The Election Commission announced polls for 12 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal on October 16. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP-led alliance with 289-290 MLAs is expected to…
ETLegalWorld will release a full conversation with Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP, interviewed by Trilegal partner Chitra Rentala. The teaser promises reflections on his career spanning the…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju has escalated his social media spat with Congress leader Pawan Khera, claiming Rahul Gandhi asked Khera to make false allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and…
Gujarat received just Rs 1.01 crore in NCDC assistance for women cooperatives over five years, data tabled in Rajya Sabha shows. The state got Rs 50 lakh in 2022-23, falling to Rs…
The central government told Rajya Sabha that 23 of Madhya Pradesh's 55 districts have less than 70% household tap water coverage under the Har Ghar Jal scheme. The figures were placed on…
India's upper house of parliament has passed a bill doubling the maximum prison sentence for exam paper leaks to 10 years and raising the maximum fine to over Rs 8 crore. The…
Recoveries from wage claims in IT firms have surged 174% in five years, from Rs 17.97 crore between 2016-17 and 2020-21 to Rs 49.16 crore between 2021-22 and 2025-26, according to labour…
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have passed the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Amendment Bill, 2026, stripping states of the power to levy taxes, cesses, or any charges on…
The government expects PLI Auto payouts to reach Rs 4,700 crore in FY27, more than double the Rs 2,000 crore disbursed in FY26, as the scheme matures and auto sales hit record…
India's school system underwent a major restructuring between 2014-15 and 2024-25, with 94,000 government schools closing, according to a NITI Aayog report based on UDISE+ data. Total schools fell from 15.16 lakh…
