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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Operation Blackmail
?Mamata siege near Buddha
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Communist Party of India (Marxist): manifesto for the 15th Lok Sabha elections, 2009
Elections to the Lok Sabha are a significant event in the political life of the country. For the fifteenth time, the people of India are being called upon to elect a new government.
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Sheilas priorities: Games, clean Yamuna
BY MANISH ANAND NEW DELHI The Delhi chief min ister Sheila Dikshit, set to take charge of the capital for a historic third time in a row, made her priorities clear, ranging from the 2010 Commonwealth Games, cleaning of Yamuna to housing for the marginalised people. And for the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants flooding Delhi, Ms Dikshit put the onus on the border states.
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BJP opposes order banning withdrawal of groundwater
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Thursday demanded that the Lieutenant-Governor cancel the order banning withdrawal of groundwater and said ideally the decision on this issue should have been taken after the formation of the new Government in Delhi.
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Environment issues rank high in Mizo poll
Aizawl, Dec 1: Unlike in most other Indian States, environment and global warming rank very high as issues in the Assembly elections in green Mizoram. With almost 80 per cent of its total area of 21,000 square kilometres carpeted by forests, most of Mizoram
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Kiran Choudhry divested of Environment portfolio
Kiran Choudhry CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Minister of State for Tourism, Kiran Choudhry, was divested of the Environment portfolio on Tuesday. According to an official spokesman, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will look after Environment now.
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Maken speaks up for BRT corridor
NEW DELHI: New Delhi MP and Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken on Thursday defended the controversial Bus Rapid Transit corridor project in the Capital stating that the concept was not bad and it was teething trouble on the first section that had caused inconvenience to citizens.
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BJP promises smooth drive for Delhi
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi has promised to review and modify the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor project, which it alleges has worsened traffic congestion in parts of the national capital and raised protests from citizens and town planners.
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Pale by-poll: BJP vows bailout package in mining
PANJIM, NOV 5 In a bid to lure Pale electorates, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced that they would demand a bailout package for the residents, affected by the slowdown in mining business.