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BJP's Jaiveer Shergill appeals to voters to exercise franchise to strength
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As the voting in the final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election began on Saturday, BJP leader Jaiveer Shergill appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise for the country's future and to strengthen democracy.
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav criticizes PM Modi's Kanniyakumari meditation, d
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Tejashwi Yadav also issued a political appeal, urging people to vote against those seeking to undermine constitutional principles, reservations, and democracy.
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Kejriwal appeals to voters to exercise franchise to end "dictatorship"
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As the voting in the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election began on Saturday, Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers "to protect democracy and the Constitution."
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BJP-led NDA candidate Jitan Ram Manjhi casts vote in Bihar's Jehanabad, ur
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Voting is a significant festival in a democracy, and everyone should exercise their right to vote. We also believe that voting is essential, so we came with our entire family and cast our votes. Voting is proceeding peacefully, and I hope it concludes peacefully as well," Manjhi said.
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Trump's conviction sparks interest, schadenfreude in China
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As an authoritarian superpower on the rise, China has long sought to portray its political system as superior to American democracy.
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Lok Sabha polls: Largest festival of democracy in final lap, Phase 7 to ki
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The seven states in which polling is scheduled include Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Polling for remaining 42 Assembly Constituencies of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns Hong Kong Court's pro-democracy activist se
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has strongly condemned the sentencing of 14 pro-democracy activists by a Hong Kong high court in the largest case under the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by China in 2020.
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"Hope every citizen will exercise their voting rights:" Jyotiraditya Scind
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Tomorrow is the last stage of the festival of democracy. I hope that every citizen will exercise their voting rights, which is the biggest right in democracy, to build the future in the final phase of the Lok Sabha poll. Let there be good polling," Scinida told reporters.
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'Modi ji first Prime Minister to lower gravity of PM Office': Manmohan Sin
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"India is standing at a crucial juncture. In the impending last phase of voting, we have one final chance to ensure that Democracy and our Constitution are protected from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, trying to unleash dictatorship in India," Manmohan Singh said.
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Hong Kong convicts pro-democracy activists in city's largest national secu
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a significant verdict in what is said to be the city's largest national security case, the Hong Kong Court has convicted over a dozen pro-democracy activists of subversion charges on Thursday, reported CNN.
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"PDP workers kept flag of Indian democracy flying in J-K..." Iltija Mufti
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, alleged on Wednesday that scores of party workers who kept flag of democracy flying here at the time of uncertainty were picked up by police, hours ahead of polling in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency on May 25.
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Protests likely to resume in Taiwan over controversial bill that raises 'c
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Protests in Taiwan are expected to resume on Friday next week, regarding a controversial bill that that would significantly increase the parliament's investigative authority, reported Al Jazeera on Sunday.
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