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Topic: Constitution

States not empowered to take over private properties for distribution to serve ‘common good’: SC

Verdict overruled Justice Krishna Iyer's previous ruling that all privately-owned resources could be acquired by the state for distribution under Article 39(b) of the Constitution.

North Korea designates South Korea a ‘hostile state’ confirming constitutional change

North’s KCNA news agency reported road and rail links with South Korea were now completely blocked off after blasting large sections of them Tuesday.

Hindu Right is catching India’s military leaders young. It will politicise Armed forces

The Defence Services Staff College recently held a seminar on revising the idea of India to align with its Hindu civilisational legacy.

India will always owe a debt to AG Noorani. He gave up practice at the Bar for scholarship

Noorani's publications include writings on hate speech, sedition, unlawful detention, film censorship, dissent, and the impact of technology on free speech.

SubscriberWrites: America: An Exemplar

The Americans are considerate to the differently abled. There is separate parking earmarked for them.

The spin doctor’s bag of NEET tricks & only Treasury Bench has ‘freedom of screech’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The Constitution was the star campaigner of 2024 Lok Sabha election. And it won in many ways

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign slogan calling for a 400-plus mandate worked for the Opposition. They highlighted how his mandate could change the Constitution.

What’s Article 329(b) invoked by EC in SC that restricts judicial intervention in poll process

Adjourning plea by ADR seeking directions to EC to publish turnout data, SC Friday agreed with commission's contention that judicial intervention was barred under Article 329(b).

Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi wasn’t carrying Chinese constitution. Assam CM’s claim is false

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is seen holding a coat pocket version of the Constitution of India by Gopal Sankaranarayanan.

‘Pregnant person’ — not just women, trans men & others can also be with child, says Supreme Court

Bench led by CJI has used term 'pregnant persons' in judgment & explained why. Last year, CJI had stoked controversy by observing that there was no absolute concept of man or woman.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.