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130th Amendment Bill: JPC starts people's hearing tomorrow, seeks wide inp
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill is scheduled for its first public hearing tomorrow, during which the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) will gather stakeholder feedback. The bill aims to remove Ministers, including Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers, who face serious criminal ch
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Amnesty warns Pakistan's 27th constitutional amendment threatens judicial
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement, Amnesty said the amendment undermines judicial autonomy by establishing a Federal Constitutional Court that lacks sufficient safeguards for independence. The organisation said the new court weakens judges' security of tenure and shields the president as well as the heads of t
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Umar Khalid, Sharjil Imam's prolonged detention constitutionally valid, re
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria stood convinced that the material against the two men primarily accused in the conspiracy case, considered on face value as required at this stage, does not justify their enlargement on bail.
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Book Release Highlights Untold Truths of Emergency Era and KGB Revelations
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5: Another and more important book on political history called Shah Commission of Inquiry Reports and KGB Spy Revelations on India by Goverdhan Prasad Atal has been published, which throws a light on one of the most debatable times in Indian democracy, the Emergenc
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"Against principles of natural justice": CPI(M) criticises bail denial to
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, the CPI (M) said prolonged pre-trial detention undermines the constitutional right to liberty and a speedy trial, reiterating that "bail is the rule, not jail."
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Pakistan: Rule of law questioned as court delays enable destruction of Lah
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), along with several environmental and citizens' organisations, has warned that continued court inaction is enabling irreversible environmental and cultural loss.
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Venezuela Defence Minister calls Maduro arrest 'Kidnapping', seeks immedia
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing a press conference, Padrino Lopez said the detention of Maduro amounted to a serious violation of Venezuela's sovereignty and constitutional order. "Yesterday they kidnapped the person whom the Venezuelan people chose as their president, elected for the 2025-2030 term. Nicolas Mad
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"Freedom has arrived": Venezuelan oppn leader Maria Machado after Maduro's
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
After the US captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said that the "hour of freedom" had arrived for her nation.
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Racism is a crime against humanity: KTR calls for zero tolerance and stron
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao strongly condemned racism in all its forms, describing it as a grave crime against humanity that strikes at the very soul of India's constitutional values, said the BRS release.
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Pakistan: PTI withdraws parliamentary board for Islamabad local polls over
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
PTI withdrew its notification forming a parliamentary board for Islamabad local elections after admitting it violated the party constitution. The decision followed objections from the regional president. PTI candidates have filed nominations and will contest the polls under the Sunni Ittehad
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Police crackdown on women protesters exposes deepening rights crisis in Ba
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The arrest of women protesters in Balochistan's Manjhoo Shori area has sparked strong condemnation from the Balochistan Bar Council, raising renewed concerns over the treatment of citizens exercising their constitutional rights. The incident has intensified criticism of law enforcement pract
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Karnataka: LoP R Ashoka slams Congress MP KC Venugopal's intervention in s
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Karnataka is governed by a constitutionally elected Chief Minister and Cabinet, not by an AICC General Secretary. Expressing a party opinion is one thing, issuing moral sermons and pressure tactics on a state government is blatant overreach and an insult to federalism," Ashoka wrote on S
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