When the Constitution of India granted the right of universal adult franchise to citizens, it did not, unlike the American system, require Indians above 18 years of age to register suo motu as voters.

The BJP has accused the INDIA bloc of undermining democracy by leveraging foreign infiltrators. BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu ...

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat emphasized on not translating 'Bharat' to maintain its identity and respect globally. He highlighted ...

The outcome of India’s elections this year represent an opportunity for the world’s largest country to regain its democracy, but that outcome will depend on mobilization by Indians and an ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the names of Chola emperors Raja Raja Chola and his son Rajendra Chola-I are synonymous with India's identity and pride. Announcing that grand statues would ...

The terrorists were accused of running a fake currency racket and spreading the global terror groups ideology. According to ...

As India heads to the polls this week, in what will be the biggest democratic election the world has ever witnessed, questions on what democracy means in India are more poignant than ever before.

Idrees Mohammed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. ... Is there a sense that India’s democracy, since Modi didn’t do a power grab, has a bit of hope? TUDOR Absolutely there is.

India’s political system has shifted from limited democracy to party democracy and finally to plebiscitary democracy, a trend that reached its epitome with Modi.

India, despite its status as the world’s most-populous democracy, has been a poster child for this decline under Modi: His government has taken aim at just about every form of freedom.

It has taken India's Election Commission months of preparation and the mobilization of some 15 million election officers and security staff to pull off the mammoth exercise in democracy.