# India

ARMY”S ARK?

Soldiers help rescue villagers, who were caught in flash floods, across the Tawi river. Four people along with two children…

Statesman News Service | July 29, 2013 8:56 pm

Soldiers help rescue villagers, who were caught in flash floods, across the Tawi river. Four people along with two children were rescued by the Army and police. In Jammu on Monday. AFP

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# Opinion

Western perceptions and Indian realities

Writing for The Chatham House, a British thinktank, Dr Cheitigj Bajpaee, mentions: “Over the decade that the BJP has been in power, assessments of the country’s democracy have pointed to a downward trajectory, with its democratic principles, including freedom of expression, under strain.

# Opinion

Struggle in MP

As the electoral battlefield heats up in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress finds itself locked in an uphill struggle against the formidable might of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).