Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar who is also Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday spoke on the 99th Constitutional Amendment Bill paving way for the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) which was undone by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Aditya Kumar - a 2011-batch IPS officer, the then Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya, Bihar, has been booked under sections 13 (1) (b) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1988, and 120 (B) of IPC for possession of disproportionate assets to the extent of Rs1.37 cro
DMK has moved review petition in the Supreme Court against the top court judgement upholding Centre's decision on EWS issues and sought an open-court hearing of the petition seeking review of top court's earlier order.
"I'm totally in favour of the Bill, I thank opposition parties also for backing the decision to raise the quota for backward classes from 58 to 75. I will approve the Bill by Monday," Uikey said.
Some of the bills slated for introduction are the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022.
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Puskar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will retain its power in the MCD elections and will not let AAP to even "open its account".
Two important bills were passed by voice vote in the Uttarakhand assembly on the second day of the supplementary budget session on Thursday. A strict law regarding religious conversion in the state is now in place after the passage of the Uttarakhand Religion Freedom (Amendment) Bill 2022.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 is "arbitrary" as it only considers religious minorities from three countries while keeping Sri Lankan Tamils staying in India as refugees.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday said that the framers of the Constitution had envisaged that situations will arise which will make it imperative upon the legislature to amend it and the provisions for amendment make it a constantly evolving testament.
The cabinet meeting was held at CM's residence on Thursday. Agriculture minister Ravindra Chaubey said that the total reservation in the state would rise to 76 per cent after the bill gets passed by the assembly.