Kolkata: Stressing the importance of freedom of thought and expression, former West Bengal Governor and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Monday said fear and democracy, inhibition and republicanism do not go together. Describing “fear” as a “great evil”, Gandhi said it is completely inconsistent with “democracy and[Read More…]
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Closure of The Telegraph’s Bihar edition is devaluation of Democracy
Patna: The closure of The Telegraph’s Bihar edition has come down as a shocker for its reader base and the recipients of Indian democracy. In recent times when sections of both the print and electronic media have co-opted themselves with the government, only a few have played a very honest[Read More…]
Shatrughan Sinha condemns dissolution of J&K Assembly
Allahabad, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday condemned the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to the media here, the MP from Patna termed the dissolution as a joke on democracy. When asked about working against party interests, Sinha said that he was always a[Read More…]
National Press Day: Attack on press is attack on democracy
As the world’s largest democracy, it is important that India act as a role model in many aspects. Considering ‘Media as Fourth pillar of its State’, India should be in forefront in safeguarding its media and promoting press freedom on the international stage. As a founding member of the Community[Read More…]
Congress worships one family, can’t respect democracy: Modi
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh): Launching a stinging attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused it of spreading lies for political gains and said those worshipping a single family cannot respect democracy. Asking the people of the country to weigh their options, he, in a reference to the[Read More…]
National Press Day: Committed to upholding freedom of press, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished journalists on “National Press Day” and said his government is “fully committed to upholding freedom of press and expression in all forms”. In a series of tweets on Thursday morning, Modi termed free press as the “cornerstone of a vibrant democracy” and said[Read More…]
Government manipulation on social media increasing: Report
Governments around the world have drastically increased their attempts to manipulate information being shared on social media networks, contributing to a seventh consecutive year of decline in internet freedom, a global report said. In its annual report released late Monday, the Washington-based Freedom House said that manipulation and disinformation tactics[Read More…]
Democracy can’t be limited to voting and leaving destiny on whoever comes to power: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for an outcome-based approach for rural development saying, “the country has sufficient resources to deliver benefits to the last man in the queue and the desired results can be achieved through good governance.” “It (rural development) should be outcome based not output based…There[Read More…]
Twitter lashes out at The Indian Express for controversial tweet
In the run-up to the presidential poll, National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) nominee Ram Nath Kovind, now former Bihar Governor filed his nomination papers for the upcoming elections for the next President of India in Parliament on Friday. Significantly, the Opposition unanimously selected former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday[Read More…]
Govt ask deets of foreign funding, AAP calls it ‘witch hunt’, ‘dangerous’ for democracy
The Centre has asked the Aam Aadmi Party to provide particulars of its overseas funding after suspicion of violation of law. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to clarify certain fundings from abroad after suspecting that the party might have violated the law concerning to[Read More…]
Hilarious AadhaarMemes to clear your doubts on privacy
While Supreme Court has clearly mentioned Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for welfare schemes, Centre is on the move to make Aadhaar as the only identity card in future. Now, the Big Brother can even control a primary school kid’s mid-day meal. Ranging from financial transactions, beneficiary schemes and educations,[Read More…]
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
Barack Obama’s farewell speech: Talks about discrimination, democracy, equality and lot more!
US President Barack Obama began his farewell address amid deafening chants of “four more years.” The President in his departure speech, warned against everything from anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-women, anti-gay, pro-Russian to pro-rich sentiments that President-elect Donald Trump has publicly backed. Obama took up the stage in Chicago as the crowds[Read More…]
Country is run like a monocracy, says chief justice of Pakistan
In a scathing attack on the Nawaz Sharif government, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali said the country was being run like a “monocracy” in the name of democracy, the Dawn reported on Friday. “This court has repeatedly been saying that monocracy exists in this country in the name[Read More…]
Democracy has been squashed in BHU
An illustration of what happens when the right wing takes over an institution. I have been in our Prime Minister’s constituency, Varanasi, for the past few days. I, along with representatives of various other student organizations, was invited here by the students who are at the receiving end of the[Read More…]
You can’t use defamation cases to throttle democracy: SC to Amma
Coming down heavily on authoritarianism, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa for using criminal defamation proceedings to silence criticism of her government ‘s functioning. The apex court while issuing a notice to her also severely chastised her and said, “You can’t use defamation cases to throttle democracy. This is[Read More…]