More than 53 lakh voters in Telangana have been placed on an electoral list of the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate — a bureaucratic classification that has become the centre of an
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday dismissed perceptions that the Sangh operates as a paramilitary organisation, asserting that its mission is rooted in social unity and national resilience rather
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Speculation is rife about a possible attempt by the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) to take control of the 10-member Constitutional Council (CC). The only way to take command of the CC
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Myanmar’s military government pressed ahead with a long-delayed general election on Sunday, holding the first round of voting amid a civil war, widespread displacement and an ongoing humanitarian crisis. It is the
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Residents of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu are voting on Thursday in municipal elections that authorities say are a crucial step toward holding the country’s first direct national polls in more than 50 years.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would consider refraining from deep strikes on Ukraine on the day the country holds a presidential election, provided that millions of Ukrainians currently
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The claims of foreign interference in domestic elections of India strikes at the very foundation of democratic sovereignty. On 26 November 2025, Ketkar alleged that the CIA–Mossad nexus decisively shaped the outcome
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Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to resign midway through his term, telling Reuters he has felt “humiliated” and sidelined by the interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad
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Electoral rolls are essential to democracy and help ensure every citizen can participate. In late 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) started the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 12 states and
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by Luxman Aravind Nine days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka’s coast, the public woke to the unexpected sight of a United States military team landing in the country under the banner of
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Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from remarks delivered by Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, former Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, during the launch of a new book. It presents his personal recollections
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The most politically urgent argument in Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution is her diagnosis of a quiet, foundational mistake at the heart of the United States Constitution: the belief that representation — even when supported by an
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For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered President John F. Kennedy and followed up by murdering his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Then President
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Almost half of South Africans say they would support military rule over their current democratic government, according to new findings that reveal deep disillusionment with the country’s political system. The results, reported
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The declaration of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923 was far more than a political formality; it was a profound reimagining of a nation emerging
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A prominent former insider of Tanzania’s ruling party has vanished from his home this month, leaving only a pool of blood on the doorstep, highlighting mounting concerns over political repression in the
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