Agartala, April 5 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the only viable option for ensuring development in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).Addressing an election rally in Machli under Dhalai district, the Chief Minister said that the BJP, currently in the opposition in the TTAADC, does not require an alliance with parties like the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) to move forward.“The ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manife…
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Washington, April 4 (IANS) Taiwan faces a stark challenge in preserving its democratic way of life amid persistent threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The answer lies in “self-deterrence” – developing the capacity to raise costs on aggression to make any attempt at subjugation prohibitively expensive for Beijing, a report mentioned. According to an article published in the US-based ‘Journal of Democracy’, this is not about militarism or provocation but survival and ensuring that Ta…
Jaipur, April 1 (IANS) A remark made in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) has sparked a political row, with Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MP Rajkumar Roat terming it an affront to the tribal community and seeking an apology.Roat, an MP from the Banswara-Dungarpur constituency in Rajasthan, on Wednesday responded to the remark, describing it as an insult to the entire tribal community. The controversy began during a discussion under Rule 193, where Union Home Minister re…
Kochi, April 1 (IANS) In a sharp oral observation with wider electoral implications, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday cautioned against the growing practice of fielding “namesake” candidates to mislead voters, terming it a “massacre of democracy”.Hearing a plea by actor-turned-politician Anjali P. V., Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan remarked that political parties often exploit similar names to create confusion on ballot papers and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).”It is only to confuse the voter…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The gravest mistake one can make about Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India is to treat it as a permanent social fact. Insurgencies often present themselves as historical inevitabilities. They claim to speak for the neglected, derive legitimacy from grievance, and then convert that grievance into a theory of destiny. For years, CPI (Maoist) attempted precisely that in large parts of central and eastern India. It claimed to be the authentic political voice of deprivation….
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) The Pakistani government’s tightening control through media regulations and the selective weaponisation of information has pushed the country’s independent press to the precipice of extinction, a report has stated emphasising that the state’s information war has shifted from subtle manipulation to an overt, systematic campaign to sanitise the public narrative. “The current crackdown is not merely an administrative nuisance. It represents a fundamental existential t…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Wednesday said the recent elections for the posts of president and vice president of Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) elections have pulled back the curtain on the internal friction within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti transforming what was meant to be a display of political solidarity into a scene of physical violence and chaos. “What was supposed to be a standard democratic process devolved into a ‘comedy drama’ reminiscent …
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) NCP (SP) Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday termed the alleged manhandling of Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai during the election of the Satara Zilla Parishad president and vice president as an “unfortunate” and “tragic” incident for the state.“It has nothing to do with the police themselves. Instead, it is the strength of the ‘invisible power’ lurking behind the police that forced them to act. The police would not do something like this o…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Rajya Sabha MP, Jaya Bachchan, on Monday raised strong objections to the growing VIP culture in the national Capital, saying it disrupts the lives of common citizens and also affects the dignity of elected representatives.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Jaya Bachchan described the issue as a serious concern and said the frequent movement of VIPs in Delhi often leads to road blockades, traffic diversions and long delays for the public.She said that whenever a VIP — wheth…
La Paz, March 23 (IANS) Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira called on future subnational authorities to work with the central government to address the country’s economic and institutional challenges.Paz Pereira made this appeal after casting his vote in the southern city of Tarija on Sunday (local time), where elections are being held to choose more than 5,400 officials, including governors, mayors and local legislators for the 2026-2031 term.”We will work with those elected by the will of t…