constitutional law

Chandigarh, March 9 A delegation of the Punjab Congress Legislature Party met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and raised the issue of pending CAG audit reports that have not yet been presented to the state Assembly, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said on Monday.The delegation...

Kathmandu, March 9 Fourteen women have been elected to Nepal's parliament in the recently concluded general elections, accounting for just over eight per cent of the total seats.While the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 13 of the 14 seats, the Nepali Congress (NC) secured one.The...

Chandigarh, March 7 The judiciary must continue to serve as a constitutional guardian in matters concerning the environment, and not impede legitimate development aspirations, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday.He made the remark while addressing the Punjab and Haryana High...

Washington, March 7 – The Hindu American Foundation has joined dozens of faith-based organizations in urging the US Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, warning that any attempt to limit this constitutional right would unsettle immigrant families and threaten religious diversity in...

New Delhi, March 6 The Congress has issued a directive to its MPs, requiring them to be present in the Lok Sabha from March 9 to 11. The notice seeking the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is likely to be taken up next week.The Lok Sabha will convene for the second phase of the Budget...

Seoul, March 4 North Korea will elect representatives to its parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, later this month, state media said Wednesday, as a follow-up step after a recent party congress.The election of representatives to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) will be held on...

Kohima, March 3 – The Nagaland Assembly on Tuesday decided to refer the issue of singing the national song “Vande Mataram” in the assembly to a Select Committee for detailed examination, following objections raised by several legislators.Speaker Sharingain Longkumer announced the decision...

Bengaluru, March 3 – Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah endorsed Tamil Nadu counterpart M. K. Stalin's call for a national dialogue on recalibrating relations between the Union and states, and restoring the constitutional balance of Indian federalism.Reiterating Karnataka's willingness to...

Bengaluru, March 3 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to his counterpart in Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin, expressing the state's strong support for a renewed national discourse on Centre-State relations.Siddaramaiah said he would urge the union government to provide an institutional...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 – As assembly elections approach, the Left-controlled Travancore Devaswom Board has dramatically reversed its stance on the contentious issue of women's entry into the Sabarimala temple on Monday, signaling a fresh political turn in one of Kerala's most divisive...

Tehran, March 1 – Hours after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, Iran named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as his interim successor on Sunday.Ayatollah Khamenei, whose death in an attack on his residence in Tehran was announced by Iran, had been the Supreme Leader since...

New Delhi, February 28 Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, one of the candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections fielded by the TMC, said on Saturday that she aims to uphold the values of equality, fraternity, and non-discrimination during her term as a Member of Parliament.In a post on X...

Kochi, February 27 The Kerala High Court on Friday strongly criticised the state government over the lack of security measures to protect tribal people living in the Aralam farm area in Kannur district, following the death of a 44-year-old man there in the morning due to an elephant attack...

New Delhi, February 27 Supreme Court Judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna on Friday said that the media cannot perform its role under constraint, fear, or influence, and the most serious threats to press freedom arise not from direct censorship but from regulations, ownership rules, licensing laws, and...

New Delhi, February 27 A Delhi court, which on Friday acquitted former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and 21 others in the politically charged liquor policy case, expressed its displeasure with the CBI for using the phrase "South Group," cautioning it to exercise restraint in its choice of...

Paris, February 27 – A leading international human rights organization strongly condemned the "special directive" issued by the Rajshahi Range Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Bangladesh, Mohammad Shahjahan, instructing law enforcement authorities to re-arrest leaders and activists of...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking directions to impose a cap on the expenditure by political parties for election purposes.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...

In Bangladesh, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has demanded the impeachment and arrest of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, accusing him of failing to act during the violence that erupted in July 2024.Speaking to reporters after visiting the graves of the victims of the Pilkhana massacre in...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the grant of retrospective environmental clearances (ECs) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found to be in violation of environmental norms, despite hefty penalties.On November...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to prevent the release of the feature film ‘Yadav Ji Ki Love Story’, observing that the film’s title does not portray the Yadav community in a negative light.A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and...