Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Jan Vishwas 2.0 is all about trust-based compliance
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 has been passed by both Houses of Parliament, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administere...
PM Modi wants collective action on women’s reservation, wants all MPs to back amendment Bill
Prime Minister Modi called for collective, cross-party support from all Members of Parliament to back a constitutional amendment enabling early implementatio...
No devotee of Ayyappa would have moved SC challenging exclusion of women of menstruating age: Justice Nagarathna
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court began hearing the Sabarimala reference on April 7, 2026, examining broader questions of religious freedo...
Government clears bills to amend quota law for women
The Union Cabinet approved draft bills to operationalise the women's 33% reservation in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies ahead of the 2029 parl...
IBBI panel suggests project-wise insolvency resolution for real estate sector
A Committee constituted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), chaired by Whole-Time Member Jayanti Prasad, submitted its report on April 8,...
Union Cabinet clears draft bills for early implementation of women’s quota law
The Union Cabinet cleared draft bills to implement the Women's Reservation Act before the 2029 general elections, bypassing the original condition that imple...
Sabarimala PIL was entertained in 2006, but would have been dismissed now: Supreme Court
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading the nine-judge Constitution Bench hearing the Sabarimala reference, remarked that the original Sabarimala PIL — fi...
Home Ministry’s 90-day ultimatum: States told to clear forensic backlogs as India shifts to tech-driven ‘Naveen Sanhitas’
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a strict directive to all state governments and Union Territories in April 2026, setting a three-month (90-day) deadline ...
Cabinet clears amendments to women reservation Bill
The Union Cabinet approved draft bills to amend the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, to enable early impl...
Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China
India's military theaterisation plan has taken definitive shape: the Western Theatre Command (Pakistan-focused) will be headed by an Indian Air Force (IAF) o...
Beyond Krishna and Godavari, Andhra Pradesh plans river-linking project to plug water gaps
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu unveiled a comprehensive blueprint for an integrated statewide water grid, proposing to link major rivers ...
INDIA bloc says presiding officers bypassed Parliament in rejecting CEC removal notice
The INDIA bloc alleged that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan exceeded their constitutional mandate by summarily rejecti...
RBI says new NBFC classification at the end of month
The Reserve Bank of India announced it will unveil a new framework for categorising Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) into Upper, Middle, and Base layers...
Sabarimala case: Can non-devotees challenge temple customs? SC asks Centre
The nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the Sabarimala reference questioned whether non-devotees of Lord Ayyappa have the legal standi...
Sabarimala case: 'Judges experts in law, not religion,' Centre tells SC over 'superstition'
In the ongoing hearing before a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (Sabarimala temple reference), the Centre (through Solicitor General Tusha...
'Not good law': Centre questions adultery, same-sex relationship verdicts in Supreme Court
Before a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (hearing the Sabarimala reference), the Centre argued that the landmark rulings decriminalising a...
RBI invites comments on Draft “Reserve Bank of India (Governance) Amendment Directions, 2026”
The Reserve Bank of India released draft Amendment Directions for bank governance on April 8, 2026, covering four categories of regulated entities: commercia...
From Maoist corridor to ‘tourist hub’?: Inside Chhattisgarh’s plan to develop Bastar region
The Chhattisgarh government has unveiled a comprehensive "Bastar 2.0" development blueprint, submitted by the Chief Minister to the Prime Minister, aimed at ...
Civil society groups complain of growing censorship to IT Ministry
Several civil society organisations raised concerns about growing online censorship during a consultative meeting convened by the Ministry of Electronics and...
Justice B V Nagarathna: Women cannot be 'untouchables' for 3 days every month
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, resumed hearing the Sabarimala reference case, which examines broad...