Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Nagaland MLA questions Centre’s directive on singing of Vande Mataram
A constitutional and cultural controversy erupted in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly after several MLAs objected to an MHA directive dated January 28, 2026...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah writes to Tamil Nadu counterpart Stalin backing renewed Centre-State relations debate
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah formally wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin endorsing his call for a federal reset — a systematic restorati...
Polavaram project progressing as per established engineering standards, asserts government
The Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh was reported to be progressing as per established engineering standards, with construction on the rock-fil...
Judicial independence extends to freedom of a judge to dissent or diverge from colleagues, says J. Nagarathna
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai reaffirmed that judicial independence intrinsically includes the freedom of a judge to dissent or diverge from the opinions...
Siddaramaiah backs Stalin’s call for federal reset, seeks institutional forum for states
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has backed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's call for a national dialogue on restoring federal balance between th...
Which law gave US, Israel authority to attack Iran, kill its leader: Omar Abdullah
The US and Israel launched joint military strikes on Iran in late February 2026, including strikes on nuclear facilities and the killing of Iran's Supreme Le...
UIDAI covers mandatory biometric update for students in over 1 lakh schools
UIDAI has covered Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU) for students across more than 1 lakh schools in India, with 1.2 crore children completing biometric updat...
Road ministry defines catastrophic failures to help in assessment of concessionaire
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formally defined "Catastrophic Failures" in the context of National Highway (NH) infrastructure, esta...
From lapses in beneficiary verification to fund underutilisation, CAG flags issues in Ayushman Bharat and PMAY in Bihar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its Report No. 4 of 2025, audited the performance of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ...
Expert Explains: How Iran’s power pyramid came to be, with Supreme Leader at the top
Following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the reported killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, global attention has turned to the structure of Iran's governan...
Meeting with Telangana Collectors on Census-2027 begins
Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao chaired a meeting with district Collectors on March 3, 2026 to review arrangements for Census-2027 enumeration, ...
Uttar Pradesh receives over 84% of all out-of-State MPLADS money | Data
Data analysis of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) spending from 2023 to 2026 reveals that over 84% of all funds directed to proje...
In fragile ecosystems like Great Nicobar, constitutional wisdom lies in ensuring that transformation is ecologically sustainable, socially just
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 16, 2026 upheld the 2022 environmental clearance granted to the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, rulin...
PM Modi urges industry to ramp up investment, prioritise research to scale up manufacturing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed industry leaders at a post-Budget webinar series (March 2026), urging Indian firms to substantially ramp up investment...
How Tamil Nadu got 234 Assembly seats: The Delimitation Commission’s calculated departure
A detailed account of how Tamil Nadu arrived at its current 234 State Legislative Assembly seats traces the Delimitation Commission's work through successive...
How Dravidian parties changed the course of Tamil Nadu’s progress
A retrospective analysis examines how Dravidian parties — principally the DMK and AIADMK — have shaped Tamil Nadu's socio-economic trajectory since 1967. Tam...
Jairam Ramesh: Delimitation will 'punish' south for population control
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, speaking during the party's "Puthuyugam" campaign ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections, argued that upcoming parl...
In SC, temple board to defend women's entry ban in Sabarimala temple
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which administers the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple in Kerala, passed a formal resolution on March 2, 2026, oppos...
MHA forms 2 more panels to fast-track CAA applications in Bengal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted two additional State-Level Empowered Committees in West Bengal to accelerate the processing of citizenship...
New reality: On new series of national accounts data
On February 27, 2026, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new series of GDP estimates shifting India's base year from ...