Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Congress says Great Nicobar project endangers UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve
Parliamentary debate has intensified over the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, with opposition voices arguing that the project poses an existential ...
RBI proposes banks to disclose detailed information on capital, risks under Basel Pillar 3
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed new rules requiring banks to publish detailed quarterly disclosures on capital adequacy, leverage, liquidity, an...
Bengal restores 7 pc OBC quota for 66 communities, scraps religion-based categories
The West Bengal government regularised 66 communities that were included in the state's Other Backward Classes (OBC) list prior to March 2010, restoring thei...
RBI invites comments on the draft “Reserve Bank of India (Capital Adequacy) Amendment Directions, 2026”
The Reserve Bank of India released draft amendment directions on May 19, 2026 to align the capital adequacy disclosure requirements of Commercial Banks and S...
Why India’s courts are slow: the need for court managers
India's district courts carry more than 49 million of the country's total 55.8 million pending cases — over 85% of the entire judicial backlog — as of early ...
CAA applicants must declare passport status, surrender foreign passports: Home Ministry
The Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026 on April 30, 2026, further amending the Citizenship Rules, 2009 to tighten proc...
India now Naxal-free: HM
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has officially communicated to nine state governments that no district in India is now classified as Left Wing Extremism (...
Citizenship rule tweak for Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan applicants
The Ministry of Home Affairs notified amendments to the Citizenship Rules, 2009 through the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing new procedural r...
Inquiry panel probing allegations against Justice Varma submits report to Speaker
A three-member Judges Inquiry Committee constituted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 submitted its report to the Lok Sabha Speaker on May 18, 2026, concl...
‘Unavoidable’: Why Kuki-Zo Council is taking demand for separate Union Territory to PM Modi
The Kuki-Zo Council, representing Kuki-Zo tribal communities in Manipur, has formally taken its demand for a separate Union Territory (UT) with legislature t...
Bail under UAPA: How different Supreme Court benches have delivered different rulings in the past
A Supreme Court bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, while granting bail to a Jammu & Kashmir accused in a narco-terror funding case (*Syed If...
Inquiry committee probing allegations against Justice Varma submits report to Speaker
The Judges Inquiry Committee investigating Justice Yashwant Varma submitted its statutory report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on May 18, 2026, following a p...
Politicial decision must on cut-off for mid-term polls under the simultaneous election system: Joint Parliamentary Committee chairman
The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 stated on May 16, 2026 that the political dec...
Cash recovery row: Inquiry committee submits report on Justice Yashwant Varma to LS speaker
The three-member Judges Inquiry Committee, constituted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, submitted its report on Justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha Spea...
Leaked NEET Chemistry question bank found at arrested Maharashtra teacher’s home
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a coaching institute owner from Latur, Maharashtra — Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar of RCC Coaching Institu...
‘I proudly declare — India is now Naxal-free’: Amit Shah in Bastar on first visit after his March 31 deadline
The Union Home Ministry declared India free of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) following the successful conclusion of Operation Kagar, a large-scale anti-insurgenc...
Citizenship rule change: Applicants have to declare, surrender passports issued by Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified an amendment to the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, introducing a new provision in Schedule IC of the Citizens...
Experts Explain | India’s federalism challenges, and how consensus building is the way forward
Experts have examined the structural tensions in India's federal arrangement, focusing on the gap between formal devolution percentages and effective transfe...
Freedom of speech 'not an absolute right', Hong Kong trial of Tiananmen activists hears
In May 2026, closing arguments were heard in the national security trial of three prominent civil society figures — Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Albert...
Parliament standing Committee to review the reforms of National Testing Agency
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports summoned the NTA Chairperson and senior officials from the Ministry of E...