Constitution

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

After frosty few days, Pence, Trump appear to reach détente

1:31 pm January 12, 2021

Washington: President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear to have come to a détente after nearly a week of silence, anger and finger-pointing. The two met Monday evening in the Oval Office and had a “good conversation,” according to a senior administration official. It was their first time speaking since last Wednesday, when Trump incited his supporters to storm […]

SC judgement on pleas seeking review of verdict upholding validity of Aadhaar scheme on Monday

9:22 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge bench, comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y […]

Analysis: With call, Trump shows no limit to his power grab

9:35 pm January 5, 2021

Atlanta: President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — laid out in stark detail in an hour long weekend phone call with a Georgia election official — are demonstrating his unrestrained determination to maintain a grip on power no matter the consequences for the nation’s democratic traditions. Trump, in a Saturday […]

UP govt’s ordinance aimed at protecting women’s rights: Smriti Irani

11:53 pm November 25, 2020

Hyderabad: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government’s draft ordinance to deal with religious conversions solely for marriage was aimed at ensuring protection of women‘s rights and all irrespective of ideology should support it. The tenets of the Constitution disallow fraudulent and illegal coercive action against a woman, she told reporters here when […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC asks UPSC to apprise of arrangements for civil services prelims amid COVID-19

2:51 pm September 28, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked the UPSC to apprise it by tomorrow the “logistical arrangements” made for conducting civil services preliminary exams on October 4 in view of alarming spurt of COVID-19 cases as also floods in various parts of the country. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) opposed in the top Court a plea seeking postponement of the […]