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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...
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 ...
Boat carrying 250 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, sinks in the Andaman Sea
A boat carrying approximately 280 people — mostly Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children — capsized and sank in the Andama...
250 missing after migrant boat sinks in Indian Ocean
Approximately 250 people, comprising Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, are missing after their boat capsized in the Andaman Sea while attempting t...
A question of less: weight loss drugs
GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs — primarily semaglutide (sold under brand names Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for obesity) — are at the centre of a global hea...
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...