Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Opposition’s motion against Om Birla: What Constitution says about removal of a Speaker
Opposition members of Parliament moved a motion to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from his office, with approximately 118 MPs signing the motion. The moti...
Supreme Court urges balance as Centre clarifies IT Rules not meant to curb humour, satire or criticism
The Supreme Court of India urged balance while hearing petitions challenging the 2023 amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Di...
Union Cabinet approves amendments to insolvency law and Companies Act
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, and the Companies Act, 2013, clearing the way for the IBC (Amendment...
Centre seeks Parliament nod for net extra spending of ₹2 trillion in FY26 amid commodity price volatility
The Centre tabled the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants in Parliament, seeking net additional expenditure of approximately ₹2 lakh crore (₹2 t...
CEC, ECs appointment process should be broad-based and transparent, experts say
Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa suggested that the selection panel for the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) shoul...
Criticism, satire of PM, UGC regulations target of government takedowns on X, Instagram
Data from Meta shows that the number of content items removed from Instagram and Facebook in response to Indian government orders in January–June 2025 was ap...
Supreme Court asks for special tribunals to hear appeals of voters excluded in West Bengal SIR
The Supreme Court directed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to request former Chief Justices and judges of High Courts to preside over special ap...
Rat-hole mining in Meghalaya exposes limits of the ban and challenge of mapping state’s hills
On February 5, 2026, a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Mynsyngat village, Thangkso area (East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya) killed 34 labourers — e...
Cabinet clears Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 & other projects worth Rs 8.8 lakh crore
The Union Cabinet approved the restructuring and extension of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) on March 10, 2026, with an enhanced total outlay of Rs 8.69 lakh crore...
Union Cabinet approves key changes to IBC and Companies Act 2013
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 and the Companies Act, 2013, following recommendations of a Lok Sabha...
Parliament face-off: Centre, oppn clash as debate on no-confidence motion against Birla begins
Lok Sabha witnessed a full-scale debate on the Opposition's resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla, the first time in several decades that such a debate has p...
Army columns deployed in Meghalaya after 2 killed in police firing; curfew clamped
Two persons were killed in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya amid violent clashes linked to nomination disputes for the Garo Hills Autonomous District Co...
Lok Sabha takes up resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla
The Lok Sabha took up a resolution moved by the Opposition to remove Speaker Om Birla from office, marking a rare invocation of Article 94(c) of the Constitu...
UP to drop objectionable references to leprosy-affected people in anti-beggary law
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved an amendment to the state's anti-beggary law to remove provisions that specifically and pejoratively referenced persons af...
PM hails cabinet decisions on boosting rail, road connectivity
The Union Cabinet approved multiple projects focused on rail and road connectivity, with emphasis on tribal and rural regions Jal Jeevan Mission extended as ...
'Entire book withdrawn': After SC rap, NCERT issues public apology over chapter on corruption in judiciary
NCERT issued an unconditional and unqualified public apology for Chapter IV ("The Role of Judiciary in Our Society") in its newly released Class 8 social sci...
‘Only way is to bring in Uniform Civil Code’: SC on PIL seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women
The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL seeking equal inheritance rights for Muslim women, observed that the "only way" to address gender discrimination in pe...
SC asks Centre to draft 'no-fault compensation policy' for serious Covid vaccine side effects
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union Government to formulate a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse...
Govt explores delinking women’s quota from Census, delimitation; considers lottery system for 2027 polls
The Union Government is exploring the possibility of delinking the implementation of women's reservation in legislatures from the mandatory Census and delimi...
Home ministry bars NCW, NHRC, NCPCR, NCLT from directly seeking issuance of Look Out Circulars
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order barring statutory bodies — the National Commission for Women (NCW), National Human Rights Commission (...