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International Democracy Day being observed today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept. 15 (ANI): International Democracy Day is being observed today across the globe to raise public awareness about the democratic system.
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Hansraj Ahir slams Pak, hints at action against separatists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 7 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Wednesday hinted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, which believes in democracy, would very soon initiate action against the separatists attempting to divide the nation.
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BJP backs Rajnath's criticism of separatists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept. 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday criticised the Hurriyat leaders for refusing to talk despite the all-party delegation members visiting their house and said that they are against Insaaniyat (Humanity), Jamooriyat (Democracy) and don
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Pakistan's media is manipulated says ex- UNDP country chief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad[Pakistan], Aug. 31 (ANI):Highlighting that media should be one of the pillars of democracy, Marc-Andre Franche, the former country director for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, has pointed out that Pakistani media is manipulated.
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Outline solutions, don't become roadblock to progressive democracy: B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Aug. 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday cautioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee not to become a roadblock to progressive democracy, and instead, come up with solutions to resolve existing problems.
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PM, HM don't understand meaning of Insaaniyat, Jumhooriyat, Kashmiriy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): Calling the abrupt dismissal of a joint press conference attended by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar as a lack of understanding, Congress leader Manish Tiwari said that the BJP does not unders
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JD (U) dubs suspension of Gujarat MLAs as 'undemocratic'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 23 (ANI): Hours after the Gujarat Assembly suspended 44 MLAs, the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday said such an act is not good for democracy.
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Cong backs Mamata, says 'fascist' PM Modi doesn't believe i
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 21 (ANI): Backing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's tirade against the BJP-led NDA Government wherein she accused the ruling dispensation at the Centre of bulldozing the country's federal structure, the Congress Party on Sunday dubbed Prime Minister Naren
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Nation needs to restrain use of pellet guns by paramilitary: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 20 (ANI): Expressing dismay over the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) warning that more fatalities could take place in restive Jammu and Kashmir if the use of pellet guns are banned, the Congress Party on Saturday said in a democracy a more humane approach is the need of t
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BJP leader Ashok Jaiswal's murder a blot on Indian democracy: Congres
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The Congress Party has said that the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Jaiswal is a blot on Indian democracy and asked the Bihar government to take appropriate action against the perpetrators of the crime.
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NCP backs Parrikar, says 'democracy is non-functional' in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 17 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday appeared to be in tune with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's assertion that 'going to Pakistan is like going to hell' and said it is well-known to everybody that democracy is non-functional in Islamaba
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Bulandshahr rape: 'Mockery' of democracy if politicians like Aza
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (ANI): With the Bulandshahr rape victim moving the Supreme Court to file case against the Samajwadi Party leader (SP) Azam Khan for passing disgraceful comment, former National Commission for Women (NCW) member Shamina Shafiq on Saturday said it is 'mockery' of t
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