SC Frowns Upon ‘Acting DGP’ Practice, Empowers UPSC To Flag Delays By States
New Delhi, Feb. 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the growing practice of State governments appointing “acting” Directors General of Police instead of initiating the process for selecting a regular police chief in accordance with its binding guidelines issued in 2006. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya […]
SC lifts ban on Anurag Thakur, to associate with the h BCCI
New Delhi, Feb. 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the bar on BJP leader Anurag Singh Thakur from associating with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), clarifying that its 2017 direction asking the former BCCI president to “cease and desist” from the board’s functioning was never intended to operate as a […]
PM SKIPS REPLY TO MOTION OF THANKS TO PRESIDENT
NEW DELHI,5 Feb 2026 : In an unprecedented development, the Lok Sabha passed the motion of thanks to the President for her address to the joint session of Parliament without the reply by the Prime Minister as Speaker Birla asked him to better skip the House. A new flashpoint has emerged between the government and […]
SHASHI THAROOR FRACTURES LEG IN PARLIAMENT FALL
NEW DELHI,5 Feb 2026 : Being wheeled out of Parliament’s Makar Dwar, an optimistic Shashi Tharoor said he will continue his parliamentary duties and campaign work in Kerala despite suffering a hairline fracture in his leg after a fall in the Parliament House on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said said […]
PRASHANT KISHOR MOVES SC ALLEGING CASH INDUCEMENTS IN BIHAR POLLS
NEW DELHI,5 Feb 2026 : Jan Suraaj Party founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor has approached the Supreme Court challenging what it calls the misuse of a state welfare scheme to influence voters ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. He wants the Assembly polls cancelled. Kishor’s party had contested 242 of the 243 Assembly […]
MAMATA FIGHTS HER OWN SIR CASE IN SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI,4 Feb 2026 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday fought her own case in the Supreme Court as she argued in favour of her plea against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. A trained advocate, Mamata became the first sitting CM to present arguments in […]
RAHUL CALLS MINISTER RAVNEET BITTU AS “TRAITOR FRIEND”
NEW DELHI,4 Jan 2026 : A verbal spat erupted between Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu at the Parliament this morning. During a demonstration before the day’s proceedings, Gandhi referred to the former Congress leader as a “traitor friend.” In his response, Bittu called Gandhi a “desh ke dushman (enemy […]
INSIDE DETAILS OF BJP’S LATE NIGHT MEETING ON BENGAL POLLS
NEW DELHI, 4 Feb 2026 : A crucial late-night meeting on West Bengal politics was held on Tuesday at the house of Union Minister and BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar in Delhi, ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. BJP National President Nitin Nabin was present at the meeting. BJP’s Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha […]
TRINAMUL CONSULTS PARTIES ON IMPEACHING POLL BODY CHIEF
NEW DELHI, 4 Feb 2026 : The Trinamool Congress will speak to other parties to discuss the possibility of making a move to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the bitter battle over the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, where the assembly elections will be held soon, party sources said on […]
BIG BUDGET BOOST OF 25% TO ELECTION COMMISSION
NEW DELHI,3 Feb 2026: Funding for the Election Commission increased by 25.33 per cent in the 2026 union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday morning. Budget allocation was increased from Rs 304.98 crore in 2025/26 to Rs 382.22 crore for 2026/27. Of the total allocated to the poll panel for FY27, Rs 367.69 […]
