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The legal career of Fali Sam Nariman began in 1950, along with the coming into force of the Indian Constitution. In the 74 years for which Nariman and the Constitution co-existed, they were inseparable. From I C Golaknath in 1967, where supreme court held that fundamental rights are beyond the amending powers of the Parliament, to Supreme Court Advocates-on-record vs Union of India case in 2015,where Supreme Court struck down the 99th constitutional amendment to defend the independence of judiciary. Nariman argued and succeeded in cases crucial to the Indian constitution.

New Delhi: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur emphasised the importance of sports science at the National Centers of Excellence in the country while addressing the Bharat Sports Science Conclave in New Delhi on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Rattled by the stinging criticism by former CEO Elena Norman and former Women's team's coach Janneke Schopman, Hockey India on Wednesday denied all the charges saying it stands united and there are no fissures among the top official.

The stage is set for the holding of the Lok Sabha elections in April/May this year. The two Left parties CPI and the CPI(M) which played a major role in the formation of the Congress led UPA government after the Lok Sabha polls in 2004, are struggling to be relevant in Parliamentary politics. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the tally of the Left was a total of only five- three by the CPI(M) and two by the CPI. Out of the five, two seats each by the CPI and the CPI(M) were won as a part of the DMK led alliance. That way, on the basis of its own strength, the Left — the CPI(M) got only one seat from Kerala.

No action can be taken against legislators under the anti-defection law or the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections. It made MLAs to cross-vote on as many as 15 Rajya Sabha seats during the elections held on February 27, 2024. It affected the Congress worst, especially in Himachal Pradesh, where the party is now battling for survival for its government. After the election results were out, BJP leaders met Himachal Pradesh governor and apprised him of the latest political situation telling him that Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government has lost support of the majority of legislators.

The BJP may have made a tactical mistake in driving both AAP in the Delhi excise policy scam and Congress in the income tax imbroglio to the point of breakdown so that the two parties have no mojo left to stick to their respective positions with regard to fighting independently in the Lok Sabha elections. Perhaps, the vulnerability has forced the two parties to concede ground to each other for making seat adjustments possible. In the labyrinthine corridors of Indian politics, vulnerability often shapes alliances and strategic manoeuvres.

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For the opposition INDIA bloc, after a chilling two months of despair and political setbacks following the desertion of Nitish Kumar led JD(U) and Jayant Choudhury led RLD to NDA, the last seven days of February have brought new optimism in the INDIA ranks. The period beginning February 20 when the Supreme Court installed the AAP candidate as the Mayor of Chandigarh Corporation , has witnessed the conclusion of the electoral alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress for the crucial 80 seats for Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh and finally AAP-Congress alliance in Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and the Chandigarh seat.

Just after publication of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES: 2022-23) by Nation Sample Survey Office (NSSO), politics on poverty has been initiated on behalf of PM Narendra Modi on the eve of Lok Sabha election 2024 by the top official of the government think tank NITI Aayog, the Chief Executive Officer B. V. R Subrahmanyam. He claimed poverty in the country has come down below 5 per cent, retail inflation has been overstated, and dismissed the narrative that the rural economy is weak and India’s growth story is ‘restricted to a few people’.

The doomsayers had predicted the seat sharing between the partners of the I.N.D.I.A coalition would fail, but they had progressed slowly. The alliance was gradually shaping in some states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. The coalition is striving hard to put up a joint candidate against the B.J.P. in the 2024 polls.