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Topic: GNCTD Bill

Delhi assembly committees in overdrive? AAP-BJP row as ‘mini-legislatures’ summon another IAS officer

Delhi assembly has over 20 panels that are either constituted by the speaker or the House. Opposition leaders and senior officials say panels going beyond jurisdiction.  

Modi govt’s GNCTD ordinance proof BJP still clueless on Delhi’s politics, AAP

First signs of a BJP U-turn were visible in 2015 when its then CM candidate avoided questions on why statehood demand was missing form its vision document.

Delhi HC seeks reply from Centre, Delhi govt on plea to declare GNCTD Act ‘unconstitutional’

The petitioner has contended the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Amendment Act is contrary to various fundamental rights and Article 239AA of the Constitution.

GNCTD Act will paralyse governance in Delhi, say 76 former civil servants

In a joint statement Friday, a group of 76 former civil servants also said that the recently enacted Bill has grave repercussions on how federal governance is carried out in India.

Centre ‘punished’ Delhi govt for supporting farmers protest, says Arvind Kejriwal

Last month, Parliament passed a bill which entails that the term "government" referred to in any law made by the Delhi legislative assembly will imply Lieutenant Governor.

Flirting with Hindutva hasn’t benefited Kejriwal. It’s a lesson for the Opposition

Kejriwal was left untouched by the BJP till he attacked Modi. He sounded like an ‘aam admi’. Not anymore.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.