Governors cannot keep bills pending indefinitely without any action: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court emphasized that governors cannot indefinitely withhold bills without taking any action, stating that the unelected Head o...
24 Nov, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
What the assaults on Salman Rushdie and a Rajasthan dalit boy stem fromIt is the failure to build democracy and secularism so conceived, in the decades after India's independence, that explains caste atrocities...
17 Aug, 2022, 12.53 AM IST
Indian-origin diplomat Uzra Zeya is America's Special Coordinator for Tibetan IssuesZeya, who was once posted in New Delhi during her diplomatic career, had quit the foreign service in 2018 in protest against the policies o...
21 Dec, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
AICC, Karnataka Congress leaders rally around DK ShivakumarKarnataka BJP president Nalinkumar Kateel said the Congress jumping in defence of Shivakumar showed that it was supporting his ill-gotten w...
05 Oct, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
View: The Scindia lesson - a democracy without democracy is no longer viableJyotiraditya Scindia’s defection has made many things clear, one of those being that the viability of this political system has reached its...
11 Mar, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
Opposition stall functioning of Rajya Sabha, House adjourned till 2 pmNaidu said he did not accept notices given by the Congress, DMK and Left members under Rule 267 as the matter was sub judice and conduct of...
25 Nov, 2019, 12.28 PM IST
There's fear Indian democracy could metamorphose into illiberal one based on Hindutva: Hamid AnsariSpeaking at the launch of his book, Ansari said "correctives" were essential, and it was the duty of the citizens and of the civil society ...
17 Jul, 2018, 11.01 PM IST
Opposition presses for early debate on role of Governors in Goa, ManipurDigvijaya Singh (Cong) said he has moved a substantive motion under rule 168 on the conduct of Governors and wanted to know when it will be...
20 Mar, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
Congress forces adjournment in RS protesting Goa Governor's roleCongress members alleged breach of propriety and constitutional norms in the consultations Goa Governor Mridula Sinha held with Union Finan...
17 Mar, 2017, 01.18 PM IST
Congress questions Arunachal Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa's role; disrupts RS proceedings"Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is behaving like a dictator," Azad said calling it the "most undemocratic thing that had not happened even d...
15 Dec, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif's US visit will do little for democracy in Pakistan: ExpertDescribing the idea of any semblance of a civil-military balance in Pakistan as a "sham", he said US policy helps widen the divide.
21 Oct, 2015, 08.17 AM IST
Political barbs exchanged between leaders kill the sense in discoursePublic discourse can inform, enrich and redeem democracy, if it provides citizens insights into how to make the institutions of the state w...
05 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Disqualification of sitting MPs and MLAs: What of the quality of initial convictions?Lower courts merrily flout principles enunciated by the Supreme Court time and again, and deliver convictions that are later overturned by ...
11 Jul, 2013, 04.08 AM IST
Why BJP and Congress drama can help IndiaThe controversy is more substantive if one looks at it through the prism of political evolution.
26 Jun, 2013, 08.43 AM IST
India, US ties change from estranged to engaged democraciesIndia today said its ties with the US have turned from "estranged democracies" to "engaged democracies", as it is exploring and absorbing i...
24 Jun, 2013, 09.17 PM IST
It's high time to reform political fundingThis means India's largest companies and rich individuals making their political contributions openly, by cheque.
10 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- India must accept but choose the music
US President Barack Obama was his stirring, eloquent self when he invited India to become US’ partner on the world stage to build prosperit...
09 Nov, 2010, 05.21 AM IST