Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Centre signs MoUs with MP, Rajasthan to implement Jal Jeevan Mission Phase 2
The Centre signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0, following the U...
‘Violates federal character of Constitution’: Parliament panel spars over VBSA Bill that could redraw India’s higher education map
The 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025 has become divided, with Opposition member...
Explained: Supreme Court to decide what counts as an ‘industry’ under Indian labour law
A 9-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, began hearing arguments on March 17, 2026 to reconsider the correctnes...
Explained: The growing ambit of India’s online censorship mechanism
India's online content-blocking mechanism has expanded significantly beyond the centralised Section 69A pathway (Ministry-level blocking orders) to include a...
Protect constitutional right to self-identification of gender identity, urge committee
A committee — including members of the Tamil Nadu Trans and Intersex Welfare Board and civil society organisations — urged protection of the constitutional r...
SC urges govt to bring in law on paternity leave
On March 17, 2026, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court (Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan) delivered judgment in *Hamsaanandini Nanduri v. Union of...
FM Sitharaman says ₹57,381 crore allocated for Economic Stabilisation Fund
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that ₹57,381.84 crore has been allocated toward the Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF), the first tranche of a p...
Mamata says ECI transferred officers by breaking convention. What former ECs say on the norm
Hours after announcing the assembly election schedule for West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry, the Election Commission of India (ECI) tran...
Watch: Why is Maharashtra’s Freedom of Religion Bill so controversial?
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 on March 16, 2026, making it one of the most stringent anti-conversion laws in...
EXCLUSIVE | Centre looks to empower more ministries to block social media content
The Centre is exploring amending the IT Rules framework to allow ministries beyond MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) to directly iss...
Ayushman Bharat crosses 43 crore cards, digital health records surge
India's flagship health insurance programme has crossed the milestone of 43.18 crore Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY cards created as of early 2026, covering the bott...
Woman entitled to maternity leave even if child isn't biological: SC
In a landmark ruling delivered on March 17, 2026, a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on ...
Why heirs of dead depositors can’t be told about unclaimed funds, SC asks govt.
The Supreme Court questioned the Union Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on why information about money held in dormant or inoperative accounts ...
UGC-like funding mechanism to be adopted under Shiksha Adhishthan: Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education clarified before a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) will adopt a UGC-l...
Kharge seeks meet as govt moves to delink women's quota from census
The central government is preparing a constitutional amendment to delink the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Constitution 106th Amendment...
Maharashtra legislature passes Freedom of Religion Bill to check conversions through coercion, fraud
The Maharashtra legislature passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which prohibits religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, allurement, ...
Amid confusion over internal reservation, Karnataka SC/ST commission holds deliberations
The Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes convened deliberations with senior officials, former Karnataka Public Service Commis...
Parliament Watch: Panel flags oil shock risks, CPSE crisis; govt updates on US tariffs, repo, Panama leaks
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Mi...
India urges BRICS cohesion amid Iran crisis, flags need for UN reform
India called for BRICS cohesion as the grouping faced its most significant internal stress test — an active war involving Iran, a full BRICS member, pitted a...
Centre writes to states to help expedite piped natural gas network expansion amid LPG supply squeeze
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written to state governments and Union Territories urging them to expedite approvals and remove procedural bott...