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India, Japan urge Myanmar to end violence, return to democracy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar, India and Japan called for an immediate cessation of violence throughout Myanmar and a return to the path of democracy.
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Tiananmen activist, lawyer stabbed to death by client in US
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): A New York-based lawyer, popularly known as the key participant in the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, Jim Li was stabbed to death by a client after his decision to stop working with her.
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Social media being used to hack democracy, charges Sonia Gandhi in LS, cal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that global companies like Facebook and Twitter are used increasingly to shape political narratives and urged the government to end the influence of social media giants on electoral politics in In
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India not violating sanctions, but Russian oil deal could place New Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) said India would not be violating US sanctions by purchasing discounted Russian oil but added that such a move would put the world's largest democracy on the "wrong side of history".
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Cross-border terrorism by Taliban hurting Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): The Taliban who were helped by Pakistan to rein in Afghanistan is now seeking to destabilise Pakistan's democracy empowering the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that is battling Islamabad, working to launch a 'jihad' in Pakistan.
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Bihar CM killed democracy by dictating Speaker, says RJD leader Tejashwi Y
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Katihar (Bihar) [India], March 15 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the latter entered into a heated argument with Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday in the Legislative Assembly.
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LS Speaker expresses concern over Russia-Ukraine conflict
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday met the Austrian parliamentary delegation and said the two countries have deep faith in democracy and democratic values which strengthen their bilateral relations.
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'No democracy in West Bengal': Adhir Chowdhury alleges Cong member shot de
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): There is no democracy in West Bengal, said Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday alleging that the party's elected representative was shot dead by "goons" of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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Kamala Harris warns that Russia's action in Ukraine threatens democracy ac
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): US Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the unity between the US and its NATO and European allies and warned that Russia's military operations in Ukraine pose a threat to all democracies.
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Swami Prasad Maurya says issues for which he left BJP continue to be relev
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who lost the assembly polls from Fazilnagar, has said that defeat and victory are part of democracy and the issues for which he left the BJP continue to be relevant.
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PM Modi slams dynastic parties, says he is not against any family but conc
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Terming dynastic politics a problem for democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, said that he is not against any family but is concerned about democracy instead and expressed confidence in the "sunset" of such parties in the future.
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BJP ruining democracy, says SP's Naresh Uttam Patel, alleging mishandling
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): Sharply attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP amid the counting of the votes in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Uttam Patel said that the ruling party is "ruining democracy as incidents of mishandling of ballot papers
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