Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Kharge to host key opposition huddle before Parliament sitting on women’s quota law, delimitation
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced an opposition coordination meeting for April 15 — the day before the special Parliament session — to formulat...
Delimitation: Revanth asks southern CMs to join forces, seeks PM to convene all-party meet
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy proposed a "hybrid model" for the upcoming delimitation exercise, suggesting that of the 307 additional Lok Sabha s...
48 hours to session, no bill in sight: Derek O'Brien on bills on women reservation, delimitation
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien criticised the central government for not sharing the draft bills with Members of Parliament even 48 hours befo...
Justice Badar panel report on SC sub-classification should be made public: Prakash Ambedkar
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar demanded that the Justice Badar committee's report on sub-classification within Scheduled Castes be m...
For 33% quota for women before next parliamentary polls, Lok Sabha seats to be increased to up to 850
The Union Government introduced the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing to expand the Lok Sabha from 543 to a maximum of 850 seats (815 from...
Parliament on verge of history, says PM Modi, as it readies to take up women's bills
A special session of Parliament was announced from April 16–18, 2026, to take up legislation related to the implementation of women's reservation in elected ...
Why Opposition may not back women’s quota changes: Delimitation, caste census concerns
With the government proposing to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (106th Constitutional Amendment, 2023) to delink the commencement of women's reservat...
Person born in India has right to remain on electoral roll, vote: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition related to the deletion of voter names from West Bengal's electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (S...
Panel examining SC status for Dalits post-conversion gets a third extension
The Commission of Inquiry chaired by former Chief Justice of India Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, set up to examine whether Scheduled Caste (SC) status and assoc...
Punjab Assembly passes Bill with strict provisions against acts of sacrilege
The Punjab State Assembly passed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, providing life imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 25 la...
Opposition slams delimitation formula in women's quota bill
Opposition leaders across parties united to challenge the Modi government's approach to implementing the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniya...
Resisting delimitation can be more harmful for southern States
Analysis of the government's proposed delimitation formula suggests that southern states may actually gain more from participating constructively in the proc...
Delimitation must be preceded by census: Sonia Gandhi
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi articulated the Congress party's formal position ahead of the April 16–18, 2026 special Parliament sess...
‘Parliament making history’: PM Modi says special session to end decades of wait for women’s reservation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a special three-day session of Parliament beginning April 16, 2026, to introduce amendments enabling implementation of ...
As Centre seeks tighter control over online content, why it may lead to pre-censorship
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) circulated a draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digita...
Why farmers in Haryana are protesting against biometric verification in mandis
Haryana farmers staged protests — including sit-ins under the Samyukt Kisan Morcha banner — against new state government rules requiring Aadhaar-based biomet...
Congress issues three-line whip to LS MPs; unlikely to back delimitation proposal
Congress issued a three-line whip requiring all its Lok Sabha members to be present during the special three-day parliamentary session (April 16–18, 2026) co...
Can the apex court’s high-powered panel file a report that prioritises conservation and protection of the Aravallis?
The Supreme Court constituted a 10-member High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) in March 2026 to redefine the Aravalli hills — a decision that followed the Co...
PM calls for dialogue, cooperation to amend women’s quota law
The Prime Minister called for cross-party dialogue and cooperation to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women's Reservation Act) to enable its implemen...
Harivansh likely to return as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
The government reached out to opposition parties to build consensus for the return of Harivansh Narayan Singh as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. If elect...