Category: India

India has developed a convention limiting a third presidential term, but the Constitution places no such restriction on the Prime Minister’s tenure. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 8,931 days in office, this asymmetry invites closer scrutiny.

Piyush Goyal said as per estimates, there are five crore pending court cases relating to minor offences, majority of which should have never gone to the courts

Out of 784, 717 provisions are being amended for decriminalising minor offences and 67 to facilitate ease of living

The Finance Minister said the Government accepted 11 recommendations of the Select Committee headed by BJP MP Baijayant Panda and one amendment was brought by the Government

According to sources, the Lok Sabha Secretariat was asked to look at precedents when a session of Parliament was extended beyond its schedule to accommodate additional legislative business.

A day after the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill, around 140 lawyers and feminists wrote to Ms. Murmu, urging her not to grant assent to the Bill, pointing out “constitutional violations” in its provisions and “procedural infirmities” in the way it was passed

Replying to the debate on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2026 in Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister said the reason for bringing in IBC was not debt recovery, but rather the rescue of viable businesses and addressing their financial stress

The govt. introduced schemes that did not figure in its manifesto, even while delivering key assurances such as Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam and free bus travel; but it has not formulated the Higher Education policy, set up Kalaignar Canteens or created special courts for corruption cases

Mr. Ram said that the BJP government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted a “shameful policy” after the “treacherous” attack on Iran by the United States and Israel

In his telephonic conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister also reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks on regional energy infrastructure