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Sandy-hit US states to use army trucks as poll booths

With states like New York and New Jersey yet to restore power and transport services in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, officials in the disaster-hit areas will use military trucks as makeshift......

Defying Taliban's threat, Pakistan holds landmark polls

Pakistanis began voting on Saturday morning in landmark polls to choose new national and provincial assemblies, setting in motion the first democratic transition of power in the country's 66-year......

Tripura sets national record of 93 pc voter turnout!

Tripura on Thursday set a new record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout with 93 per cent polling in the state assembly elections. The Left Front is hoping to return to power for a record......

Assam violence claims 19 lives, Army stages flag march

Army staged a flag march on Wednesday in areas hit by violence in Assam's Goalpara district and shoot-at-sight orders issued even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said he would recommend a CBI inquiry......

Tripura: Parties don't think women have winnability factor

Battle lines have been drawn up for Thursday's polls to the 60-member Tripura assembly where heavyweights Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, TPCC president Sudip Ray Barman and president of Indigenous......

COLUMN: Come on Mr Romney, are you serious on China?

China holds a huge dollar balance arising out of its robust export machinery to the US, writes M R Venkatesh. It is easy to be a challenger. Romney knows it. Equally, it is difficult to endorse......

Raghuram Rajan on the next generation of reforms in India

'By the early 2000s, India was ripe for a second generation of reforms to cement Dr Manmohan Singh's legacy.' 'But powerful elements of the political class, which had never been fully convinced......

Tata India summit to debate India's role in global economy

India's emergence as a key global player and its role in the world economy would be the focus of 8th Annual Tata India leadership summit being hosted by the University of Chicago's Booth School of......

'Food Bill could unleash new wave of inflation'

India's fiscal policy is not supportive of monetary measures that the country's central bank is employing to fight rampant inflation, the prime minister's honorary economic advisor and former......

Of Posco, responsible investing and reality

What is urgently needed are transparent and highly credible mechanisms for mapping actual impacts on the ground -- and sifting the truth from claims made by different sides of the dispute, says......

Siruthai is Karthi's show all the way

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil Film Siruthai. Post YOUR reviews here!After establishing himself as a serious actor and then a middle class lover-boy, Karthi seems to have decided to make the......

Wisden reasserts traditional values in online world

A wintry blast at the start of the English season and the return of the national team after a chastening winter coincide with the publication of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanac under its youngest......

Briton Chisora given indefinite ban by WBC

British heavyweight Dereck Chisora was banned indefinitely by the World Boxing Council (WBC) on Tuesday for what the organisation called "one of the worst behaviours ever by a professional."......

Hispania refuse to rule out Spanish GP protest

Formula One stragglers Hispania have refused to rule out a protest against most other teams that could cast a cloud of uncertainty over Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. "I think some teams are running......

Chirag United beat an off-colour Mumbai FC

A brace from East Bengal discard Edmilson Marques Pardal guided Chirag United SC to a 2-1 win over Mumbai FC in their round two I-League encounter at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Friday.The......

I-League Preview: Churchill favourites vs Mahindra

If one seriously considers sayings in most holy books, then the fortunes of all mortal beings lies in the hands of God. Churchill Brothers, Goa's top football team, that has had a dream start to......

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Q. How come communist party is only very powerful in WEST-BENGAL and not in other states!!!
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Q. The near-uniform anti-incumbent voting by the Indian public in many recent elections is the clear proof that the Indian public is simply tired of NON-PERFORMANCE of the Indian democratic system that has FAILED on SECURITY and ECONOMIC fronts.It is simply down right idiotic to continue with Indian democratic system in its current form."Unregulated democracy undermines liberty and the rule of law". India is turning out to be a dysfunctional and a disintegrating democracy that couldnt provide rule of law or create conditions for its people to prosper.HAS THE INDIAN DEMOCRACY FAILED?
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Q. Power Corrupts , Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely , What is the checks and balances that Democracy could develop for India?
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No response, 84,700 names deleted from electoral rolls

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