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A Caribbean Sea on Edge On most days, the Caribbean is a postcard – the blue of the water melting into the horizon, waves lapping lazily against fishing boats, the sky an unbroken canvas. But for the last two months, this tranquillity has been shattered by the steady drone of US warplanes, the silhouette of…
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, left NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor praised US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for their meeting at the White House, saying it sets an example of how a democracy should function.In a post on X on Saturday, Tharoor wrote, “This is how democracy should work….
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that the growing culture of loyalty to political leaders over commitment to ideas and principles is weakening India’s democracy. Without naming any individual or party, his remarks appeared to question the trend of leader-centric politics – including within his own party.“Each party’s insistence on loyalty to…
PRAYAGRAJ: Cautioning against political instability in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Chief Justice of India Justice B R Gavai said here on Saturday that India’s robust democracy rested firmly on the foundation of its Constitution. He was speaking at a national seminar on ‘Constitution and Constitutionalism: The Philosophy of Dr BR Ambedkar’ at Allahabad University….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the party “strongly opposes” the Election Commission’s move to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Kerala, calling it “an affront to democracy” and “a way of cheating in elections.“Speaking to reporters during her two-day visit to her constituency, Priyanka said the…
Image credits: Getty Images Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, who has waged a more-than-two-decade-long campaign for the restoration of democracy in Venezuela, has hailed India as a “great democracy” and an “example” for other countries. In an interview to Times Now from an undisclosed location (she has been in hiding…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.What is her background? Maria Corina Machado, 58, was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 7, 1967. She is an industrial engineer…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party alleged that party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Facebook account has been suspended, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of suppressing opposition voices.Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Fakhrul Hasan Chaand posted on X, calling the suspension of Yadav’s account an attack on democracy.“The suspension of the Facebook account of the respected national president of…
Donald Trump, AP file photo The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump’s MAGA minions went into major meltdown on Friday after the Norwegian Nobel Committee snubbed him by awarding the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado. Trump himself offered no reaction – not even a congratulatory message to the…
María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for defending Venezuela’s democracy. (Getty Images) Oslo loves a plot twist. Donald Trump—who touts himself as the man who “stopped wars” from the Middle East to Central Africa and dabbled in DRC–Rwanda peacemaking—was back in the Nobel chatter. But when the card was read, it wasn’t his…
