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Today's Presidential election 'the most dignified': Dharmen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): As the fight for the post of the President is underway, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that this election is taking place in the most dignified way, adding that it shows the democracy is matured and responsible.
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PM Modi directs State Govts. to fight against violence in name of cow vigi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, while addressing the floor of leaders of parties of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha here today, said that for preserving the institution of Democracy in India, it is important
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Hong Kong holds vigil for Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], July 16 (ANI): Thousands of mourners took to the streets of central Hong Kong as they carried out a candle vigil in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident and Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.
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Liu Xiaobo, political prisoner dies in Chinese custody
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July 13 (ANI): China's most famous political dissident, a nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, died at the age of 61 in Chinese custody on Thursday.
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Pressure mounts on Pakistan PM Nawaz to quit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): A Pakistani newspaper has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step aside, fight whatever charges are brought against him or his children in court and, if he is eventually cleared of the charges, he can seek a return to office as the law permits as the toll
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Kiran Bedi is against all canons of democracy: DMK
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 08 (ANI): After the Congress ministers and other leaders observed a day-long fast, demanding the ouster of Puducherry's Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday lashed out at the latter asserting that the appointment of t
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GST tribute to wisdom of India's democracy: President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): With the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) rolling out at midnight, President Pranab Mukherjee, while addressing a special session of the Parliament, said it is a tribute to the maturity and wisdom of India's democracy.
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Azam Khan would be beheaded for making same 'Army' comment in an
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Claiming that Azam Khan is enjoying the freedom of democracy in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said had the Samajwadi Party leader made such a statement in any Muslim country, he would have been beheade
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Man thrashed in Jharkhand: India turning into a mobocracy, says CPM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) leader Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said that India, instead of democracy, is turning into a mobocracy.
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Jaitley tears into Congress over 'undeclared emergency' barb, ca
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday unleashed a tirade against the Congress for cornering the Centre and accusing it of donning a dictatorial attitude and said that it was the grand old party which imposed emergency on the nation and slay democracy
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Democracy is being murdered now without declaration of emergency: Yechury
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for "murdering democracy with an undeclared emergency".
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'Mann ki Baat': Emergency was a dark phase for the nation, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): On Sunday (June 25), Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded people about the horrors of the emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the month of June, 1975, and asked people to rededicate themselves towards the goal of strengthening democr
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