SC ORDERS MENSTRUAL PADS IN SCHOOLS
NEW DELHI,30 Jan 2026 : In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the lack of gender-segregated toilets and access to menstrual hygiene products in schools violates the fundamental rights of girl students, including the right to education, equality, health, dignity and privacy. Delivering the verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), […]
NCP REUNION MID-FEBRUARY: 4 FRONTRUNNERS TO HEAD IT
NEW DELHI,30 Jan 2026 : The two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will be reuniting and a formal announcement is expected in the second week of February – after the local body elections, sources said. They said apart from Sharad Pawar, there are three more frontrunners who are likely to lead the merged […]
“WE ARE ON SAME PAGE,” THAROOR AFTER MEETING KHARGE AND RAHUL
NEW DELHI,29 Jan 2026 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor – whose relationship with the Congress is on thin ice after a series of comments seen as praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and who has had to swat rumours of a shock switch to the BJP – had a 90-minute meeting with party boss Mallikarjun Kharge […]
SC STAYS NEW UGC REGULATIONS ON CASTE DISCRIMINATION
NEW DELHI,29 Jan 2026 : In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday stayed the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, saying they raise several important questions which, if not addressed, will have “very sweeping consequences…will divide the society”. Issuing notice to the Centre and UGC on a clutch […]
SC FLAGS “NEW FORM OF FRAUD” OF SEEKING MINORITY QUOTA AFTER CONVERTING TO BUDDHISM
NEW DELHI,29 Jan 2026 : The Supreme Court has expressed strong disapproval over a plea by a person from a dominant Hindu caste seeking the benefit of minority reservation after converting to Buddhism, describing the attempt as a “new type of fraud”. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing […]
AJIT PAWAR DIES IN PLANE CRASH WHILE LANDING IN BARAMATI
NEW DELHI,28 Jan 2026 : The 66-year-old Ajit Pawar, NCP chief and Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister, died in a tragic plane crash Wednesday morning while he was flying from Mumbai to Baramati. Four others, including pilots and Pawar’s security personnel, have also died in the crash. The small private aircraft, which took off from Mumbai […]
SC TO HEAR PLEA AGAINST UGC’S NEW ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULES
NEW DELHI,28 Jan 2026 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed for urgent listing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the newly notified anti-discrimination regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The plea was mentioned before a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. The petitioner argued that the new regulations are […]
WATER DEADLOCK BETWEEN PUNJAB AND HARYANA
NEW DELHI,27 Jan 2026 : Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann met on Tuesday to discuss the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue that remains unresolved for decades. The meeting in Chandigarh, the first in 2026, lasted for about an hour but remained inconclusive. However, senior officials from both states, […]
