Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Great Nicobar project: Jairam Ramesh urges Rajnath Singh to reconsider INZ Baaz expansion
A letter was sent to the Union Defence Ministry urging reconsideration of the decision not to expand the existing runway at INS Baaz — India's southernmost n...
What’s behind the PoK protests: Weight of history, woes of the present
Large-scale protests erupted in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (also referred to as Azad Jammu and Kashmir — AJK), with clashes between security forces and de...
Over 5 decades on, recalling Allahabad HC verdict against Indira Gandhi that paved way for Emergency
On June 12, 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court declared the election of the then Prime Minister from the Rae Bareli constituency nul...
At NITI Aayog, Vijay lays out TN development agenda—raises NEET, funds, youth skills & infra demands
At the 11th NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting (June 11–12, 2026), Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister presented a comprehensive development agenda emphasising coo...
NITI Aayog meet: PM Modi & CMs talk about making energy ‘available & reliable’, prices ‘competitive’
At the 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog (June 11, 2026), energy emerged as a central policy theme under the meeting's theme "Inclusive Human Deve...
Road accidents in India claimed 1.77 lakh lives in 2024
A report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways documents that 4,87,707 road accidents occurred in India in 2024 — an increase of 1.48% over...
Modi asks states to harness AI, tackle social risks, prepare for El Nino impact
The 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog was held on June 11, 2026 — notably the first instance of all 28 states and 5 Union Territories participatin...
PM Surya Ghar sees 40 lakh installations so far: Local cell mandate may hit solar scheme
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has surpassed 40 lakh rooftop solar installations across India, making it one of the fastest-scaling residential solar progr...
Fair and square: On the Tamil Nadu Speaker, MLAs, disqualification proceedings
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker has been conducting disqualification proceedings against Members of the Legislative Assembly who voted against th...
Himachal wants high level committee to assess financial impact; Punjab wants Special Category Status
At the 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog (June 11, 2026), Himachal Pradesh demanded that a high-level committee be constituted to assess the finan...
Will remove AFSPA from Northeast barring one or two States next year: Shah
On June 11, 2026, the Central Government, along with the Governments of Assam and Nagaland, signed a tripartite MoU for joint oil and mineral exploration alo...
India grants retrospective custom duty relief on imports of select nuclear power generation equipment
The Union Government has granted retrospective customs duty relief on specified nuclear power generation equipment imported between April 1, 2019 and January...
Amit Shah announces potential AFSPA rollback next year; groundbreaking MoU paves way for energy self-reliance
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on June 11, 2026, among the Central Government, the Government of Assam, and the Government of Naga...
Historic 100% attendance at Niti meet, DKS breaks Karnataka boycott
For the first time since NITI Aayog's establishment in 2015, Chief Ministers of all 28 states attended the Governing Council meeting — a historic 100% attend...
Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting begins under PM’s chairmanship
The 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog convened on June 11, 2026, at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, New Delhi, under the Prime Minister's chai...
BIS sets norms to protect indigenous seeds
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published Indian Standard IS 20201:2026, a comprehensive management framework for Community Seed Banks (CSBs) across...
Adopt ‘targeted’ delimitation for 170 Lok Sabha seats: Economic Advisory Council to PM Modi
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released a study recommending a targeted delimitation model that would increase Lok Sabha consti...
Entire NE, barring one or two states, may be out of AFSPA by next year: Shah
A tripartite MoU was signed on June 11, 2026, by the Central Government, Assam, and Nagaland for joint oil and mineral exploration along the disputed Assam-N...
'Homemakers are nation builders': For payout, SC pegs housewife ‘income’ at Rs 30,000 a month
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh ruled that homemakers must be recognised as "nation builders" and fixed a notional monthl...
PM advisory panel study chalks out targeted delimitation plan—split 170 LS seats to take total to 824
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released a working paper recommending that India increase Lok Sabha constituencies from 543 to 8...