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28 stories for “Act” · September 2026
Clear filtersThe Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months from 1 October 2026 in specified areas of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. In Manipur it covers the whole State except 13...
The Indian Navy's INS Trishul has arrived at Toulon, France, to take part in the 24th edition of Exercise VARUNA. VARUNA is the annual bilateral naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the French Navy, and it helps th...
The first meeting of the Sowa-Rigpa Working Group was held in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The group will develop Sowa-Rigpa Pharmacopoeias and Formularies, which are official reference standards for medicines. It will also...
Suchika Tariyal won a bronze medal in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) at the Asian Games 2026 held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. With this, she became India's first-ever Asian Games medallist in MMA. Mixed Martial Arts is a full-cont...
The Supreme Court has referred the challenge to the law on appointing the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) to a larger Constitution Bench. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Elect...
The two-day 3rd national conference of chiefs of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) is under way in New Delhi, organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and centred on the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (20...
The Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Inter-State Council (Amendment) Order, 2026, made by the President under Article 263. A State's Governor will be invited to Council meetings when President's Rule under Article 3...
The 100-week Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan began on 18 September 2026 with a nationwide Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh. Titled “Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan”, it was launched virtually on 2 August 2026. The Dep...
Veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024. The honour, India's highest recognition in cinema, will be presented at the National Film Awards ceremony to be held in Kevadia, Guja...
Kumik village in Zanskar was declared Ladakh's first Heritage Village on 15 September 2026. The village is known for its traditional mud houses, sacred spaces, farming practices and Buddhist traditions, and it holds Kanj...
The Government of India has declared the Shahzad Bhatti Network a terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) cited the network's role in violence, unr...
Hindi Diwas on 14 September recalls the day in 1949 when the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union under Article 343. It has been observed every year since 1953. Ar...
