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Suriname bids farewell to Desi Bouterse in public memorial
1 week, 4 days ago

Suriname bids farewell to Desi Bouterse in public memorial

NL Times  

Thousands gathered in Paramaribo on Saturday to pay their final respects to Desi Bouterse, the former Surinamese military leader, president, and convicted criminal who died in hiding at age 79. Bouterse passed away in January 2024, evading a 20-year prison sentence imposed in December 2023 for his role in the December Murders of 1982, in which 15 political opponents were …

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Satyendar Jain files defamation suit against MP Bansuri Swaraj
1 month ago

Satyendar Jain files defamation suit against MP Bansuri Swaraj

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain has filed a defamation suit against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj, accusing her of damaging his reputation through remarks made during a television interview. Jain alleged that Bansuri Swaraj made defamatory statements during an interview broadcast on October 5, 2023. The defamation suit seeks an unconditional apology …

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Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy
1 month, 1 week ago

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy

Salon  

While a post-election CBS News poll found majority support for Donald Trump’s promise to deport all undocumented immigrants, a more nuanced and less noticed poll from Data for Progress in late October showed exactly the opposite: Mass deportation is highly unpopular when you shift the question from an abstraction to specific details, such as asylum seekers or DACA recipients brought …

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Protests in PoJK amid ongoing electricity crisis, economic struggles
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Protests in PoJK amid ongoing electricity crisis, economic struggles

Deccan Chronicle  

Muzaffarabad: A fresh wave of protests erupted in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, as residents expressed growing frustration over the administration's failure to address persistent issues that have long plagued the region. The protests are fuelled by a combination of economic hardship, inadequate public services, and unfulfilled promises from authorities, with local activists warning that the situation could escalate if the …

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Transfer of Gruha Lakshmi scheme money before polls a violation: Basavaraj Bommai
2 months ago

Transfer of Gruha Lakshmi scheme money before polls a violation: Basavaraj Bommai

Deccan Chronicle  

Haveri: Haveri MP and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has alleged that the transfer of Rs 2,000 to women’s accounts under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, just before every election, constitutes a violation of the election code of conduct. In a press statement on Tuesday, Bommai said that elections should be conducted freely and fairly, yet the state government is allegedly …

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Accurately quoting Trump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Accurately quoting Trump

NPR  

Accurately quoting Trump Is NPR ‘sanewashing’? NPR listeners have also sent us letters all year critiquing public radio for packaging Trump’s ideas into news stories as if they are sensible suggestions, for making Trump seem “normal.” We have not received these types of complaints concerning his opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. The NPR journalists know that Trump’s long-winded points, his …

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PIL filed in Delhi HC against Ravneet Bittu for ‘incendiary remarks’ on Rahul Gandhi
3 months, 4 weeks ago

PIL filed in Delhi HC against Ravneet Bittu for ‘incendiary remarks’ on Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking action against Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for allegedly making “derogatory, misleading, and false” statements against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The petition filed by Surjit Singh Yadav, chief of the Hindu Sena, said Mr. Bittu had criticised Mr. Gandhi for comments …

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Japan's LDP candidates contend to regain trust
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan's LDP candidates contend to regain trust

China Daily  

The nine candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election prepare to give speeches at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on September 12, 2024. An important need of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is how to regain public trust as a record nine candidates debate their prospects for the party's leadership, analysts said. During a public debate at the …

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Shikha Mukerjee | Of bulldozers, bail & bad faith in Leviathan State
4 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Of bulldozers, bail & bad faith in Leviathan State

Deccan Chronicle  

Backed by a legislative majority, there is a noticeable difference in how the executive power of coercion that is vested in elected governments is skewing the balance. The Supreme Court called out Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the appointment of a director of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve; it reportedly observed: “The chief minister cannot take a decision like …

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Starmer can’t afford to U-turn on winter fuel payments – and besides, it might just pay off
4 months ago

Starmer can’t afford to U-turn on winter fuel payments – and besides, it might just pay off

The Independent  

On the face of it, the decision to remove the £300 winter fuel allowance from millions of poor-ish pensioners, as well as some rich ones, was a political blunder by Rachel Reeves. The timing – coinciding with bumper pay rises for junior doctors and train drivers, and generous overseas aid funding to mitigate climate change – has gifted the Tories …

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Supreme Court Stays HC Order Asking Punjab & Chandigarh Authorities To Clear Protesters Blocking Road For Release Of Political Prisoners
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Stays HC Order Asking Punjab & Chandigarh Authorities To Clear Protesters Blocking Road For Release Of Political Prisoners

Live Law  

The Supreme Court issued notice in a petition filed by the State of Punjab against the Punjab & Haryana High Court's recent order which asked the State and the Union Territory of the Chandigarh to clear the protesters blocking the Mohali -Chandigarh road demanding the release of Sikh political prisoners. The Bench of Justices B.R Gavai, Satish Chandra Sharma, and …

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Irish and U.K. leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland's political deadlock
11 months, 1 week ago

Irish and U.K. leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland's political deadlock

The Hindu  

The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland went to Belfast on Monday to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government and bask in a good-news moment after two years of political crisis. The new administration is led by First Minister Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Fein, the party allied with the Irish Republican Army during Northern Ireland’s decades of violence known as …

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A political, feel-good statement
11 months, 1 week ago

A political, feel-good statement

The Hindu  

Often, Budget speeches are political statements — more so, with impending general elections. The Budget statement attributed post-COVID growth revival to public infrastructure investment and proposes to continue the same in the coming year with a 11% rise in capital expenditure. In the last 3-4 years, the government has steadily raised public infrastructure investments, mainly on highways and communications, which …

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Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest ever and first openly gay Prime Minister
1 year ago

Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest ever and first openly gay Prime Minister

The Hindu  

Gabriel Attal was named on January 9 as France’s youngest-ever Prime Minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. He is France’s first openly gay Prime Minister. Mr. Attal, a former member of the Socialist Party, joined Mr. Macron’s newly created political movement in 2016 …

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Northern Ireland political impasse set to stretch out
1 year ago

Northern Ireland political impasse set to stretch out

The Hindu  

A lengthy boycott of devolved government in Northern Ireland will stretch into 2024 after talks to end the impasse stalled on Tuesday, with frustration mounting over political dysfunction and crumbling public services. The Democratic Unionist Party withdrew from the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont in February 2022, forcing its mothballing because of post-Brexit trading rules it said undermined the region’s …

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How did a far-right outsider rise to power in Argentina?
1 year, 1 month ago

How did a far-right outsider rise to power in Argentina?

Al Jazeera  

In just three years, Javier Milei, an eccentric libertarian economist and regular participant on talk shows on TV, managed to create a political party and become president of Argentina. His rise to power began when the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns implemented to stem the virus’s spread deepened social discontent and made Milei’s pro-“liberty” rhetoric appealing to large segments of …

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All eyes on Nava Kerala Sadas
1 year, 1 month ago

All eyes on Nava Kerala Sadas

The Hindu  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues are on a 44-day tour of the State to hear the public directly, interact with opinion leaders of different political hues, and allow elected representatives to flag the issues of their constituents directly with the Council of Ministers. The high-profile public outreach programme, titled “Nava Kerala Sadas”, which roughly translates as …

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Who is Lady Victoria Starmer? The wife of Sir Keir is a 'reluctant political spouse' and NHS occupational health worker
1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Lady Victoria Starmer? The wife of Sir Keir is a 'reluctant political spouse' and NHS occupational health worker

Daily Mail  

Lady Victoria Starmer has been dubbed a 'reluctant political spouse' - but she always seems to support her husband Sir Keir Starmer when it comes to the big occasions. They met sometime in the early 2000s, when both were working as lawyers Lady Victoria Starmer has been described as a 'reluctant political spouse' Lady Victoria - who met Labour leader …

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Hopeful health director not in BRS candidates' list
1 year, 4 months ago

Hopeful health director not in BRS candidates' list

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Public health and family welfare director Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, who was hoping to inject himself into the BRS by projecting himself as a panacea for the party’s woes in the Kothagudem constituency, was at the receiving end of a bitter pill, being ignored by the ruling party. Dr Rao’s efforts to ingratiate himself to the Chief Minister with …

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Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

NPR  

Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage Enlarge this image toggle caption Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved controversial changes to the judiciary, part of a package of proposed actions that's roiled the country in protests in recent months and sparked opposition from broad swaths …

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Analysis: Iraq’s new budget may hamper more than it helps
1 year, 6 months ago

Analysis: Iraq’s new budget may hamper more than it helps

Al Jazeera  

This year’s budget is Iraq’s largest at 198.9 trillion dinars with the same allocated for 2024 and 2025. This year’s budget is Iraq’s largest at 198.9 trillion Iraqi dinars, about $153bn based on the official exchange rate. The federal budget also allows the government to fund local investment projects and hire hundreds of thousands of public sector employees, which reflects …

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KTR kicks off poll campaign, keeps MLAs on tenterhooks
1 year, 8 months ago

KTR kicks off poll campaign, keeps MLAs on tenterhooks

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: IT and MA&UD minister K.T. Rama Rao kicked off the campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections with ‘Praja Asheervada Sabha’ held in Bellampalli where he reeled out the state government’s welfare schemes and development works and insisted on the need for Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's leadership for the state on Monday. Already the working president of the BRS …

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HC declines to stop road shows by political parties for Karnataka elections
1 year, 8 months ago

HC declines to stop road shows by political parties for Karnataka elections

The Hindu  

Observing that elections in India are treated as ‘festive celebrations’, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday declined to stop roadshows of the political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two roadshows to be held in Bengaluru on May 6 and 7 organised as part of the campaign for the ensuing elections to the State Legislative Assembly. A vacation bench …

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The goal of building a popular Dalit agenda
1 year, 9 months ago

The goal of building a popular Dalit agenda

The Hindu  

It is to the credit of modern liberal ideas, capitalist development and democratic churning that Dalits are now a well-recognised social and political force — a transformation made possible under the maverick leadership of B.R. A vision for social justice Ambedkar realised that the colonial regime opened the doors of modern institutions to various marginalised social groups, welcoming them to …

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