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Modi govt keen on Constitution amendments this Parl session, starting with 130th

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime lose numbers in the last Lok Sabha elections, but has emerged stronger in recent weeks amid defections in Opposition parties.
india news
Updated on Jul 05, 2026 01:04 pm IST

The INDIA bloc is imploding

PREMIUM
The contradictions within the INDIA bloc date back to the time of its formation in 2023. This big tent of non-BJP parties was visualised as a national platform, and it was accepted from the beginning that its members could compete with each other at the state level while agreeing at the national level. (AICC/ANI)
editorials
Published on May 08, 2026 09:01 pm IST

No compromise on rights of state, federalism: CM Stalin

No compromise on rights of state, federalism: CM Stalin
india news
Published on Apr 11, 2026 07:28 am IST

Central govt must not treat states as subordinates: SC Justice Nagarathna

Justice BV Nagarathna is widely expected to become India’s first woman Chief Justice next year.
india news
Published on Apr 04, 2026 09:05 pm IST

Siddaramaiah backs TN CM's call for renewed discourse on Centre-State relations

Siddaramaiah backs TN CM's call for renewed discourse on Centre-State relations
india news
Published on Mar 03, 2026 05:03 pm IST

More than just a fiscal problem

PREMIUM
India is at the cusp of becoming the third-largest economy in the world. But many Indians are very far from even basic economic security. (AFP)
editorials
Published on Feb 20, 2026 06:28 pm IST

Balancing for fiscal federalism

PREMIUM
States which have done well on economic growth in the medium term have also done well on population stabilisation. (AFP)
editorials
Updated on Feb 02, 2026 08:30 pm IST

Political analysts back Stalin for writing to Modi over Lankan constitutional reforms

Political analysts back Stalin for writing to Modi over Lankan constitutional reforms
india news
Published on Jan 14, 2026 08:08 am IST

Searching for federal balance in India

PREMIUM
By ruling that the governor’s discretion cannot be reduced to a purely “perfunctory” role, the apex court has signalled a very limited role for judicial review in such cases and that too possibly not a decisive role. (HT Archive)
editorials
Published on Nov 20, 2025 09:07 pm IST

Good judgment, says DMK leader on SC verdict on Governors

Good judgment, says DMK leader on SC verdict on Governors
india news
Published on Nov 20, 2025 12:59 pm IST

New online gambling Act breaches federal boundaries

The harms caused by online money gaming should go unchecked; addiction, financial ruin, and suicides are lived tragedies in households across India. (AFP)
opinion
Published on Aug 25, 2025 08:38 pm IST

Stalin hits out at Centre, pushes for state’s rights

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during the 79th Independence Day celebration at the State Secretariat, in Chennai on August 15
india news
Updated on Aug 16, 2025 01:54 am IST

Punjab: AAP, Congress, SAD oppose ‘One Nation One Election’ proposal

Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and AAP state president Aman Arora termed the proposal a direct assault on the fundamental structure and spirit of the Constitution of India, framed by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Jun 15, 2025 07:40 am IST

Congress slams 11-year Modi govt for ‘damaging’ democracy and economy

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at the party's 'Samvidhan Bachao’ rally in Ranchi last week. (PTI)
india news
Published on Jun 09, 2025 04:16 pm IST

President vs SC revives the federalism fault line

PREMIUM
The Constitution is silent on timelines for gubernatorial and Presidential action on state bills, though it was not written with the view that Governors and the President would keep state bills pending (Hindustan Times)
editorials
Published on May 19, 2025 11:06 pm IST

Experts weigh in on President’s move

Experts weigh in on President’s move
india news
Published on May 16, 2025 08:36 am IST

Questions from the President

PREMIUM
Neither the court nor the President should allow discretionary powers to be wielded as a political tool
editorials
Published on May 15, 2025 07:36 pm IST

Interview: BJP used Governors to run parallel state government, says MK Stalin

Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin claimed that the BJP was consistently using Governors to interfere in the affairs of the opposition ruled States and that a delimitation exercise based on population is aimed at marginalising the South (File photo)
india news
Updated on May 13, 2025 04:59 am IST

Will use every constitutional, legal remedy to get our water share: Saini

Haryana CM Nayab Saini (C) with former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and chief secretary Anurag Rastogi (left) during an all-party meeting amid the ongoing water dispute with Punjab Chandigarh on Saturday. (ANI)
chandigarh news
Published on May 04, 2025 06:48 am IST

ONOE aims to alter basic principles of Constitution: Singhvi

Abhishek Singhvi, who was deposing before the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) examining the bills on one nation, one election (ONOE), made a detailed presentation on legal points. (ANI PHOTO)
india news
Published on Apr 23, 2025 07:50 am IST

Review: The Indian Constitution; A Conversation with Power by Gautam Bhatia

The Constitution of India (Library of Congress)
books
Published on Mar 30, 2025 10:42 am IST

Terms of Trade: Delhi Budget resurrects some questions on federalism

PREMIUM
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta with the budget document at her office on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
delhi news
Updated on Mar 28, 2025 06:47 pm IST

Frame law to let CBI probe sans consent: Parl panel

The department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice in its demand for grants report noted that eight states have withdrawn general consent for CBI investigation. (PTI)
india news
Published on Mar 28, 2025 08:56 am IST

Initiative to protect the country: Stalin on eve ofDMK’s delimitation meet

MK Stalin
india news
Published on Mar 22, 2025 07:22 am IST

Federalism, a basic feature of Constitution is affected, alleges TN CM Stalin

Federalism, a basic feature of Constitution is affected, alleges TN CM Stalin
india news
Updated on Mar 15, 2025 08:57 pm IST

DK Shivakumar to represent Karnataka at DMK’s anti-delimitation meeting

Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar.
bengaluru news
Published on Mar 13, 2025 05:10 pm IST

How best to resolve the federal deadlock

The representational dilemma will only be resolved when the consequences of persistent inequality are acknowledged, and new institutional arrangements debated in this context (PTI)
opinion
Published on Mar 12, 2025 11:23 pm IST

Drowned out in the NEP debate

The Centre must ask itself if so much energy should be lavished on school education in Tamil Nadu, instead of say, Uttar Pradesh or Bihar (Shutterstock)
opinion
Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:21 pm IST

TERMS OF TRADE: What would an honest conversation on federalism look like?

PREMIUM
Tamil Nadu chief minister Stalin has called a meeting of all political parties in the state on the issue of delimitation (a rejig in the number of Lok Sabha constituencies per state) in the country (PTI)
india news
Published on Feb 28, 2025 03:18 pm IST

Elon Musk calls for complete elimination of federal agencies at Dubai Summit

Elon Musk made a plea on Thursday to "delete entire agencies" from the US federal government as part of his campaign to drastically reduce expenditure and reorganise its goals under President Donald Trump.
world news
Published on Feb 13, 2025 03:26 pm IST
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