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"Simultaneous elections were the norm...": Ram Nath Kovind defends 'One Na
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Former President Ram Nath Kovind said that simultaneous elections under the "One Nation, One Election" policy were a vision of India's constitutional forefathers and that it was the norm during the early years of the republic.
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Trump returns to Butler for first time since assassination; Elon Musk danc
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution," said Musk who is among the major contributors to the Republican Party's presidential campaign. At Saturday's rally he told the audience that the upcomig November elections were the "most important election in our lifetime and that T
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SC dismisses review pleas on allowing states to levy tax on minerals
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking to review the 9-judge bench judgement, which held that states have the power to levy tax on mines and minerals bearing lands under the Constitution and also ruled that royalty payable on extracted minerals is not a tax.
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Supreme Court rejects petitions to review judgement allowing sub-classific
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court recently rejected the petitions seeking review of the Constitution Bench judgment that ruled that state has power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs).
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Contradicting Trump's views, former US First Lady Melania Trump voices sup
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ahead of the release of her memoir, former US first lady, Melania Trump has voiced her support for abortion rights, putting forth contradictory views to her husband, who has taken credit for the Supreme Court's decision that ended the constitutional right to abortion, CBS News reported.
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Marital Rape: Centre informs SC that striking down exception will have eff
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The centre affidavit was filed in response to the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Exception 2 to Section 375 of Indian Penal Code, which decriminalises rape by a husband on his wife.
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Reports of Jamaican PM's carcade stopped outside Parliament "factually inc
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
During the visit, PM Holness and his delegation saw the two Chambers, Constitution Hall, Galleries and other important locations in new Parliament Building.
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"BJP and RSS destroying the constitution," says Rahul Gandhi at Nuh Rally
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Addressing a public rally in Nuh, Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday blamed BJP government of destroying the constitution of India. In the rally, he also said that the 'Bharat Jodo yatra' objective was to spread love and unity and take out 'nafrat ka bazaar'.
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Pakistan: Opposition slams Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt over corruption, lawles
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
During the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session on Tuesday, ANP member Nisar Baz Khan stated that all democratic institutions should strive for the supremacy of parliament and adherence to the constitution.
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"Caste system is our basic structure, cannot escape it": Congress' Jairam
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "Is bringing a social empowerment a casteism? Is safeguarding the Constitution a casteism? Is demanding for caste census a casteism? Caste system has been in our basic structure for the centuries. We cannot escape this. Congress party is saying that conduc
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"People who spread casteism are acting against Constitution": Mayawati at
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
BSP chief Mayawati has said that the people who spread casteism are acting against the Constitution. In an election rally here, she also expressed her displeasure over the term "Harijan" for referring to SC/ST communities.
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"How can police detain them for more than 24 hours?" KC Venugopal criticis
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal hit out at the BJP governent for detaining a group of citizens from Ladakh, including activist Sonam Wangchuk who were peacefully marching from Ladakh to Rajghat in Delhi over their demands which consists of inclusion of Ladakh under the 6th Schedule o
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