Government News & Updates

From Congress veteran to BJP candidate in 2 days: Pradyut Bordoloi makes BJP’s list of 88 candidates for Assam polls

‘It feels like a second birth’: Sky Light’s Indian survivors return home with only the clothes on their backs

Nine-judge Supreme Court Bench reserves verdict on ambit of ‘industry’

The 1978 judgment expanded the ambit of ‘industry’ to hold that any systematic activity including charitable and government-run services, were an industry if they met the ‘triple test’ parameters

PPAC asked to ‘collect, compile, analyse’ data about domestic fuel and energy stocks

Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (MoPNG) told reporters that the objective of the gazette notification is to give PPAC’s mandate “legal strength”

Chhattisgarh Assembly passes new anti-conversion Bill with stricter provisions

The Bill mandates life imprisonment and fines up to ₹25 lakh in specific cases; Congress MLAs raise objections, call for broader consultations, and seek the handing over of the Bill to a ‘Select Commi...

Modi, Jaishankar work the phones, call for dialogue as strikes on energy infrastructure escalate

French President says India and France working closely together to reduce tensions in West Asia; recent attacks against energy installations are deeply disturbing, says MEA spokesperson

West Bengal Assembly polls: BJP announces second list of candidates; R.G. Kar rape-murder victim’s mother seeks ticket

Party fields former MPs, MLAs, and lawyers but has stayed quiet on the candidature of R.G. Kar rape-murder victim’s mother

ECI’s transfer of Bengal officials is political interference of the highest order, says Mamata

Mamata Banerjee described the move as a ‘systematic politicisation of institutions meant to remain impartial and a direct assault on the Constitution’

Supreme privilege to touch the sacred dust of Ayodhya, says President Murmu

Embracing the principles of Ram Rajya, we can construct a nation grounded in morality and ethical conduct, the President says

Unfenced border in focus amid arrest of seven foreigners who crossed to Myanmar via porous border

According to the latest data, of the total 1,643 km of fencing approved by the government, only 43.75 km has been completed so far; fencing project has faced resistance from residents of border States...

CBI questions Anil Ambani in ₹2,929-crore cheating case

Anil Ambani is facing investigation for alleged fund diversion, misappropriation and other irregularities in loan funds, based on a complaint by the State Bank of India

Assembly elections 2026 highlights: R.G. Kar Medical College rape-murder victim’s mother seeks BJP ticket

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed alarm over the “arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials” in West Bengal

Assam Assembly elections 2026: Pradyut factor in Congress’s third list of candidates

The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), one of the BJP’s three regional allies, announced its first and final list of 26 candidates

Goa CM undergoes angioplasty procedure in Pune hospital; is recovering well, says doctor

Sawant was admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic after he complained of chest pain

Diarrhoea outbreak at residential complex in Goa, water contamination suspected

The outbreak was reported at the Prabhu Violetta residential complex which has nearly 200 apartments

Crescent moon not sighted; Id to be celebrated across India, except Kerala, on March 21

Id will be celebrated in the country on Saturday (March 21, 2026), he said. However, the festival will be celebrated in Kerala on Friday (March 20, 2026)

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Congress announces second list of 37 candidates

T.O. Mohanan has been fielded in the Kannur Assembly constituency, which was sought K. Sudhakaran, MP, and Satheesh Kochuparambil from the Konni constituency, which was sought by Adoor Prakash, MP

Received consular access plea for six Ukrainian nationals: MEA

Ministry of External Affairs says the Ukrainians and an American were found “wanting” of the required permits for visiting Mizoram

Tamil Nadu Assembly election: CPI (M) unrelenting in demand for six seats, stalemate in talks with DMK continues

The DMK’s argument is that it cannot part with more seats as it has accommodated additional parties in the alliance and has already given three more seats to the Congress.

Palaniswami meets Shah in Delhi to discuss sharing of seats

Dhinakaran and Anbumani also expected to go to the national capital