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SC draws line on setting timelines for President, Governors, advocate for
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced its opinion advisory on whether it can "impose" timelines on the President and State Governors for acting on Bills passed by State Legislatures.
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SC states it cannot impose timelines on President, Governors
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A Constitutional bench led by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai issued its opinion while answering 13 questions referred to it by the President Draupadi Murmu under Article 143 of the Constitution
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Former Pak PM Imran Khan-led party condemns "reign of terror" after his si
Updated : 4 months ago IST
PTI condemned the Punjab government for allegedly assaulting Imran Khan's sisters and supporters outside Adiala Jail. The party announced a nationwide 'black day' on Friday, while leaders accused authorities of violence, denying visitation rights and suppressing dissent, vowing to continue t
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"Rahul Gandhi's views have nothing to do with tarnishing EC:" Congress lea
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Earlier in the day, over 272 eminent citizens, including 16 Judges, 123 retired bureaucrats, 14 Ambassadors, 133 retired armed forces officers, wrote an open letter condemning the repeated "assault on national constitutional authorities" by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
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Slammed by India, USCIRF again alleges discrimination with religious minor
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Months after India slammed USCIRF's "persistent attempts to misrepresent isolated incidents and cast aspersions on the country's vibrant multicultural society", the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has come out with a report, which alleges that India's "political system facil
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Vote theft allegations: 272 former judges, bureaucrats write open letter c
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"This pattern of behaviour reflects what might be called 'impotent rage' --deep anger born of repeated electoral failure and frustration, without a concrete plan to reconnect with the people," the letter states.
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16th Finance Commission submits report on distribution of taxes between Ce
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Commission's Chairman Arvind Panagariya, along with Members Annie George Mathew, Manoj Panda, T. Rabi Sankar, Soumyakanti Ghosh and Secretary Ritvik Pandey, met the President on Monday to formally hand over the report.
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Sachin Pilot urges EC to remain 'unbiased, work within bounds of Constitut
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Congress leader Sachin Pilot blamed the Election Commission for the poor performance of the Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar Assembly election and backed Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's allegation of vote theft, stating that names of millions of voters were cut off dur
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16th Finance Commission submits its report to President Murmu
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Sixteenth Finance Commission (XVIFC) was constituted by the President in pursuance of Article 280 of the Constitution.
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"Welcome decision": Telangana BJP chief on SC issuing warning to Assembly
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"In electoral politics, if the person who gets elected on a particular symbol and a particular party has to change the party, he has to resign. That is what our anti-defection law says as per the Tenth Schedule under the Constitution. What the Supreme Court has said is a welcome decision,
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MQM leader slams coalition govt of Pakistan over the passage of 27th Const
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Muttahida Qaumi Movement's founding leader and Supremo Altaf Hussain, during his 346th public address via TikTok, sharply criticised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for endorsing and facilitating the approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment
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WB: Dilip Ghosh calls for Kalyan Banerjee to be "brought within ambit of l
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The BJP leader said that with the TMC leader being a senior lawyer and an MP, his statements and behaviour is wholly "unexpected" and harms the Constitution and democracy itself.
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