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TMC MP Kunal Ghosh suspended from party

Kolkata: Dissident Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, whose name has cropped up in Saradha chit fund scam...

28 Sep 2013 12:30 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

'True democratic spirit' necessary for country's future, says Modi

Modi said that people should know the existing system in political parties, including how decisions are taken by their...

29 Oct 2017 12:29 AM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

'True democratic spirit' necessary for country's future, says Modi

The country is not much aware of the practice of democracy within parties and the media should turn its attention to it,...

28 Oct 2017 1:52 PM GMT

Vijay in a still from Mersal.

Don't compromise over freedom of expression

The content of the movie and a dalit writer's books may be contentious and drew vehement opposition most recently.

22 Oct 2017 6:40 PM GMT

Rajkummar Rao in Newton

IAS officer slams movie Newton on Facebook

The movie projected the tribals disconnected from government.

17 Oct 2017 1:54 AM GMT

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

To curb dynasties, need law to regulate parties

One may fault the BJP and the Left parties for many things, but dynastic politics is not one of them.

3 Oct 2017 7:16 PM GMT

Mnangagwa inherits a southern African nation that once was prosperous but now struggles amid a severe cash shortage and high unemployment. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa promises era of democracy

Few international leaders are urging Zimbabwe's new prez to deliver on his promises of inclusiveness, economic reform,...

25 Nov 2017 6:38 AM GMT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked if the BJP wants to listen to peoples secrets. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn should work together to save democracy, says Mamata

She accuses the NDA government of trying to halt the developmental process in her state.

24 Nov 2017 1:23 PM GMT

Singh said social harmony and development would be in danger the day the population of the majority community starts decreasing. (Photo: PTI/File)

Democracy 'safe' as long as Hindus remain in majority: Union minister

While population of Muslims has increased considerably in India, the number of Hindus has fallen drastically in Pakistan...

17 Nov 2017 5:02 AM GMT

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Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts

The magazine reflects the growth of a more public debate in some parts of the continent about gender issues.

21 Sep 2017 8:37 AM GMT

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan, on August 12. (Photo: AP)

As Nawaz goes, and keeps quiet, the system' too shuts up

Nawaz with his base in Punjab and mind set on peace with India is a policy-politics threat that would always have to be...

17 Sep 2017 6:41 PM GMT

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A democracy run by undemocratic leaders?

The ideology of the political class is to eschew ideology on the altar of self-promotion.

9 Sep 2017 6:49 PM GMT