Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
12L households in 11 states/UTs self-enumerate for Census 2027
Over 12 lakh (1.2 million) households across 11 states and Union Territories have opted for the self-enumeration facility under Census 2027 — India's first f...
Fighting precarity and a phantom boss, gig workers join wider labour unrest
India's gig and platform workers — delivery riders, cab drivers, and app-based service providers — are joining a broader wave of labour unrest, with strikes ...
India to decide women's quota bill as row over parliamentary seats intensifies
Southern Indian states have launched mass mobilisation against the Union government's proposal to link the operationalisation of women's reservation in Parli...
Kargil bloc rejects Ladakh territorial council, sticks to statehood, Sixth Schedule
The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) formally rejected the Centre's proposed "Ladakh Territorial Council" model, reiterating its demand for full statehood an...
Door-to-door house listing of Census 2027 to begin across Karnataka on April 16
Door-to-door house listing — the first phase of Census 2027 — commenced across Karnataka on April 16, 2026, making it one of the first states to begin field ...
Allahabad High Court flags lodging of ‘fake FIRs’ under anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh
The Allahabad High Court raised serious concerns about the misuse of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, noting that ...
Telangana SEEEPC survey, IEWG analysis shows SCs/STs three times more backward than others
The Telangana government publicly released the findings of the Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) analysis of the Socio-Economic, Educational, Employmen...
Placing women at the core of democracy
An analytical opinion piece published on April 15 examines the structural challenge of implementing women's reservation in India: the law exists on paper sin...
Chhattisgarh cabinet forms committee to prepare UCC draft
The Chhattisgarh cabinet approved the formation of a high-level committee — headed by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai — to prepare a draft Uniform Civi...
Bageshwar Dham gets government nod to receive foreign funds
Bageshwar Dham, a prominent religious establishment in Madhya Pradesh led by Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, received government approval to accept foreign...
Women’s Reservation Bill will be passed, opposers will be exposed, says A.P. CM
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wrote letters to leaders of various political parties and Members of Parliament — including both Rajya Sab...
BJP trying to ‘gerrymander’ all Lok Sabha constituencies in ‘anti-national’ act: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of attempting to "gerrymander" all Lok Sabha constituencies through the proposed Delimitation Bill — calling it ...
Bills to operationalise women's quota listed for introduction in Lok Sabha on Thursday
The Union government listed three interconnected bills for introduction in Lok Sabha during a special parliamentary session beginning April 16, 2026. The thr...
Opposition against 131st Amendment, says delimitation formula motivated
The INDIA bloc — comprising Congress, DMK, Trinamool Congress, NCP (SP), and allied parties — formally announced it will oppose the Constitution (131st Amend...
Centre’s women quota, delimitation formula has my 100% support: N Chandrababu Naidu
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu declared "100% support" for the Centre's proposed delimitation formula and the linked women's reservation bill, positi...
South vs North, women vs seats: Inside India's most contested special session
Parliament convened for a special session on April 16–17, 2026 to consider three interlocking bills: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, the Delimi...
Women’s Reservation & Delimitation Bills set for Parliament showdown: What’s driving the debate?
A special session of Parliament was convened beginning April 16, 2026, with the explicit purpose of introducing and passing the three-bill legislative packag...
Delimitation row escalates: Stalin calls urgent meeting of DMK district heads, black flag protest planned across Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin convened an emergency meeting of DMK district heads as the delimitation row intensified ahead of the special Parliament ...
‘Age tokens’ via DigiLocker to regulate kids’ social media use in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh government is evaluating a system of "age tokens" integrated with DigiLocker to verify children's ages before granting access to social me...
Opposition favours women’s quota but will oppose delimitation Bill: Congress
The Congress party and the broader INDIA bloc formally articulated a dual position ahead of the special Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026): support for t...