Polity & Governance
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‘Black day’, says Uttarakhand speaker on Constitution amendment bill’s LS defeat
Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan called the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 a "black day" for women, connecting it ...
Supreme Court says constitutional authority must rise above personal beliefs
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing the Sabarimala review case along with a batch of connected matters on religious freedom, observ...
Harivansh gets 3rd term as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, 1st nominated MP to occupy post
Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected as the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha for a third consecutive term on April 17, 2026, in an unopposed election. The op...
‘Govt taking away their power’ vs ‘Why Rajiv Gandhi opposed’: Rahul–Rijiju clash over OBCs during women’s quota–delimitation debate
During a special Parliamentary session on April 17, 2026, heated exchanges occurred between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju duri...
'Opposing increase in SC, ST seats': Amit Shah on INDIA bloc objecting to delimitation bill - top quotes
Union Home Minister Amit Shah strongly defended the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha, accusing the INDIA bloc opposition of opposing th...
Fall of constitutional amendment bill a defeat for delimitation, not women’s reservation: Opposition
Opposition parties after the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha were careful to clarify their position: they opposed the 13...
Government braces for defeat in women’s quota vote, looks to pin blame on Opposition: ‘They have to answer to people’
Before the vote on April 17, 2026, strategic analysis pointed to an almost certain defeat for the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which linked the...
Rahul Gandhi on quota Bills: ‘Govt redrawing electoral map while hiding behind women’
During the Lok Sabha debate on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Delimitation Bill, 2026, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi argued that the bi...
Opposition fumes as Centre notifies 2023 Women’s Reservation Act mid-debate
The Central Government notified the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — into force with effect from April 16, 2026,...
Women’s reservation Bill defeated in Lok Sabha, fails to get 2/3rd majority
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 came to a vote in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026 after 21 hours of debate. Final vote count: 298 in favour, 230 ag...
Tripura ADC elections: High hopes for tribal solidarity in Northeast as Tipra Motha sweeps 24 of 28 seats
Results for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections were declared on April 17, 2026 — Tipra Motha Party won 24 of the 28 cont...
‘Hail the Constitution’: Opposition rejoices as Bill to tweak women’s quota law is defeated in LS
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was defeated in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, with 298 votes in favour and 230 against, out of 528 total votes c...
What does the Supreme Court’s latest order mean for Bengal’s deleted voters
Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections (April 23 and April 29, 2026), the Supreme Court intervened in a controversy over large-scale deletions from vote...
Women’s representation in Parliament and state assemblies, explained in 4 charts
As debate on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 unfolded in Lok Sabha, data on women's political representation provided stark context for why the...
Parliament special sitting highlights: Constitution Amendment Bill, part of delimitation package, defeated
A special session of Parliament on April 16-17, 2026 witnessed the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — a centrepiece of the government'...
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026
SEBI has notified the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 by publishing them in the Official Gazette on Apr...
Gerrymandering: Meaning, history, and usage in politics
With the debate over India's proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 and associated delimitation legislation intensifying, the concept of "gerryma...
Tipra Motha scores massive win in TTAADC polls; BJP suffers defeat
Tipra Motha Party (TMP), founded by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarman, won 24 out of 28 seats in the 2026 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous Distric...
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary launches self-enumeration phase of Census 2027
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary launched the self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 in Bihar, urging citizens to participate in this first-ever digitall...
Govt forms high-level inter-ministerial body to steer AI governance strategy
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has constituted the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), a high-level inter-ministerial b...