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22 stories for “Polity & Governance” · August 2026
Clear filtersThrough a Government Order of the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Tamil Nadu has reconstituted the Advisory Board under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. Retired Madras High Court judge Justice V. B...
The Centre has formed a committee to work out a "permanent political solution" to the Gorkha issue in the Darjeeling hills. It is headed by Pankaj Kumar Singh, former Deputy National Security Adviser, who was named inter...
Ten days after both Houses were adjourned sine die on August 13 at the end of the Monsoon Session, the Lok Sabha had not yet been prorogued. The gap is usually two to four days, though the two sometimes happen on the sam...
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution, moved by the Chief Minister in the 60-member House, opposing uranium mining and uranium ore-processing facilities in the State. It cited a 2019 Supreme Court order...
For the first time, Census 2027 will not count beggars and vagrants as a separate category; they will be grouped under 'others' within non-economic activity. In Census 2011 only about 3.8 lakh people declared themselves...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has authorised District Collectors in eight States/UTs to handle pending applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Assam and...
The Union Cabinet has approved a permanent bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the Union Territory of Ladakh. It will be the court’s third seat after Srinagar and Jammu, sparing people in remote La...
In State of Uttar Pradesh vs Jai Bir Singh, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Surya Kant ruled 5:4 on the meaning of “industry” in labour law. It held that the wide reading in Bang...
The Supreme Court has ruled that hanging, as a method of carrying out the death sentence, does not breach Article 21 or the right to dignity. It relied on its 1983 ruling in Deena v. Union of India and noted that Parliam...
Disability rights groups have objected that the Census 2027 questionnaire proposes just 9 broad disability categories rather than separately recording all 21 disabilities recognised by the Rights of Persons with Disabili...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah presided over the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu. The council brings together Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, along with...
On 14 August 2026, the Department of Atomic Energy released the draft Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy (SHANTI) Rules, 2026. The draft lays down requirements for nuclear liability, insurance and f...
