SC opens up staff jobs for OBC and SC/ST blocs, ‘omits’ EWS | India News

Supreme Court (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai, second from the Dalit community to head the judiciary, has amended the Supreme Court Officers and Servant (Conditions of Service and Conduct) Rules, 1961, to provide for reservations to SCs, STs, OBCs, physically challenged, ex-servicemen and dependents of freedom fighters in direct recruitments to subordinate…

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‘Intended to keep judiciary enslaved’: PM Modi recalls imposition of Emergency in Mann ki Baat; plays archival audios of Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the Emergency imposed 50 years ago, calling it one of the darkest chapters in India’s democratic history in his monthly Mann ki Baat address.Referring to the Emergency imposed in 1975, PM Modi said, “Those who imposed Emergency not only murdered the spirit of the Constitution but…

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‘Against Ambedkar’s ideology’: CJI Gavai on Article 370; says need ‘one Constitution to keep country united’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday supported the abrogation of Article 370 and said that in order to keep the country united, “we need only one Constitution”. He recalled when the case was brought before the Supreme Court, the five-judge bench unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370…

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‘Casually, farcically changed’: VP Dhankhar weighs in on Preamble debate | India News

Vice-President Jadgeep Dhankhar NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday called the Preamble as the ‘soul of the Constitution’ and hit out at the Indira Gandhi-led government for ‘changing something which is not changeable and alterable.‘Speaking at a book launch event, Dhankhar acknowledged that India was the only country where the Preamble had been…

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‘Never accepted Constitution’: Congress hits back at RSS; cites SC ruling on ‘secular, socialist’ | India News

Jairam Ramesh and Dattatreya Hosabale (R) NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday sharply criticised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying it has never accepted the Constitution on has been attacking its framers from the very beginning.His remarks came in response to RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who a day earlier had said…

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Indian Constitution is as Sacred as Bhagavad Gita, Guru Granth Sahib and Bible: Union minister SP Baghel | India News

KURUKSHETRA: Union minister of state (MoS) for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj, SP Singh Baghel on Wednesday described the Indian Constitution as a sacred text on par with the sacred Bhagavad Gita, Guru Granth Sahib, and theBible, emphasising that it must be respected and honoured as the foundation of India’s democracy. Notably,…

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‘Nation never bows down to dictatorship’: Amit Shah criticises Congress for 1975 Emergency; govt to observe June 25 as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ annually | India News

Union home minister Amit Shah (ANI) Union home minister Amit Shah criticised the Congress government on Tuesday for the imposition of the Emergency and said, “We overcame a dark chapter like the Emergency because our nation never bows down to dictatorship”. He was addressing a gathering at an event marking the 50 years of the…

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