Category: Polity
Indelible Ink
First phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began
Curative Petition
SC quashes ₹7687-crore arbitral award against DMRC’s DAMEPL
Gurkhas and Yobins
Tensions between Gurkhas and the Yobins have been rising.
How are symbols allotted to political parties?
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi denied a common symbol by the ECI in Tamil Nadu
EVM and VVPAT
Opposition demanding more VVPAT machines in Lok Sabha polls along with EVMs
AFSPA
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
ADR report – Criminalisation of Politics
Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) Report highlights the increasing trend on criminalisation of politics.
Preventive Detention
Preventive detention by routine exercise of powers must be nipped in bud: Supreme Court
Universal Acceptance – BhashaNet portal
BhashaNet Portal launched at the Universal Acceptance Day.
Criminal Case Management System – Sankalan App
Ministry of Home Affairs inaugurated a digital Criminal Case Management System (CCMS) developed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Alongside the CCMS, a mobile app ‘Sankalan’ was also launched.
Delhi Excise Policy
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi Excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Nomination process and CMRF
Nomination process for first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024 began.
Election Commission has exempted certain emergency works under CMRF from the ambit of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).