Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Why has Punjab introduced a new law on sacrilege?
The Punjab Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — an anti-sacrilege law prescribing lif...
Is India’s Maoist insurgency finally over?
India's decadeslong Maoist insurgency has reached a historic turning point, with the government declaring near-total victory by March 2026 following sustaine...
At Cabinet meeting, PM Modi tells ministers to expose opposition's 'anti-women' mindset before people: Sources
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was put to a vote in the Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026 and failed to secure the required two-thirds majority: 298...
Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu criticise Opposition after Constitution Bill defeat; warn of impact on South’s representation and women’s quota
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was defeated in the Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, marking the first time in 12 years that the government failed ...
Priyanka Gandhi, Dimple Yadav back 2023 women's quota act, but reject 2011 census link; target BJP over delimitation row
Following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, opposition leaders including Congress MP Priyanka G...
Justice is served in Sattankulam
On April 6, 2026, a Madurai sessions court sentenced all nine policemen convicted in the Sattankulam custodial deaths case to death — classifying the case as...
Delimitation row not over with defeat of amended women’s quota Bill in Lok Sabha: Here’s why
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — which proposed expanding Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850 and linking this expansion to the implementation of ...
Cabinet extends rural roads scheme, increases outlay by Rs 3,727 crore
The Union Cabinet approved an increase in the outlay for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III by ₹3,727 crore, raising the total revised allocation to ₹83,97...
In Manipur, the killing of two siblings threatens to turn back the clock
On April 7, 2026, a rocket-like projectile struck a house in Tronglaobi village near Moirang, Bishnupur district, Manipur, killing two young siblings — a fiv...
States’ rights, OBC inclusion: Before legislature, the debates over 33% women’s reservation in local bodies
Debates have intensified around extending the 33% women's reservation in local bodies to include OBC women, with state governments and political parties stak...
Cabinet extends PMGSY-III till 2028; outlay raised to ₹83,977 crore
The Union Cabinet on April 18, 2026, approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY-III) beyond its original deadline of March 2025...
Cabinet nod for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III till March 2028
The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY-III) beyond March 2025, extending the timeline to March 2028 T...
Opposition unity, neither automatic nor obvious, sinks Constitutional Amendment Bill
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduced on April 16, 2026, was defeated on April 17 — the first such defeat for the ruling government since...
BJP, Opposition in war of words after Constitution Amendment Bill defeat
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — which sought to expand Lok Sabha seats to 850, enable delimitation on 2011 census data, and operationalise th...
'Give women their rights, right now': Priyanka Gandhi demands immediate implementation of 2023 Women's Reservation bill
Following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, senior opposition leaders demanded the immediate implementation of th...
PM Modi apologises to women after Lok Sabha rejects 33% quota bill, vows to ‘remove every obstacle’ to ensure representation
The Lok Sabha rejected the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to expand Parliament to 850 seats and link delimitation to implementation ...
Women reservation bill fails in Lok Sabha: Strategic move or poor planning?
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sabha on April 16, 2026, was defeated — the first constitutional amendment bill brought by t...
As Bill on women’s reservation in Houses is defeated, remembering the women who opposed it in Constituent Assembly
As the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 on women's reservation was defeated in the Lok Sabha, attention turned to a little-discussed chapter of cons...
'Insult meted out to Nari Shakti will never be forgiven': Jaishankar lambasts Oppn after Constitutional Amendment Bill defeat in LS
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to implement 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by 2029, was defeate...
Women's quota, delimitation: Opposition kills bill in Lok Sabha, it's NDA govt's first legislative defeat
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was put to a vote in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, after a 21-hour debate spanning two days. The bill received 2...