Legal experts appear before One Nation One Election committeeThe Joint Parliamentary Committee is conducting consultations on two bills for simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls. High-profile figu...
25 Feb, 2025, 02.50 PM IST
AFHQ Civil Services can serve as imp link in connecting armed forces, civilian govt: Rajnath SinghDefence Minister Rajnath Singh stressed the importance of the AFHQ Civil Services in bridging the armed forces and civilian government. Add...
01 Aug, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
Kovind panel initiates discussions with state election commissions on simultaneous pollsAn official statement said the committee met Madhukar Gupta, State Election Commissioner of Rajasthan, Sanjay Shrivastava, the former State...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.44 PM IST
Apurva Chandra appointed Health Secretary, Sanjay Jaju new I&B SecretaryThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Chandra's appointment as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, a...
03 Feb, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
One poll against Parliamentary democracy: AAPThe INDIA bloc party said holding simultaneous elections will give an "unfair advantage" to the party ruling at the union level. "Aam Aadmi...
20 Jan, 2024, 11.55 PM IST
Disband Ram Nath Kovind panel: Congress president Mallikarjun KhargeThe Congress on Friday strongly opposed the idea of "one nation, one election", terming it "undemocratic", and demanded that the committee ...
20 Jan, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
One nation, one election against basic structure, dissolve high-powered committee: KhargeThe Congress strongly opposes simultaneous elections in India, stating that it undermines federalism and the Constitution's basic structure...
19 Jan, 2024, 04.18 PM IST
Simultaneous polls panel chief Kovind holds deliberations with ex-CECs, former HC chief justicesThe committee has so far held two meetings since it was constituted in September last year. It had recently written to political parties se...
18 Jan, 2024, 09.25 PM IST
Law panel may study holding local, Assembly and general polls togetherThe Law Commission of India is considering the possibility of holding local elections alongside state and general elections. The commission...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.39 PM IST
Govt working on logistics, modalities for panel on 'one nation, one election'On Saturday, the government notified a high-level committee under Kovind to study and make recommendations on the issue of holding synchron...
07 Sep, 2023, 01.01 AM IST
'One nation, one solution', get rid of BJP misrule in 2024: Mallikarjun Kharge on simultaneous polls panelIn his post, Kharge said, "This gimmick of forming a committee on 'One Nation, One Election' is a subterfuge for dismantling the Federal St...
03 Sep, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Top law ministry officials brief panel chairman Kovind on simultaneous pollsTop officials of the Union Law Ministry on Sunday held a preparatory briefing for former president Ram Nath Kovind who heads the high-level...
03 Sep, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
Shah, Adhir, Azad, Salve in 8-member Kovind-led simultaneous polls panelThe Centre has formed an 8-member high-level committee (HLC) for simultaneous elections, including leaders from ruling and opposition parti...
03 Sep, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
One Nation One Election Committee: Amit Shah, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ghulam Nabi Azad among eight-member panelThe Law Ministry has formed a High-Level Committee to examine the issue of simultaneous elections in India. Former President Ram Nath Kovin...
02 Sep, 2023, 07.26 PM IST
India, UK weigh in options to open up legal services sectorThe UK delegation explained in detail the regulations which determine the areas of court practice and legal advice by non-UK qualified lawy...
23 Aug, 2022, 04.15 PM IST
Bureaucratic reshuffle: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extensionThe move assumes significance as the Health Ministry is at the forefront of India's battle against the novel coronavirus.
26 Apr, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
TV Somanathan new expenditure secretary in finance ministryThe government made over a dozen changes at the secretary and additional secretary levels, with the Union Budget two months away. This is t...
14 Dec, 2019, 07.38 AM IST