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Clear filtersThe Maharashtra government under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis withdrew the 5% quota for socially and educationally backward Muslims. It was introduced through an ordinance in July 2014 by the Congress-NCP government...
Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson introduced a private member's Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing reservation in appointments to the Supreme Court and High Courts. It seeks representation for SCs, STs, OBCs, religiou...
A Private Member Bill seeking a Right to Recall for elected representatives was discussed in Parliament as a way to improve democratic accountability. The right lets voters remove a representative before the term ends. M...
The Union Government told the Lok Sabha that 8,630 complaints were received against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts over the past decade, involving allegations such as corruption, sexual misconduct an...
In February 2026 the Opposition moved a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Under Article 94, at least 50 members must give written notice, with 14 days' notice before voting; the procedure follows Rule 200A...
New guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs set out the order in which the National Song and the National Anthem should be performed. Whenever the two are presented on the same occasion, Vande Mataram is to be sung...
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moved a Substantive Motion against Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. A substantive motion is a self-contained proposal, not tied to other business, that seeks a definite and binding decision of the Ho...
During the Budget session, the Lok Sabha passed the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which gives legal clarity and continuity to the labour laws replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. That Code...
The Centre amended the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, with effect from 20 February 2026. The rules define Synthetically Generated Information (SGI) as AI-made...
India marked half a century of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, which outlawed bonded labour, wiped out bonded debts and required release of bonded labourers. District Magistrates and Vigilance Committees...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched PAIMANA (Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-building), a web platform for tracking Central Sector infrastructure projec...
The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the use of ballot papers and ballot boxes instead of Electronic Voting Machines for the panchayat polls due in February 2026. To give this legal backing, the government plans to bring the Ka...
