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PUBLIC FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war that some backers worry will embolden IranPresident Trump is close to a deal to end the war with Iran. This agreement aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and reduce Iran's nuclear c...
Delhi HC dismisses PIL to deregister AAP, disqualify Arvind KejriwalThe Delhi High Court has rejected a plea to deregister the Aam Aadmi Party and disqualify its leaders. The court found the petition lacked ...
Implementing women's reservation in 2029 elections is collective sentiment of nation: PM ModiIn September 2023, Parliament passed the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', commonly known as the Women's Reservation Act, that provided for r...
Once inspired by Orban, Hungary's Peter Magyar unseats him in landmark electionPeter Magyar's Tisza party has defeated Viktor Orban's Fidesz in Hungary's parliamentary election, ending Orban's 16-year rule. Magyar's pr...
'Political misdeed': PM writes to Birla on now-defeated resolution against LS speaker, slams oppnPrime Minister Narendra Modi sharply criticised the Congress for moving a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Modi sta...
₹10,000 payout tilted Bihar polls, says Sharad Pawar; calls it threat to democracySharad Pawar argues that the cash transfers to women were pivotal to the results of the Bihar elections, highlighting how the ₹10,000 payou...
Crisis of credibility in Indian politics: Rajnath SinghSingh was addressing successful candidates of the UPSC at an event in Lucknow on Sunday. He was on a three-day visit to the state capital w...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges judges to resolve pending casesCalcutta High Court Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava was also present at the programme, along with state minister of Law & Judicial Departm...
View: The Taliban offer multiple, vital lessons in democracy, if only by negative exampleNot just domestic zealots but India’s external enemies wait to feed religious bigotry and radicalism on the part of the majority and the mi...
Courts must be open to public scrutiny, criticism, says Supreme Court lawyer Harish Salve"Governance has to be under the sharp blaze of sunlight...in fact, I think a time may come when the Supreme Court may seriously consider a ...
View: Imperative to zap the cancer of religious radicalism to save the body politicTo zap a cancerous tumour with radiation is not to attack the body in which the tumour has grown, but to save it. Attempts to apply painful...
Rahul Gandhi's criticism of ordinance healthy for democracy: Milind DeoraDeora today termed Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the controversial ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers as "healt...
Embarrasment to UPA: Milind Deora says ordinance to protect MPs can erode faith in democracyDeora is the second Congress leader after party General Secretary Digvijay Singh to have expressed his reservation on the promulation of th...
Modi appeals prosecutors to restore confidence in democracyNarendra Modi said that people have lost faith in democracy as the government "failed" to enthuse people and instill a sense of ownership i...
Reimagining democracy: People seem to have lost faith in the country's institutions?Though the disjunction between people & institutions is not a new phenomenon, there has, undoubtedly, over the years, been a deepening of d...
- British democracy is in 'terminal decline': Report
An audit has said that representative democracy in the country is in 'long-term terminal decline', amidst a rise of corporate power.
- Pass Lok Bill by August 15 or face agitation: Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare on Sunday threatened to revert to agitation if an effective Lokpal legislation is not enacted by August 15.