First Amendment To The Constitution

Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family over amending the Constitution during their tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that till the time he is alive, he won't allow anyone to play with the basic fundamentals of the Constitution.

The Kerala government has challenged the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) before the Supreme Court, becoming the first state to do so amid nationwide protests against the religion-based citizenship law.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with 125 voting for it and 99 against, two days after its passage in the lower house. The controversial legislation was tabled in the Rajya Sabha, which had a majority mark of 105, by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The bill has been slammed by rights groups as well as opp...

Election strategist turned Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Prashant Kishor on Monday spoke out against his own party on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was cleared by the Lok Sabha with 311 votes. "Disappointed to see JDU supporting #CAB that discriminates right of citizenship on the basis of religion. It's incongruous with the p...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "game-changing" move of quota for the economically weak has debuted in his home state Gujarat. Vijay Rupani, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, tweeted on Sunday that his state is the first to provide 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections in the general category in government jobs and educational in...

The Constitutional Amendment Bill to ensure 10% reservation in education and government jobs for the economically weak may have only crossed its first legislative hurdle, but it has already opened a pandora's box of similar demands from various political parties in the country.

Ahead of the general elections, a bill to provide 10 per cent quota in jobs and education to candidates who belong to the economically weaker sections in the general category, was passed by the Lok Sabha today. While many opposition parties dubbed the government's move a "political gimmick" in the four-and-half-hour debate, most backed the bill, wh...

China's Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits, handing him almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an economic and military superpower.

Four Bills related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST were debated in the Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament today, as the government pushes to meet a July 1 launch date for the unified tax regime that subsumes a slew of indirect taxes at the Centre and in states. Seven hours were allotted for today's debate, which began at noon, with union m...

A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on "phony polls" from the "disgusting" media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks.

It is Assam after all that will make its way into history books as the first state to ratify the constitutional amendment bill that enables the Goods and Services Tax, India's biggest tax reform.

Assam on Friday became the first state to ratify the Constitution amendment bill related with the Goods and Services Tax, following its passage by both houses of parliament this month.

Will Delhi beat Goa to become the first state to clear mega reform Goods and Services Tax or GST? The answer to that could lie in how soon the Centre can secure the President's assent for a bill that amends the Constitution to enable GST.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not being present in either house of parliament when the GST bill was taken up, the Congress Today said that it was for the first time in independent India that a constitutional amendment bill was discussed, debated and passed without the Prime Minister being present.

The expected passage by parliament on Wednesday of a key constitutional amendment would resolve crucial issues needed to transform India's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion consumers into a single market for the first time.

Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family over amending the Constitution during their tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that till the time he is alive, he won't allow anyone to play with the basic fundamentals of the Constitution.

The Kerala government has challenged the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) before the Supreme Court, becoming the first state to do so amid nationwide protests against the religion-based citizenship law.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with 125 voting for it and 99 against, two days after its passage in the lower house. The controversial legislation was tabled in the Rajya Sabha, which had a majority mark of 105, by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The bill has been slammed by rights groups as well as opp...

Election strategist turned Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Prashant Kishor on Monday spoke out against his own party on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was cleared by the Lok Sabha with 311 votes. "Disappointed to see JDU supporting #CAB that discriminates right of citizenship on the basis of religion. It's incongruous with the p...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "game-changing" move of quota for the economically weak has debuted in his home state Gujarat. Vijay Rupani, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, tweeted on Sunday that his state is the first to provide 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections in the general category in government jobs and educational in...

The Constitutional Amendment Bill to ensure 10% reservation in education and government jobs for the economically weak may have only crossed its first legislative hurdle, but it has already opened a pandora's box of similar demands from various political parties in the country.

Ahead of the general elections, a bill to provide 10 per cent quota in jobs and education to candidates who belong to the economically weaker sections in the general category, was passed by the Lok Sabha today. While many opposition parties dubbed the government's move a "political gimmick" in the four-and-half-hour debate, most backed the bill, wh...

China's Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits, handing him almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an economic and military superpower.

Four Bills related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST were debated in the Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament today, as the government pushes to meet a July 1 launch date for the unified tax regime that subsumes a slew of indirect taxes at the Centre and in states. Seven hours were allotted for today's debate, which began at noon, with union m...

A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on "phony polls" from the "disgusting" media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks.

It is Assam after all that will make its way into history books as the first state to ratify the constitutional amendment bill that enables the Goods and Services Tax, India's biggest tax reform.

Assam on Friday became the first state to ratify the Constitution amendment bill related with the Goods and Services Tax, following its passage by both houses of parliament this month.

Will Delhi beat Goa to become the first state to clear mega reform Goods and Services Tax or GST? The answer to that could lie in how soon the Centre can secure the President's assent for a bill that amends the Constitution to enable GST.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not being present in either house of parliament when the GST bill was taken up, the Congress Today said that it was for the first time in independent India that a constitutional amendment bill was discussed, debated and passed without the Prime Minister being present.

The expected passage by parliament on Wednesday of a key constitutional amendment would resolve crucial issues needed to transform India's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion consumers into a single market for the first time.