What constitutes ‘land,’ who is an ‘outsider,’ and who can grant exemptions have long been contested. These questions have played out in many states, the latest being Uttarakhand.
J&K administration has begun the process of conducting polls of district councils, amended land laws, resolved the long-pending issue of permanent resident certificates, among others.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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