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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicSelect committee

Topic: select committee

Leave education to universities, limit UGC role to grants—SN Bose in Rajya Sabha

On 21 March 1955, Prof SN Bose participated in a debate on the UGC Bill and expressed concern about certain clauses that suggested 'the central government will be interfering with the working of universities'.

Bengal EC move: Should all-party panel appoint election commissioners to avert bias charges?

The Election Commission’s move in West Bengal to ban all political parties from campaigning after 10pm Thursday once again led to allegations of EC bias.

Opposition wants select committee to take up triple talaq bill. Here’s what the panels do

The triple talaq bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last year, was stalled in the Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.