Rajasthan gives 1% quota to Most Backward Classes
The government in Rajasthan has issued orders for granting 1% reservation to the Most Backward Classes, comprising Gujjars and four other nomadic communities, within the 50% ceiling mandated by the Supreme Court.
CJI recommends impeachment of Allahabad High Court judge Shri Narayan Shukla
Chief Justice of India (CJI) recommended the impeachment of Justice Shri Narayan Shukla, the eighth senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, following an adverse report about him by an in-house panel set up by the CJI.
President for simultaneous LS, Assembly elections
In his hour-long, maiden address to a joint sitting of Parliament President Ram Nath Kovind covered the entire range of issues concerning governance, including pitching for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Centre seeks to complete Darjeeling drawdown
The Union government told the Supreme Court that it wants to withdraw the last four companies of Central paramilitary forces from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts in West Bengal for deployment in the three poll-bound northeastern States.
One question set for all NEET aspirants: CBSE
The CBSE has informed the Supreme Court that only one set of question paper would be set for students taking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission in MBBS and BDS courses from this year.
By reversing the trend, GST collections up in December
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collections in December marked a rebound to touch Rs 86,703 crore (till January 24), reversing the sliding trend of last two months.
HC declines to give relief to AAP MLAs
The Delhi High Court refused to stay President Ram Nath Kovind’s notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit, but restrained the Election Commission (EC) from taking any “precipitate measures” like announcing dates for byelections till January 29.
Constitute Mahanadi tribunal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court directed the Centre to set up a tribunal within a month to resolve the long-standing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of Mahanadi water.
CPI(M) plans impeachment motion against CJI
The party was trying to build a consensus on moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the budget session of Parliament.
SC to make public work allocation process
Chief Justice of India has examined suggestions from stakeholders to bring transparency in allocation of sensitive PILs to judges and is likely to bring in the public domain soon the system he is going to adopt for it,