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Panaji (Goa) [India], April 9 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday urged lawmakers to rise above personal and political interests, emphasising the importance of diligently and with integrity fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people they represent. He highlighted that elected representatives are entrusted with the mandate to translate public expectations into concrete actions, strengthen democratic institutions, and ensure governance that is transparent, inclusive, and respons ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Union Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi on Wednesday said the proposed amendment to the women's reservation law would turn out to be the beginning of a "golden era" of women-led development in the country. In a post on X, Devi said women's participation in India's development journey is not only essential but transformative, and the constitutional amendment providing reservation for women will ensure their greater participation in Parliament and state leg ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the uniform civil code (UCC) and One Nation, One Election idea are the two unfinished agendas on which the BJP is working meticulously. He reiterated his government's commitment to implementing 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. These comments assume significance in the context of the government's plan to introduce a bill during a special session of Parliament expected on April 15-16. Addressing par ...Read More >
Patna: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Saturday said there should be meaningful debates on issues of public importance in Parliament and state legislatures instead of frequent clashes and walkouts by elected representatives.Delivering the first Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture on "Constitutionalism beyond rights: Why structure matters" at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), she said legislative bodies exist for healthy debate and deliberation aimed at the welfare of the people ...Read More >
Chennai: A three-member bench of the Madras high court on Thursday ruled that the Governor is bound by the advice of the council of ministers while exercising powers under Article 161 of the Constitution on matters relating to remission and release of convicts. Answering a reference made by a Division bench of the same court, the three-member bench comprising Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan and Justice Sunder Mohan also stated that the Governor, under no circumstance, ...Read More >
Chennai: A Governor, regardless of personal views, is bound by the advice of the Council of Ministers when exercising power under Article 161 of the Constitution in issues concerning remission and premature release of convicts, a Full Bench of the Madras High Court ruled on Thursday. The Bench of Justices AD Jagadish Chandira, GK Ilanthiraiyan, and Sunder Mohan, made it clear the Governor, under any circumstances, has no discretion to take a position different from that of the Council of Minist ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) In a significant ruling, a three-member Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday evening said the Tamil Nadu Governor has no discretion and could not reject the recommendations of the State Cabinet as he was bounded by it. The Bench, in a remission case, ruled that the Governor has no discretion, could not reject and was bound by the State Cabinet recommendations. Holding that the Governor has no discretion in the matters pertaining to remission and premature release of conv ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Assembly speaker, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, highlighting Himachal Pradesh's proactive stance on strengthening the anti-defection framework in line with Supreme Court observations and the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, said the state has emerged as a frontrunner in introducing progressive legislative measures to curb political defections. Addressing the media at the conclusion of the budget session, Pathania said the recen ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Assembly speaker, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, highlighting Himachal Pradesh's proactive stance on strengthening the anti-defection framework in line with Supreme Court observations and the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, said the state has emerged as a frontrunner in introducing progressive legislative measures to curb political defections. Addressing the media at the conclusion of the budget session, Pathania said the recen ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 2 (PTI) Karnataka BJP has slammed the state government's move to end tax exemption given to battery-operated four-wheelers like cars and omni buses and claimed the move will make electric vehicles costlier. State BJP President B Y Vijayendra accused the Congress government of taxing Karnataka's future to pay for its "failures". Karnataka government plans to introduce a lifetime tax for electric vehicles, including motor cars, jeeps, omni buses and private service vehicles. Howev ...Read More >
New Delhi: India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation . The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: Counting m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: T ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) - India has begun the world´s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here´s how India´s census works and why it is significant: Th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI(AP) -- India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: Th ...Read More >
Patna, March 30: Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, resigned from his membership in the State Legislative Council today, March 30. The move follows his election to the Rajya Sabha on March 16 and marks a pivotal transition in his decades-long political career. Under constitutional rules, an individual cannot hold seats in both a state legislature and Parliament simultaneously; Kumar's resignation today was the final step required to formalise his move to the Upper House of Par ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid havoc wreaked by the heavy rain and floods in Marathwada and many places in the rest of Maharashtra, the NCP(SP) and Congress on Monday, in an appeal to the Governor, demanded that a special three-day session of the state legislature be convened to discuss the damage and financial package needed urgently to help the farmers. NCP(SP) legislator and former Minister Jayant Patil said, "The government must hold a special session as farmers, livestock, homes and ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 15 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday made a strong pitch for constituting legislative committees on empowerment of women in all states to address issues such as gender accountability in budgetary allocations. Addressing a valedictory function of the two-day conference of the committees on empowerment of women of Parliament and state legislatures, Birla voiced concern over the absence of such panels in several state assemblies. "I will soon write to the p ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Thursday called for keeping politics out of Parliament and state legislatures, stressing the need to restore dignity and quality in legislative debates.Speaking at the inauguration of the 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Conference at Vidhana Soudha, Birla said there was a general consensus among all speakers and presiding officers that debate standards are falling."It is a collective effort that needs to be pooled into, ensurin ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The three-day 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference, which concluded Saturday, adopted resolutions urging legislatures to curb disruptions and deadlock in Houses, while calling for strengthening the research and reference branches of state legislatures to improve the quality of debates.Addressing a press conference, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, "The resolutions will eliminate deadlock and disruption in legislative houses, allowing more time for legislators t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the governor cannot have a dominating position over the state executive and the state legislature, since the arrangement was akin to having "two swords in the same scabbard". A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha, and AS Chandurkar, is hearing submissions on the presidential reference, which raised constitutional questions on whether the ...Read More >
The Centre has cautioned the Supreme Court that imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president for acting on state bills would disrupt the constitutional balance and lead to disorder. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that such timelines would negate the rule of law, emphasizing that the Constitution deliberately avoids fixed limits for these roles. Imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president to act on bills passed by a state Assembly would amount to one organ of the go ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra has met US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard during which both had an "engaging conversation" on various issues of mutual interest. Taking to X, Kwatra on Sunday wrote: Pleasure to meet DNI @TulsiGabbard and her husband @abewilliamsdp. We had an engaging conversation on various issues of mutual interest" Ambassador Kwatra also shared a photograph along with Gabbard and her husband A ...Read More >
The matter pertains to a reference made by President Droupadi Murmu to the apex court, following the SC's April verdict on setting timelines for the President and Governors to act on Bills passed by state Assemblies The Supreme Court will take up the reference made to it by the President under Article 143 of the Constitution on July 22, following the apex court's verdict on setting timelines for the President and Governors to act on Bills passed by state Assemblies. A constitution bench of Chi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 22 the Presidential reference on whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for the exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with bills passed by state assemblies. According to the cause list posted on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar will be hearing the matter. ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 19 (PTI) The Bihar government on Saturday said that more than 12,000 new polling stations have been created in the state as per the recommendation of the Election Commission, as part of special intensive revision (SIR). According to a release issued by the election department, the total number of polling stations has risen to 90,712 from 77,895, after the establishment of 12,817 new ones. Of these, 12,479 polling stations have been set up "at the same building or premises housing th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 22 the Presidential reference on whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for the exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with bills passed by state assemblies. According to the cause list posted on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar will be hearing ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 19 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday said they have busted a large-scale illegal religious conversion racket and arrested 10 people from six states. The probe began in Agra in March after two sisters -- aged 33 and 18 -- were reported missing. Investigations revealed that they were allegedly coerced into religious conversion and were undergoing radicalization, the police said. One of the sisters had also put a picture of a girl holding an AK 47 rifle as her profile pictur ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 19 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal on Saturday held Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responsible for the scuffle between the supporters of two MLAs on the state legislature complex premises, and demanded his resignation as a form of penance. Addressing a press conference here, he also questioned the BJP-led government over the passage of the special Public Security Bill, seeking to know whether the law would apply to Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ...Read More >
Nashik, Jul 17 (PTI) Congress workers staged a demonstration in Nashik city on Thursday against the special public security bill passed by the Maharashtra legislature, saying it is aimed at suppressing the voice of the people as was done by the British during their rule in India. The party demanded immediate rollback of the bill. Both Houses of the state legislature last week passed the contentious Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Le ...Read More >
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