Polity & Governance

Darbhanga police in Bihar lodged a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against 70 people from the Brahmin commu...

Bihar has spent Rs 2.5 lakh crore, or approximately 20% of its total budget, on women-centric schemes over the last five financial years through its Gender B...

The Kerala government issued a formal order blocking the implementation of the National Population Register (NPR) in the state, reaffirming its long-standing...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressed anguish over the declining dignity and decorum in legislatures across India, describing planned disruptions as harmful t...

The Supreme Court set aside a 2020 NCLAT order that had directed the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to investigate Flipkart for alleged abuse of domin...

An Indian woman from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district filed a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution before the Supreme Court seeking to block a divo...

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the economic development plan for the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri-Paradip Economic Region (BCPPER), targeting ...

The Income Tax Department released draft rules and forms for the new Income Tax Act 2025, along with two navigators that map old rules and forms to their new...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released draft Income Tax Rules and Forms under the new Income Tax Act, 2025, seeking public feedback until February...

Fresh protests erupted within the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur following the swearing-in of a new state government, with community members angered by the app...

On February 6, 2026, the newly formed Manipur government led by Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh successfully passed a floor test in the state Legislative A...

The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) approved an irrigation project covering 272 hectares of forest land inside the Veerangana Du...

A dynamite explosion in an illegal coal mine at Mynsyngat in the Thangkso area of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, killed at least 25 labourers in early Februa...

An opinion piece in The Hindu examines whether the Governor's address to state legislatures — mandated under Articles 175 and 176 of the Constitution — shoul...

An editorial argued for stronger protection of the Leader of the Opposition's right to speak in Parliament, highlighting recent instances of the LoP being de...

The Delhi High Court ruled on a petition filed by a granddaughter seeking maintenance from her grandfather, holding that a moral obligation can become a lega...

The Lok Sabha passed the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address without a single vote cast against it — the first time this has happened since 2004, mak...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an in-depth antitrust investigation into IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd), India's largest airline, fol...

The Supreme Court's January 30, 2026 ruling in *Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Government of India & Ors.* (2026 INSC 97) invites a broader reckoning with structural gen...

President's Rule imposed in Manipur on 13 February 2025 — following the resignation of N. Biren Singh as Chief Minister amid widespread criticism of his gove...