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15 stories for “Polity & Governance” · 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 Government of India has dissolved the Digital Communications Commission (DCC) after nearly 37 years. Set up as the Telecom Commission in April 1989 and renamed DCC in October 2018, it was the apex inter-departmental...
While hearing the challenge to the Election Commissioners appointment law, the Supreme Court defended the Collegium system of judicial appointments. Justice Dipankar Datta described the Centre's comparison of the Collegi...
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 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 Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has notified the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026, amending the Passports Rules, 1980. Under the change, an ordinary passport issued to a child below 15 years will be valid for fiv...
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...
The Centre has proposed inserting Article 371(K) into the Constitution to grant Ladakh constitutional safeguards and greater local autonomy. The provision may set up a directly elected Union Territory-level body with leg...
The Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 has been brought forward in four poll-bound States: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. Enumeration will run from November 16, 2026 to January 4, 2027, with a revis...
The Union Home Minister chaired the 28th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Panaji, Goa. Zonal Councils are statutory bodies set up under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 to foster Centre-State and inter-State co...
The Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to quash criminal cases filed against NEET protesters. Article 142 lets the Court pass any order needed to "do complete justice", enforceable across India, but it...
