Constitution Debate

Two years after the US Supreme Court stripped constitutional protections for abortion, the explosive issue will feature prominently in Thursday's debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump -- with the Republican under pressure not to alienate voters.

More than just a whimsical preferential treatment of one group over the other, at the heart of the debate is the question of which are the more injured groups that the state needs to prioritise for affirmative action.

Days after President Droupadi Murmu's dinner invite to G20 delegates came from "President of Bharat" instead of India, the country continues to debate the two nomenclatures and wonders if the renaming is just a matter of time.

Amid a discussion on the Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha ahead of its passage, Home Minister Amit Shah lashed out at the Congress, reminding them that the government was not making amendments to the Constitution to "impose Emergency" in country.

The BJP ideologically agrees with the Election commission that public money shouldn't be squandered, and we welcome further debate on what constitutes public empowerment, Mr Yadav said.

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a submission about Parliament having cleared the 103rd constitutional amendment to provide 10 per cent quota to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) without much debate.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will proceed with the three issues suggested by the Attorney General of India while hearing the constitutional validity of reservations on the basis of economic conditions.

For India's top constitutional post, the suggestions included 'Sardar', 'Pradhan', 'Neta', 'Karandhar' and 'Chief Executive and Head of the State', but the Constituent Assembly settled on the term 'Rashtrapati'.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today said the freedom of the press is a "valuable and sacred right enshrined in the Indian Constitution" without which there can be no debate or discussion that a democracy needs for its growth.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today stressed that the Constitution requires the country to be a democratic republic and said legislatures should be guided by dialogue and debate and not be rendered dysfunctional through disruptions.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions, ending a three-week deadlock between the government and the oppos

Opposition MPs raised the Pegasus snooping issue in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a debate on a Constitution amendment bill that seeks to restore the states'' power to make their own OBC lists.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut said that demand for a debate will be raised when the constitutional amendment issue comes up in Parliament.

The BJP's ideological mentor RSS has sought a public debate on the Uniform Civil Code, but left it to the government to decide whether it should bring a bill on it. In a virtual meet held by the think-tank India Foundation on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) foundation day on Sunday, its joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the U...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as an "attack on the secular and democratic character of India", and said that he will not permit its implementation in the state even if it becomes law. Mamata Banerjee and Amarinder Singh, his counterparts in Bengal and Punjab, have also made similar statements a...

Two years after the US Supreme Court stripped constitutional protections for abortion, the explosive issue will feature prominently in Thursday's debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump -- with the Republican under pressure not to alienate voters.

More than just a whimsical preferential treatment of one group over the other, at the heart of the debate is the question of which are the more injured groups that the state needs to prioritise for affirmative action.

Days after President Droupadi Murmu's dinner invite to G20 delegates came from "President of Bharat" instead of India, the country continues to debate the two nomenclatures and wonders if the renaming is just a matter of time.

Amid a discussion on the Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha ahead of its passage, Home Minister Amit Shah lashed out at the Congress, reminding them that the government was not making amendments to the Constitution to "impose Emergency" in country.

The BJP ideologically agrees with the Election commission that public money shouldn't be squandered, and we welcome further debate on what constitutes public empowerment, Mr Yadav said.

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a submission about Parliament having cleared the 103rd constitutional amendment to provide 10 per cent quota to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) without much debate.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will proceed with the three issues suggested by the Attorney General of India while hearing the constitutional validity of reservations on the basis of economic conditions.

For India's top constitutional post, the suggestions included 'Sardar', 'Pradhan', 'Neta', 'Karandhar' and 'Chief Executive and Head of the State', but the Constituent Assembly settled on the term 'Rashtrapati'.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today said the freedom of the press is a "valuable and sacred right enshrined in the Indian Constitution" without which there can be no debate or discussion that a democracy needs for its growth.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today stressed that the Constitution requires the country to be a democratic republic and said legislatures should be guided by dialogue and debate and not be rendered dysfunctional through disruptions.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions, ending a three-week deadlock between the government and the oppos

Opposition MPs raised the Pegasus snooping issue in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a debate on a Constitution amendment bill that seeks to restore the states'' power to make their own OBC lists.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut said that demand for a debate will be raised when the constitutional amendment issue comes up in Parliament.

The BJP's ideological mentor RSS has sought a public debate on the Uniform Civil Code, but left it to the government to decide whether it should bring a bill on it. In a virtual meet held by the think-tank India Foundation on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) foundation day on Sunday, its joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the U...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as an "attack on the secular and democratic character of India", and said that he will not permit its implementation in the state even if it becomes law. Mamata Banerjee and Amarinder Singh, his counterparts in Bengal and Punjab, have also made similar statements a...