Supreme Court posts challenge to new CEC/EC appointments law to April 16, petitioners say case goes to the very roots of democracy

A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant listed the case in mid-April following an oral mention made by advocate Prashant Bhushan. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) scheduled a detailed hearing of a challenge to a law giving the Central government a dominant role in the appointments of … Read more

Modi-Putin relationship ‘may be helpful’ to end Russia-Ukraine war, says Polish Deputy Foreign Minister

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Poland Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław T. Bartoszewski on his arrival, in Warsaw. | Photo Credit: ANI Poland’s Secretary of State and Deputy Foreign Minister, Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski said on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) that the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister … Read more

Prime Minister Modi lauds ‘Maestro’ Ilaiyaraaja

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Music ‘maestro’ and Rajya Sabha MP Ilaiyaraaja, in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Music composer and Rajya Sabha MP Ilaiyaraaja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). According to a statement from the Press Information Bureau, Mr. Modi lauded Ilaiyaraaja’s first-ever … Read more

NIA conducts searches at 12 locations in Jammu in terrorist infiltration case

The searches are underway at 12 locations. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) conducted searches at multiple locations across Jammu in connection with a terrorist infiltration case, officials said. The searches are underway at 12 locations, they said. According to the officials, the … Read more

What factors influence women’s political participation?

Deshpande R., ‘Shaping of the Woman Constituency in Indian Elections: Evidence from the NES Data’, Studies in Indian Politics, Vol 12 Issue No. 2, 303-317, November 16, 2024 The participation of women in Indian politics has been a subject of extensive discourse among scholars, especially given the paradox that while India has produced several influential … Read more

Astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat celebrates her safe return to Earth

Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, on March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP People in Jhulasan, the native village … Read more