achieving enormous progress in their overall relations, the US and India must now set bold goals to take their ties to a new level and achieve the ambitious target of…
