Ordinance raj during Emergency: 48, including 5 to amend MISA, promulgatedDuring the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government issued numerous ordinances, including amendments to the MISA, granting broad de...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
BJP MPs did not mention Indira herself voted to remove many provisions of 42nd Amendment: Jairam RameshCongress MP Jairam Ramesh criticized Prime Minister Modi and his colleagues for omitting key facts during a parliamentary debate on the 42n...
22 Dec, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
'Challenge after 44 years': Supreme Court junks pleas against 'socialist', 'secular' in PreambleThe Supreme Court upheld the 42nd amendment. This amendment added socialist, secular, and integrity to the Preamble. The court rejected cha...
25 Nov, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
AMU minority status: How can Centre not accept 1981 amendment by Parliament, asks SCThe Supreme Court of India expressed surprise at the Centre's refusal to accept the 1981 amendment to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) A...
24 Jan, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Reservation for women in state legislatures and Parliament: History, need, and the current billThe Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the 128th Constitution amendment bill, proposes a 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state legis...
20 Sep, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
GAIL board to consider share buyback next weekThe meeting of board of directors of the company will be held on Thursday, 31st March, 2022, to consider buyback of the fully paid-up equit...
25 Mar, 2022, 08.19 PM IST
Budget 2021: 41% of central tax to states, separate fund for defence buysThe Centre on Monday stuck to the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendation to share 41% of tax receipts with states, while accepting in pri...
02 Feb, 2021, 06.18 AM IST
NJAC , RTE, could make it to Rashtrapati Bhawan museum to celebrate work done by Presidents of IndiaAs of now, 14 constitutional amendments are displayed in the President's House museum. Officials said there have been deliberations on the ...
05 Dec, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
Lok Sabha okays SBI merger Bill; Rajya Sabha nod to Bill on NPAsThe Bill seeks to empower the Centre to fix a “universal minimum wage” and the government says more than 40 crore unorganised sector worker...
10 Aug, 2017, 11.55 PM IST
#LeanIn: Maternity Bill passed in RS, now women to get 6 months offThe amended bill also propose 12 weeks of maternity leave to commissioning mothers who use surrogates to bear a child.
11 Aug, 2016, 08.50 PM IST
97 bills get nod during PM Narendra Modi's regimeOf the bills passed by both Houses were 70 legislative bills and 27 finance and appropriation bills, according to data collected by PRS Leg...
10 Aug, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
Labour law: PM Modi to inaugurate ILC meet on July 20, sparks may fly over proposed reformsAmid strong opposition by trade unions against certain proposed amendments to labour laws, the 46th ILC is likely to witness a stormy sessi...
19 Jul, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Labour law amendments on agenda of Indian Labour ConferenceAs many as 11 trade unions, including BJP-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, will observe nationwide strike on September 2 against various iss...
10 Jul, 2015, 08.24 PM IST
- SC seeks govt explanation on right to property PIL
The Supreme Court on Friday sought explanations from the Centre on a PIL seeking direction to restore the right to property as a fundamenta...
28 Feb, 2009, 01.25 AM IST
- Only slow down & no recession in country: Frmr IIM(A) director
Bakul Dholakia, well-known economist, advisor Adani Group and former director of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, asserted th...
08 Feb, 2009, 07.43 PM IST
- AIADMK for early passage of Women's Reservation bill
Describing the Women's Reservation Bill as a "crying need', the AIADMK demanded that it be passed in Parliament.
15 Jun, 2008, 03.52 PM IST
- AIADMK for early passage of Women's Reservation bill
Describing the Women's Reservation Bill as a "crying need', the AIADMK today demanded that it be passed in Parliament with the overwhelming...
15 Jun, 2008, 03.43 PM IST