India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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Uttar Pradesh: Young India stands up
A grassroots revolution of politics that delivers is sweeping the Uttar Pradesh countryside. The newly-elected pradhan of Sarraiya-Mahantpur panchayat in Fazilpur, 29-year-old Rakesh Srivastava, epitomises this trend. He has taken it upon himself to empower the poverty-stricken area.
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Unravelling Bihars growth miracle
It has now become almost conventional wisdom that Bihar under the National Democratic Alliance government has moved onto a new and higher growth path. An examination of the Central Statistical Organisation data for the decade since 1999-2000, however, reveals a cyclical move towards a higher growth continuum rather than any structural break under the nda government.
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BJP seeks ` 1,000 crore aid
Nellore, Dec.
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BJP concerned over 24 new hydro projects
ITANAGAR, Dec 22: Reiterating its concern over the mushrooming of new hydropower projects and its future impact on the land, people and properties of the State, the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded the State government to
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Implement HC order on Vedanta: Congress
BHUBANESWAR: The Congress on Wednesday maintained that nothing less than implementation of the High Court judgment, terming the land acquisition for the proposed Vedanta university as illegal, would make way for participation of its members in the Assembly proceedings. Congress members, who have been stalling the House demanding resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in the wake of the N
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Make public nuclear pact with French firm: CPI
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French civil nuclear company Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Li
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BJP calls for halt to work on Subansiri dam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a massive protest meeting at Gerukamukh demanding a halt to construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project at Gerukamukh. The protest meeting which was attended by several State-level leaders of BJP, besides the former president of the party Rajnath Singh, was participated by more than seven thousand people coming from different parts of
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KMSS to make mega dams a poll issue
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti today raised the mega dam issue of Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric plant in Gerukamukh by saying that political parties supporting the construction of mega dams in Assam would be voted out in the ensuing state Assembly polls early next year.
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Vedanta hymn: The scions political gambit
Rahul Gandhi claimed that he will represent the tribal people in Delhi
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LDF vows to make Kochi greener
KOCHI: Marking the next phase of election campaigning, the leading fronts in Kochi the LDF and the UDF have come up with manifestos for the polls to the Corporation.