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Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 8 activists over peaceful
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 1 (ANI): A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an assembly at the height of the 2019 protests.
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2nd phase polling: Vote in record numbers while following COVID-19 norms,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Thursday appealed to the voters of West Bengal and Assam to participate in the "festival of democracy" by exercising their right to vote in record numbers in the second phase of assembly elections.
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Mehbooba Mufti supports Mamata's call, says imperative for opposition part
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 31 (ANI): PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday supported the call by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a united and effective struggle against the BJP" and said it is imperative for the opposition parties to unite "to protect our de
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No free, fair elections in Hong Kong anymore: Activist Nathan Law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 31 (ANI): Slamming China's latest move to reduce the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong's legislature, pro-democracy activist Nathan Law has said that democracy is being denied and citizens are being "humiliated" in the city, showing how the Communist Party of Chi
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India, Ivory Coast hold discussions on bilateral relations, trade, investm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): India and Ivory Coast held the First Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on Tuesday, where they discussed strong bilateral relations that exist and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening it based on the shared visions, principles and value of d
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Punjab Cong chief condemns attack on BJP MLA Arun Narang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh, March 28 (ANI): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Sunil Jakhar has strongly condemned the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Arun Narang in Malout saying such unlawful behaviour has no place in a democracy. He said that farmer protests will be weakened wi
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Derailing debates is derailing democracy: Vice President
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 27 (ANI): Expressing his concern over frequent disruption in legislatures and parliament and also a decline in standards of debates, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that "disruption means derailing debate and derailing democracy and the n
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Mallikarjun Kharge condemns Bihar Assembly ruckus, says 'BJP killing democ
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday condemned the ruckus that took place in the Bihar Assembly where police personnel reached the assembly premises to evict the MLAs, stating that the "Bharatiya Janata Party is killing democracy".
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'Sad day for democracy', says Kejriwal after RS passes GNCTD Amendment Bil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday termed the passing of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Rajaya Sabha a "sad day for democracy".
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Cong slams NDA govt for assault on Bihar legislators
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Reacting to the alleged assault on Congress and RJD legislators in Bihar, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday alleged that democracy has been murdered in the Assembly.
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Tejashwi, Tej Pratap arrested during RJD protest in Patna, workers lathi-c
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 23 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of "murdering democracy" soon after police used water cannons and lathi-charged RJD workers who were staging a protest here against unemployme
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Violence in Myanmar reaches unbearable limits, not justified: German Forei
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 22 (ANI): Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister said on Monday that the violence against people who were protesting the Military Coup in Myanmar has crossed unbearable limits and is not justified.
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