Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
PM Modi reviews four major projects worth Rs 30,000 crore, calls for timely completion under PM Gati Shakti framework
The Prime Minister chaired the 52nd edition of PRAGATI — the government's monthly ICT-enabled platform for reviewing infrastructure projects and public griev...
Inside the Emergency: The ‘mess’ that triggered India’s darkest hours
Fifty years ago, on 25 June 1975, an internal Emergency was proclaimed under Article 352 of the Constitution — the only time in independent India that democr...
PM chairs 52nd PRAGATI Meeting
The Prime Minister chaired the 52nd PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) meeting, reviewing infrastructure projects and public grievance...
Secretary, Rural Development Chairs High-Level Inter-Ministerial Consultation on Convergence Framework under VB–G RAM G Act, 2025
The Secretary, Department of Rural Development chaired a high-level inter-ministerial consultation on Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), focusing o...
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Responsible Business Conduct) Third Amendment Directions, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India issued the Third Amendment to the RBI (Commercial Banks — Responsible Business Conduct) Directions, 2025, on June 24, 2026, with pr...
Foreign funding reboot: How govt has tightened FCRA rules
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 on June 22, 2026 — the tenth amendment to the FCRA Ru...
RBI says no to special exposure relaxations for state NBFCs
The Reserve Bank of India declined requests from state government-owned Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) for special exposure relaxations, withdrawing...
Why government has tightened FCRA rules, and put religious conversion in focus
The Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 on June 22, 2026, introducing the most significant overhaul...
What constitutes a ‘workplace’ under POSH Act?
A High Court judgment delivered on June 16, 2026 set aside the findings of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) against an employee of the State Bank of In...
As FCRA restricts NGOs, Supreme Court had agreed that right to associate is not carte blanche for foreign funds
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 were notified on June 22, 2026 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, significantly tightening the regu...
Speaker Birla to decide on TMC, Sena (UBT) defections before Monsoon Session
The Lok Sabha Speaker is examining disqualification petitions against MPs who have broken away from their parent parties — twenty of a major regional party's...
RBI Issues Amendment Directions on ‘Review of Framework of Limiting Customer Liability in Digital Transactions’
The Reserve Bank of India issued final Amendment Directions to its existing customer liability framework for digital transactions, effective January 1, 2027....
Fields of work by foreign-funded NGOs outlined, proselytisation excluded
The Ministry of Home Affairs notified amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2026, introducing for the first time a comprehensive schedule that lis...
Illegal immigrants from Banglaesh, Myanmar | Pushback, detention and deportation laws explained
India has intensified action against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, with authorities using three distinct but often conflated mechanisms: pu...
UN adopts resolution to ensure perpetrators of crimes against peacekeepers face justice
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2823 (2026) on June 23, 2026, strengthening accountability for crimes committed against UN peacekeeper...
No bar for granting leave to convicts pending appeals against their conviction, orders five-judge Larger Bench of Madras High Court
A five-judge Larger Bench of the Madras High Court — comprising Chief Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari, Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J...
Ladakh observes shutdown over Centre’s ‘missing’ draft, new policy push
Ladakh observed a complete shutdown to protest the Union government's failure to release a promised draft on statehood and Sixth Schedule status, with demons...
Ladakh observes complete shutdown, accuses Centre of 'dilly dallying' over pending demands
A region-wide shutdown was observed across Ladakh on June 23, 2026, called by two civil society bodies — the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Al...
MHA notifies FCRA rules defining religious activities, tightens compliance
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2026, introducing for the first time a formal schedule defining ...
FCRA Rules tightened: NGOs must declare social media accounts, stick to specified activities; political content barred
The Central Government has amended the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules under the FCRA, 2010, introducing several new compliance requirements for NGOs...