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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Why environmental issues are non-existent in this election
On climate change, the Congress has used all the right words and promised an action agenda to combat global warming. The BJP, on the other hand, is largely silent on the issue of climate change apart from
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Give Water Or No Vote, Says Remote Village in Uttar Pradesh
Since the last 60 years, the village has never had piped water supply or even a single hand pump to draw water. A tiny village in Uttar Pradesh has refused to vote in the national election if they do
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BJP manifesto 2019: Sankalpit Bharat Sashakt Bharat
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections which will start later this week, on April 11. Titled 'Sankalp Bharat Sashakt Bharat' the BJP manifesto is what the
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Protection of environment not a poll issue for parties
PATNA: Political parties have set their agendas and are busy with electioneering with not even a week left for the first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 11. But none of them has made environment protection
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Activists remind leaders of their green duties
KOLKATA: In the last five years, 43 MPs from West Bengal, cutting across political parties, have asked barely 197 environment-related questions in the parliament. Seventeen MPs have not asked a single
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Electricity should be a fundamental right: Engineers tell political parties
All India Power Engineers Federation writes to leaders of BJP, Congress and other parties. Political parties' manifestos should declare electricity as a fundamental right, said an association representing
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‘Won’t support anything polluting environment’
Women power is on display in the coastal belt of southern Tamil Nadu. Doctor-turnedpolitician Tamilisai Soundararajan is pitted against DMK’s Kanimozhi in Tuticorin. Excerpts from her interview to Julie
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Manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections, 2019: Indian National Congress
Congress party released its 2019 election manifesto with just 8 days left before the first phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections on April 11. The official manifesto of the party, with the tagline
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding defacement/disfigurement on rocks, hills, hillocks, Tamil Nadu, 25/03/2019
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Defence of Environment and Animals (IDEA) Vs The State of Tamil Nadu dated 25/03/2019 regarding defacement/disfigurement on rocks, hills, hillocks
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Lok Sabha polls: Campaign in UP to get environment-related issues included in parties' manifesto
LUCKNOW: Organizations working for the cause of environment in Uttar Pradesh want political parties to include environment-related issues in their manifesto. The clean air crisis has become severe in