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Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

In a healthy democracy, dissent is not treason!

It would be trite to say that the persons aggrieved have remedies in suits for libel and prosecutions for defamation.

24 March 2019 12:10 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Dinhata, Cooch Behar district, on Wednesday.

Wanted to give Modi tight slap of democracy': Mamata after he called...

Continuing her tirade against BJP, she accused them of carrying 'gada' to break the head of the people and 'talwar' to...

7 May 2019 8:01 PM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

UP govt crushing democracy, 'dictatorially inclined': Rahul on...

Priyanka Gandhi was on Friday detained and stopped from going to Sonbhadra where 10 people were gunned down this week.

20 July 2019 2:01 PM IST

In return, the United States would suspend tariffs on Chinese goods due to go into effect on Sunday and reduce others, US officials said. (Photo: Representational)

China slams Trump's 'gross interference' in Hong Kong

US was warned 'to speak and act cautiously and stop interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs in any form'.

2 July 2019 5:39 PM IST

Clashes broke out between Hong Kong Police and anti-government demonstrators on Monday morning ahead of what is expected to be a massive pro-democracy rally on the 22nd anniversary of citys handover from British rule to China. (Photo: ANI)

Hong Kong protests: Early clashes witnessed between police and...

At about 7:20 am (local time), police charged towards protesters who had camped out on the street since 4 am.

1 July 2019 9:18 AM IST

Ten weeks of confrontations between police and protesters have plunged Hong Kong into turmoil, and present the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012. (Photo: AP)

'Cease anger with love': Hong Kong tycoon's message on protests

Protests began as opposition to now-suspended extradition bill and have swelled into wider calls for democracy.

16 Aug 2019 3:38 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury

Safeguarding 'fundamentals' of country essential: Yechury

'We must resolve to safeguard the fundamentals of our Republic secular democracy, federalism and social justice,' he...

15 Aug 2019 10:26 AM IST

A straight question: what do you think of shutting down an entire state and detaining former Chief Ministers before taking a fateful decision that affects that state and its peoples? What if it was our Karnataka next and not their Kashmir now? he said. (Photo: PTI)

'Not democracy but authoritarianism': Historian Ramachandra Guha on...

The Central government revoked Article 370 which gave special status to J&K.

5 Aug 2019 6:31 PM IST

Protesters surround banners that read: Those charge to the street on today is brave!, center top, and Release all the detainees! during a sit-in rally at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International airport on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong protesters aim to 'stress test' airport

The withdrawal was one of the protesters' key demands and both she and Beijing had previously refused to budge on the...

7 Sept 2019 12:30 PM IST

I spoke to Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister), he also said that he would not allow the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Mamata Banerjee said. (Photo: ANI)

Don't hype Chandrayaan-2 to divert attention from economic distress:...

She also criticised the NRC process which was heavily touted by the ruling party during 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

6 Sept 2019 4:52 PM IST

Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

If courts are vigilant, democracy will be safe

Almost any crime that could be described as political opposition to the Nazi regime ended up before them.

1 Sept 2019 12:28 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Pluralist vs polarised grassroots democracy

Citizenship as a basic identity has had the effect of bringing the politics down to earth.

21 Jan 2020 4:37 AM IST