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What to know about Ireland’s snap general election

The vote had to be held before the current coalition government’s five-year mandate came to an end in March 2025.

08 November 2024, 06:15 IST

What to know about Ireland’s snap general election

What to know about Ireland’s snap general election

What to know about Ireland’s snap general election

08 November 2024, 06:15 IST

A threat to democracy

Citizens should use social media and other platforms to force the Centre to bring an appropriate amendment to Sec 8 of the RPA to curb criminalisation of politics.

03 November 2024, 22:58 IST

A threat to democracy

A threat to democracy

A threat to democracy

03 November 2024, 22:58 IST

Is it democracy’s quiet descent?

Liberal democracies, shaped by the American and French revolutions of the late 18th century, transformed power relations by making power contestable.

03 November 2024, 22:20 IST

Is it democracy’s quiet descent?

Is it democracy’s quiet descent?

Is it democracy’s quiet descent?

03 November 2024, 22:20 IST

Misconceived perception that traditional values are antithetical to modern democratic ideas, says CJI

Pointing out that in India, the Constitution itself provides for village panchayats and gram sabhas, CJI Chandrachud said the provisions institutionalised such processes and imbued them with modern political thought and procedure.

09 October 2024, 02:53 IST

Misconceived perception that traditional values are antithetical to modern democratic ideas, says CJI

Misconceived perception that traditional values are antithetical to modern democratic ideas, says CJI

Misconceived perception that traditional values are antithetical to modern democratic ideas, says CJI

09 October 2024, 02:53 IST

Judiciary or legislature exercising executive authority not in consonance with democracy: Jagdeep Dhankhar

He urged the intelligentsia and academia to catalyse national discourse to ensure deference to constitutional essence by the three wings --the executive, the judiciary and the legislature.

06 October 2024, 16:44 IST

Judiciary or legislature exercising executive authority not in consonance with democracy: Jagdeep Dhankhar

Judiciary or legislature exercising executive authority not in consonance with democracy: Jagdeep Dhankhar

Judiciary or legislature exercising executive authority not in consonance with democracy: Jagdeep Dhankhar

06 October 2024, 16:44 IST

Enthusiasm by voters testimony to vibrant democracy: J&K LG on record turnout in phase 3 polls

In a social media post, the LG said the great enthusiasm among the voters in all three phases to exercise their franchise is a testimony to vibrant democracy in J&K and people's faith in democratic values.

01 October 2024, 22:14 IST

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 | Enthusiasm by voters testimony to vibrant democracy, says LG on record turnout in phase 3

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 | Enthusiasm by voters testimony to vibrant democracy, says LG on record turnout in phase 3

Enthusiasm by voters testimony to vibrant democracy: J&K LG on record turnout in phase 3 polls

01 October 2024, 22:14 IST

Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values

Autocratic regimes and aspiring dictators around the world have thrown a gauntlet to freedoms across borders, races and religions. In this maelstrom, it is journalism – fact-based, evidence-based credible news media – that has a lifelong duty to defend the self-evident values our civilisation was built on.

25 September 2024, 21:12 IST

Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values

Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values

Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values

25 September 2024, 21:12 IST

Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Gadkari

Gadkari also said that as long as untouchability and notions of social inferiority and superiority persist, the work of nation-building can not be said to be complete.

20 September 2024, 19:10 IST

Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Gadkari

Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Gadkari

Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Gadkari

20 September 2024, 19:10 IST

'Dawn of new era for our democracy': Shinde Sena hails One Nation, One Election

This initiative will foster national unity by synchronizing the election process, reducing political polarization, and allowing governments to remain focused on development agendas', party leader Shrikant Shinde said.

18 September 2024, 13:31 IST

'Dawn of new era for our democracy': Shinde Sena hails One Nation, One Election

'Dawn of new era for our democracy': Shinde Sena hails One Nation, One Election

'Dawn of new era for our democracy': Shinde Sena hails One Nation, One Election

18 September 2024, 13:31 IST

'Can democracy be preserved through human chain?' Kumaraswamy asks Congress govt in Karnataka

Karnataka government on Sunday marked the 'International Day of Democracy' by forming a 'historic' 2,500-km-long human chain across the state, as a symbol of equality, unity, fraternity, and participative governance.

16 September 2024, 09:31 IST

'Can democracy be preserved through human chain?' Kumaraswamy asks Congress govt in Karnataka

'Can democracy be preserved through human chain?' Kumaraswamy asks Congress govt in Karnataka

'Can democracy be preserved through human chain?' Kumaraswamy asks Congress govt in Karnataka

16 September 2024, 09:31 IST