Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
UAPA misuse not a model for Viksit Bharat: SC judge
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court of India, speaking at the 1st Supreme Court Bar Association National Conference 2026 on "The Role of Judiciary in V...
Opposition MPs, activists seek rollback of transgender bill, say law could dilute rights
Opposition MPs and civil society activists have demanded a rollback of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the...
Transgender Rights Bill row: Opposition MPs, activists seek withdrawal
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, proposing significant changes to the 2019 ...
PM Modi chairs high-level review meet on fuel, power amid Middle East tensions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on India's energy security in the context of the ongoing West Asia conflict, whic...
PM Modi calls high-level meeting to review West Asia crisis & India’s energy security
Prime Minister Modi chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting to assess India's preparedness across five identified pressure points arising from the ong...
‘Criminalising lived realities’: Protests across India against Transgender Persons Amendment Bill
Widespread protests have erupted across India against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13...
SC internal reservation: Religious heads spearheading campaign of their communities
Ahead of Karnataka's Special Cabinet meeting to decide on internal reservation within the 15% Scheduled Caste (SC) quota, religious heads of various SC commu...
House panel seeks details of road map on operationalising Lokpal’s inquiry, prosecution wings
A Parliamentary Standing Committee sought details of the roadmap for fully operationalising the Lokpal's inquiry wing and prosecution wing, more than a decad...
NCTP members oppose transgender Act amendments, say not consulted
Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP) — the statutory body created under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 — ...
Evening news wrap: PM Modi reviews energy preparedness amid crisis; IDF flags Europe in Iranian missile range & more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on March 22, 2026 to review India's energy preparedness amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, whi...
CEC Gyanesh Kumar acting under 'executive's thumb', says Opposition's notice seeking election chief's removal
193 opposition MPs — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — submitted notices to the presiding officers of both Houses seeking removal of Chief Electio...
PM Modi to chair high-level meeting to review energy preparedness amid Middle East tensions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on March 22, 2026, to review India's energy preparedness as the West Asia confli...
In call with Iran president, PM Modi slams infra attacks, says ship lanes must stay open
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, condemning attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure. Modi s...
Rice, wheat procurement remains ‘consistently’ low; House panel raises concern
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has raised concern over the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) consistently low and declining share in the direct procureme...
Government modifies Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme to support MSME manufacturers, exporters
The Central Government modified the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS-MSME), originally launched in January 2025, to expand coverage and improve...
Government complains about backlog, but feeds it too as the biggest litigant, says Supreme Court judge Nagarathna
Justice B.V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court of India, speaking at the Supreme Court Bar Association's first National Conference 2026, flagged the paradox of...
State cannot put ‘arbitrary ceiling’ on disability limits when RPwD Act does not prescribe any: SC
In *Prabhu Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.* (2026 INSC 253), the Supreme Court held that a state cannot prescribe an upper ceiling on the disabilit...
Feminists, lawyers urge MPs to reject ‘unconstitutional’ amendments to transgender Act
Feminist organisations, lawyers, and rights advocates sent a letter to Members of Parliament urging them to reject the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rig...
What did the Supreme Court say about paid maternity leave?
The Supreme Court, in *Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of India* (2026 INSC 246), struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security, 2020 on March 17, ...
Supreme Court concerned over cops uploading videos online, says poses threat to fair trial
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi took up a PIL filed by petitioner Hemendra Patel, flagging th...