Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill to scrap two-child norm for panchayat elections
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, removing the long-standing provision that barred individuals w...
Parliament Watch: Crude price rise, PM-SYM enrolment, GST ads and DRI seizures in focus
In Parliament, Finance Minister stated that rising crude oil prices are unlikely to significantly impact India's inflation at present, citing India's diversi...
Do we have nothing except Bengal SIR to hear, asks SC
The Supreme Court, while hearing matters related to West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questioned whether it had nothing else...
Opposition likely to move notice for CEC removal
The joint Opposition — led by the INDIA bloc — is preparing to move a notice in the Rajya Sabha seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyan...
FinMin advises banks to speed up IBC resolutions
The Finance Ministry has advised public sector banks to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to speed up insolvency resolution under the Insolvenc...
Census commissioner reviews preparations for Census 2027 in J-K
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, conducted a review visit to the Directorate of Census Operations for Jammu and K...
Autonomous bodies should leverage risk-controls maturity scorecard to access financial prudence: CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) K. Sanjay Murthy urged autonomous institutions receiving government funding to adopt and use the Risk-Control Maturity ...
In Manipur’s 1st House session under new govt, a Budget prioritising rehabilitation, Kuki-Zo participation via video
The seventh session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly convened on March 9, 2026 — the first sitting under the new popular government of Chief Minister...
Air India workforce better aligned with private sector performance metrics post privatisation: Government
Air India's workforce structure has been progressively realigned with private-sector performance benchmarks following the airline's transfer to the Tata Grou...
Karnataka High Court declines to quash female foeticide case against government doctor and others
The Karnataka High Court declined to quash criminal proceedings against a gynaecologist accused of involvement in an alleged case of illegal sex determinatio...
NITI Aayog lauds southern States for progress in Aspirational Districts Programme
NITI Aayog lauded southern states for their progress under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), recognising districts from these states as models of d...
Simultaneous polls can curb defections, says Ghulam Nabi Azad at JPC meet
Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chief and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitut...
PM Modi emphasises preventive healthcare, calls for stronger caregiver training ecosystem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Post-Budget Webinar on Health, Ayush and Pharma Sectors on the theme *"Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas — Fulfilling Aspirati...
Kerala brings out Cyber Safety Protocol in public schools amid AI surge
Kerala released the Cyber Safety Protocol 2026, a comprehensive framework developed by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) — the te...
Karnataka could be party in case against Kerala government on Malayalam Bhasha Bill that received assent from Kerala Governor
Karnataka is considering becoming a party in legal proceedings challenging the Kerala government's policy of mandating Malayalam as the compulsory first lang...
Does the new EIA amendment proposal fix institutional delays or bypass environmental scrutiny?
On March 5, 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published a draft notification proposing amendments to the Environmen...
India’s new GDP series to dig deeper into district economies
India's National Statistical Office (NSO) released a revised GDP series with a new base year of 2022-23 (replacing the previous 2011-12 base year) on Februar...
2020 Delhi riots case: Court grants 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam
A Delhi sessions court (Karkardooma Court) granted 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam — a former JNU student leader and activist — to attend his brother's ...
No immediate hike in petrol, diesel prices; adequate stock to meet any contingency: Sources
Despite global crude prices rising sharply due to the West Asia conflict (Indian crude basket reaching ~$113/barrel in March 2026), the Government of India a...
Place audit orders in public domain to boost trust: CIC to NFRA
The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to place all its orders, directions, and policy decisions...