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The results of the nine Uttar Pradesh bypolls will by far be more important than those of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls, if only because Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who spent a lot of time in both states, cannot afford to lose Uttar Pradesh to Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, who is looking for the Yogi to go back to his 'mutt' and be a 'muttadeesh'. Also, there is the spectre of Union Home Minister Amit Shah whose interest in Yogi Adityanath’s performance is more than academic.

On November 26, 1949, our Constitution was adopted and became operative on January 26, 1950.

Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, who recently concluded his tenure as the Chief Justice of India, has brought to light a significant issue confronting the judicial system: the growing influence of social media and lobbyists who target individual judges. His observations highlight a new challenge that the judges face in preserving their integrity and independence. This problem extends beyond the higher judiciary and affects district judges, where the pressures of online campaigns and public targeting have begun to erode the quality of judgments.

Cash, Caste, Crop. Add to that Crypto! Right from 7am in the morning on November 20, when voters stepped out in twos and threes and fours and fives to cast their votes, election aficionados have been placing their bets on the three ‘C’ as the moving force behind polling in Maharashtra, refusing to pin the voting trend on the conflicting narratives of ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’, which dominated this latest phase of the elections.

RANCHI: The second and final phase of polling for the Jharkhand Assembly, that will cover 38 constituencies, takes place on Wednesday November 20. The results of the election for the 81-member House will be announced on November 23.

After the recruitment of over 2 lakh school teachers in less than three months (November 2023 to January 2024), Bihar school education is plagued by the news of fraudulent documents used by the candidates for their appointments. Processes, such as e-service books and a dedicated portal to deal with transfer requests, are being put in place. These platforms will also be used for checking and verifying the documents submitted by teachers. Sources claim it might lead to thousands of teachers losing their jobs. These teachers were appointed after they cleared Teachers Recruitment Exam (TRE) 1 and 2, conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).

Manipur is burning, and the heat of the flames is felt not only in the entire North-East, but up to New Delhi, the National Capital of India, where Union Minister of Home Amit Shah is busy in holding high-level meetings, with little action on the ground in spite of fresh waves of violence for about a fortnight. Prime Minister is on tour out of the country with his disturbing silence on burning Manipur.

RSS and BJP have been consistently raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration but the manner in which they are putting it in the Jharkhand assembly elections, makes it obvious that they are working on some treacherous plot. More than merely being a design to polarise the Hindu votes and put the Vanvasis against Mool Adivasis and Christians, it is part of their bigger plan to make ‘intrusion’ a big issue in the sub-continent.

A Dharma Sansad was organized in Delhi at which “firebrand” Hindu religious preachers and ‘Hindu Sants’ called for the constitution of a ‘Sanatan Board’ on the lines of the Waqf Board. Fiery speeches with a call to destroy the ‘Waqf Board’ or the setting up of the Sanatan Board (“abhi nahi toh kabhie nahin”) marked the Dharma Sansad. The congregation of “saints” and their followers was led by a Hindu preacher, Devkinandan Thakur, who assumed leadership of the ‘Dharma Sansad’.

Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s tenure has had an eventful start with the Supreme Court delivering the landmark ‘bulldozer justice’ verdict that grabbed global headlines. That the verdict was delivered by a bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan, of which the chief justice was not a part, is a matter of detail. What is important is that the verdict promises to be one of the most attention-grabbing events of the new CJI’s time at the helm of the land’s highest court.