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Taliban cracks down on woman rights while demanding western aid
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 31 (ANI): Taliban officials are taking new actions to restrict women's freedoms and dismantle democratic institutions as they appeal to the world to release frozen humanitarian aid funds and bank accounts.
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JP Nadda hits out at Stalin govt, says democratic institutions being chall
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Wednesday attacked the state Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government and said that democratic institutions are being challenged and threatened in the state and the development process
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Centre's ordidance to extend CBI, ED directors tenure is attempt to destro
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Following the Centre's ordinance extending the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) director and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director to five years, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Sunday alleged that the move is an attempt to
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Smooth, orderly functioning of democratic institutions key to enabling rep
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 25 (ANI): During the second day of his two-day visit to Karnataka, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that smooth and orderly functioning of all democratic institutions is important in facilitating elected public representatives in fulfilling
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Incidents of unruly behaviour of public representatives have increased in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said that incidents of unparliamentary behaviour of public representatives have increased in recent years, which have tarnished the image of democratic institutions adding that collective efforts are needed to ens
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A new dawn is rising in Jammu and Kashmir: President Kovind
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Addressing the nation on the eve of Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind said that a new dawn is rising in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the people, especially the youth, of the union territory to work on realising their aspirations through democra
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Elected representatives must make constant efforts to clear any misconcept
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday urged the presiding officers to sensitize the members of all the democratic institutions in their states including assemblies, panchayats and municipalities to conduct public awareness campaigns about COVID-19 so that c
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China continues to undermine Hong Kong's democratic institutions, says Bli
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): The Chinese government continues to undermine the democratic institutions of Hong Kong and denies the residents the rights that China itself has guaranteed, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday after the city's Legislative Council approved t
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US condemns China's move to alter Hong Kong's electoral system
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): As China prepares to alter Hong Kong's electoral system, the United States has condemned the continued assaults on the city's democratic institutions.
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Baloch leader condemns arrest of Geo-news owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 28 (ANI): Stating that the media played an important role to strengthen democratic institutions in any country, Chairman of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Sardar Akhtar Mengal has "reiterated" his condemnation of the arrest of Jang-Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir S
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On 71st R-Day, let's pledge to thwart attacks on our constitutional values
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that the 71st Republic Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, January 26, is the occasion to reiterate our unwavering allegiance to the Constitution of India and its inherent values, as also to vow to thwart attacks
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Those who are in power are real 'Tukde Tukde' gang: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday accused the Central government of being the real 'Tukde Tukde' gang while stating the country has slipped 10 places in the global democracy index owing to 'debilitation' of democratic institutions.
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