Polity & Governance
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Stalin interview: ‘Vajpayee froze delimitation to preserve balance until the country evolved more evenly. Why abandon that wisdom now?’
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, in an interview ahead of the special Parliament session, cited the Vajpayee government's 84th Amendment (2002) as a de...
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...
Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik opposes delimitation bill, says it ‘hits spirit of cooperative federalism’
Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik came out in strong opposition to the delimitation bill, stating it "hits directly at the spirit...
Focus on ‘development roadmap’ as Mizoram signs agreement with ‘only remaining underground group’
The Mizoram government signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D (...
Women’s quota pretext to push through delimitation that could disproportionately favour certain states: Rajya Sabha MP
Critics and opposition leaders have flagged a structural linkage built into the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023: women's reservation in Parliament a...
Explained: Impact of proposed women’s reservation Bills on delimitation process
The Union government introduced a three-bill legislative package in a special Parliament session (April 16–17, 2026) that ties the implementation of women's ...
Sharmila urges CM to oppose Delimitation Bill citing risks to A.P. political representation
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Y.S. Sharmila urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to join the opposition to the Delim...
Law to introduce ballot papers notified
A law enabling the use of ballot papers as an alternative to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for certain elections has been formally notified by the govern...
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...