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In letter to Patnaik, BJD veteran flags attempt to 'hijack party', dent on secular credentials
In letter to Patnaik, BJD veteran flags attempt to 'hijack party', dent on secular credentials
Published on Apr 14, 2025 08:13 PM IST
PTI |
Uniform civil code key to true secularism
It is time we understand that while all our energy was diverted towards preserving its diversity, the country’s unity took a catastrophic hit
Published on Apr 14, 2025 07:50 PM IST
Aankhi Ghosh
Robert Vadra on political debut: ‘If Congress feels…'
The businessman, who is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, said that he had often been pulled into political discussions.
Published on Apr 14, 2025 04:39 PM IST
Congress belongs to all religions, must reach out to OBCs: Rahul
He also lashed out at the BJP and said some political parties pursue communal path to votes and emphasised that BJP does not represent Hinduism
Published on Apr 09, 2025 06:04 AM IST
‘Waqf Bill raises questions on India’s secularism’: DMK MP Tiruchi Siva
Waqf Amendment Bill: DMK MP Tiruchi Siva said that the BJP always bulldozes bills in its own manner since it has a majority in the Lok Sabha.
Published on Apr 02, 2025 03:53 PM IST
ANI |
Shimla school withdraws pre-Eid celebration directive after threat from right-wing group
Shimla school withdraws pre-Eid celebration directive after threat from right-wing group
Published on Mar 24, 2025 04:46 PM IST
PTI |
29th Justice Bhandare memorial lecture held
Justice Sunanda Bhandare, who died in 1994, was an eminent judge of the Delhi high court. The lecture series was instituted by her husband and former Odisha governor Murlidhar Bhandare, and her two children.
Published on Feb 22, 2025 07:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Upholding the Constitution, guided by personal morals
Justice Ahmadi's leadership came to represent the preservation of constitutional values and the defence of the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.
Updated on Feb 20, 2025 04:04 PM IST
Ashish BharadwajSimrean Bajwa
Review: ‘A Maverick in Politics’ by Mani Shankar Aiyar
The last volume of Mani Shankar Aiyar’s autobiographical trilogy, that looks at the period from 1991 to 2024, presents a candid account of the various stages of his political life
Published on Jan 31, 2025 10:23 PM IST
Vinod C Khanna
Congress’s KC Venugopal moves Supreme Court to defend Places of Worship Act
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is scheduled to hear the consolidated petitions on February 17
Published on Jan 16, 2025 06:10 PM IST
Bangladesh panel suggests dropping 'secularism', 'socialism' from Constitution
The commission set up by the Muhammad Yunus administration also proposed a bicameral parliament for the country and a two-term limit on a premier’s tenure.
Published on Jan 16, 2025 05:41 PM IST
PTI |
A lot of negativity to Sanatan, Hindu references: Dhankhar at JNU conference
The Vice President also criticised those who, “under the guise of secularism”, dismiss or attack India’s philosophical traditions
Published on Jan 03, 2025 10:09 PM IST
Dheer Chawla
The disenchantment with the secular ideal
Supreme Court temporarily bars trials under the Places of Worship Act, highlighting the need to restore India's secular ethos amid rising communalism.
Updated on Dec 17, 2024 09:12 PM IST
Ambiance of division, mistrust and fear in BJP-led India: Abhishek Singhvi
The Constitution is under siege and the custodians of democracy have become its conspirators, Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi said on Monday in the Rajya Sabha.
Updated on Dec 17, 2024 03:34 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
UCC aims to replace various personal laws: HC judge at VHP law cell meet
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav was speaking at the provincial convention of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Law Cell in the Library Hall of the High Court Bar.
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 04:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
The need to protect the sanctity of the Preamble
Why apex court’s ruling on the amendment of the Constitution during the Emergency to include secularism and socialism in thePreamble sets off mixed feelings
Published on Dec 07, 2024 08:08 PM IST
India’s basic constitutional values need eternal vigilance
We must illuminate the Constitution by understanding the idea of India
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 06:24 AM IST
Can’t annul Parl’s legislative actions during Emergency: SC
The Supreme Court ruled it cannot annul Parliament's 1976 Emergency actions, including the addition of "socialist" and "secular" to the Preamble.
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Bangladesh top official calls for removing ‘secular’ from Constitution: Report
Hindus, comprising about 8% of Bangladesh’s nearly 170 million people, have faced more than 2,000 attacks since August 4.
Updated on Nov 14, 2024 09:58 AM IST
UP Madarsa Education Act: Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity
Supreme Court underlined the UP government's vital role in ensuring that educational standards in madrasas align with modern academic expectations.
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 02:04 PM IST
Kerala assembly passes resolution to urge Centre to withdraw Waqf bill
V Abdurahiman, the minister for welfare of minorities, sports, Waqf and Haj pilgrimage, moved the government resolution under rule 118 and said that the Waqf was a subject on the concurrent list
Updated on Oct 15, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Pawan Kalyan vs Prakash Raj on Tirupati Laddu row: ‘Film industry should not…’
Andhra deputy CM Pawan Kalyan and actor Prakash Raj engaged in a war of words over the Tirupati Prasadam row, and the alleged use of animal fat in the laddus.
Published on Sep 24, 2024 06:51 PM IST
Morning briefing: CPI (M) slams TN governor for 'secularism' remarks, and more
A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items that you should check out.
Published on Sep 24, 2024 09:31 AM IST
Tamil Nadu Governor’s secularism remarks sparks row
Secularism is a “European concept” and not “bharatiya (Indian)”, Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi said on Monday, triggering sharp reactions.
Updated on Sep 24, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi calls secularism a ‘European concept’, sparks row
Last year, TN governor RN Ravi said that “the people who want to break this country have given a distorted interpretation of secularism.”
Published on Sep 23, 2024 06:49 PM IST
People will reject those who refuted Ram’s existence: Yogi
I won’t leave mafia capable of crossing into Uttarakhand from U.P, says Adityanath in hill state rallies
Updated on Apr 15, 2024 07:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
SC stays Allahabad HC order scrapping madrasa law in UP
Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC ruling declaring 2004 Madarsa Act unconstitutional. Protects rights of students, questions HC conclusions on secularism.
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 12:49 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Uncovering the origins of CAA and its implications for India
On last week’s episode of Grand Tamasha, legal scholar M. Mohsin Alam Bhat joined host Milan Vaishnav to discuss the law, the rules, and the political impacts
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:46 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
HC scraps UP madrasa law: ‘Shift students to govt schools’
“The State has no power to create a board for religious education or to establish a board for school education only for a particular religion and philosophy associated with it,” asserted the court
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Allahabad HC scraps UP madrasa law: ‘Shift students to govt schools’
Allahabad HC declares UP Madarsa Education Act, 2004 "unconstitutional," orders students be accommodated in regular schools, affecting thousands.
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
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