New Delhi: A day after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Centre on Tuesday launched a new portal for people applying for citizenship under CAA. Under the CAA rules, a Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who entered […]
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Centre on Monday announced the implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. With the CAA rules being issued, the Modi government will now start granting […]
New Delhi: In a major setback to the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Monday trashed its plea seeking an extension of time and ordered it to disclose the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission by close of business hours on March 12. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice […]
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Centre from appointing new election commissioners as per a 2023 law, the provisions of which have been challenged in the apex court. Two vacancies of election commissioners have arisen following the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel and Anup Chandra […]
Srinagar: Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned on Saturday, days before the expected announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His tenure was till December 2027. According to a law ministry notification, Goel’s resignation has been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu with effect from Saturday. It was not immediately known why he stepped […]
New Delhi: The high-level committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind is in the process of submitting its report to the Government on ‘One Nation, One Election’, sources said on March 8. Besides suggesting a procedure to synchronise the terms of State Assemblies to ensure that all polls are held together from 2029 onwards, […]
NEW DELHI: The BJP’s national convention on Sunday passed a resolution on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, asserting that this heralds the establishment of “Ram Rajya” in India for the next 1,000 years. The resolution noted that the temple where a grand consecration ceremony took place last month, has become a temple of “national consciousness” […]
Nagpur: Parliament cannot “impose” the Uniform Civil Code on citizens as the Constitution gives a person religious freedom, said Dr B R Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar, who is the head of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), on Wednesday. In case the Uttarakhand government implements UCC in the hill state, the choice will be with the people […]
Seek Statehood Statehood, Sixth Schedule Status New Delhi: Representatives from Ladakh have submitted a memorandum to the Union home ministry demanding statehood for Ladakh, and status under the Sixth Schedule, sources said. According to sources, representatives from Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance have submitted a detailed memorandum, including a draft of a bill […]
Jammu: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday urged the Muslim community to remain vigilant against the BJP’s tactics to “mislead” them to get their votes. The Srinagar MP also called on the Gujjar community here to not vote for the BJP, saying that “your existence will be wiped […]