Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Shri K.V.R. Murty takes charge as Whole Time Member, SEBI
Kompella Venkata Ramana (KVR) Murty assumed charge as a Whole Time Member (WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on April 15, 2026. Murty...
Telangana set to gain 60 more Assembly seats in delimitation
Telangana is projected to gain approximately 60 additional Assembly seats under the proposed delimitation exercise, raising its Legislative Assembly strength...
Door-to-door visit by Census enumerators in eight States/U.T.s from April 16
Door-to-door visits by Census enumerators began from April 16, 2026 in eight states and Union Territories for the first phase of Population Census 2027 — the...
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Government of India
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 15, 2026...
Will vote against delimitation: INDIA bloc
The INDIA bloc — the principal opposition alliance — formally announced it will vote against the Delimitation Bill in the special Parliament session beginnin...
Delimitation will suppress and stifle the voice of south India in parliament: Chidambaram
South Indian leaders, scholars, and political parties argued on April 15 that the proposed Delimitation Bill will structurally suppress South India's politic...
SC says no religion superior to the other; TDB argues entry of ‘fertile’ women antithetical to Sabarimala deity
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing the reference arising from the 2018 Sabarimala judgment, made the significant observation that ...
Flagging Centre’s ‘deceit’ over delimitation, Congress says move is to avoid caste census
The Congress party accused the Centre of "deliberate deceit" over the delimitation bills, claiming the government had earlier assured Parliament that any Lok...
Karnataka High Court directs State government to ‘strictly and faithfully’ implement menstrual leave policy
The Karnataka High Court directed the Karnataka state government to "strictly and faithfully" follow the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in a significa...
Activists seek delinking of women’s reservation from Census, delimitation
Women's rights activists, civil society organisations, and feminist legal scholars publicly demanded that the government delink women's parliamentary reserva...
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin convenes emergency meeting of DMK MPs over delimitation consequences
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin convened an emergency virtual meeting of DMK MPs and district secretaries on April 15, 2026 — one day before the specia...
Kerala Congress (M) chairperson Jose K. Mani suggests multi-factor matrix for ‘a fair delimitation formula’
Kerala Congress (M) chairperson Jose K. Mani proposed a multi-factor matrix for determining parliamentary seat allocation in the upcoming delimitation exerci...
Delimitation: Stalin announces state-wide black flag protest, says Centre will pay 'heavy price'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced a state-wide black-flag protest on April 16, 2026 — the day Parliament's special session begins to consider t...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2026)
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) addressed three major environmental enforcement cases on April 14, 2026, spanning industrial pollution, solid waste managem...
Mayawati bats for sub-quota for SC, ST, OBC women within 33% reservation
BSP chief Mayawati backed the Women's Reservation Bill and the government's proposal to implement 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies...
Women's Reservation Bill, a historic step towards Women's empowerment: CM Rekha Gupta
As the Union government introduced its three-bill package in a special Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026), the Women's Reservation Act was once again bro...
Guidelines for Urban Challenge Fund released; Rs 5,000 cr-credit repayment guarantee scheme launched
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar released the operational guidelines for the Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) on April ...
'Women’s reservation bill already passed': Congress accuses Centre of 'hissa chori' using delimitation
The Congress party accused the Centre of using delimitation as a tool for a political "power grab" — characterised as "hissa chori" (share theft) — under the...
‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ will provide women leadership role in policy-making: Haryana CM
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will provide women a leadership role in the country's policy-making by ...
Mallikarjun Kharge convenes meeting of Congress brass to discuss women quota, delimitation
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge convened a high-level meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Delhi to discuss strategy on the Women's Reser...