 | Kashmir suffered for years due to Jawaharlal Nehru's two major blunders: ShahShah said if Nehru had taken the right steps, a large chunk of territory would not have been ceded and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir would have been part of India. |
 | JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, JK Reservation (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok SabhaThe home minister said the two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir brought by the government will give justice to those deprived of their rights for the last 70 years. |
 | J-K bills brought by govt to give justice to those deprived of rights for last 70 years: Amit ShahShah also lashed out at the Congress for talking about backward classes, saying that if any party has opposed backward classes and come in the way of their growth, it is the Congress. |
 | Rationally FaithfulBy quoting instances, which are well-known and were at the time going viral on social media, Chaudhuri makes his point easier to understand and relatable. |
 | Rural service not mandatory for all doctors: MinisterHe told reporters after the cabinet meeting that they had decided to change the compulsory rural service norm for all doctors, instead recruiting them depending on posts available. |
 | Centre uses 1955 Act to grant citizenship as CAA yet to take offThe government granted citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from the three countries in several districts of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab in 2016, 2018, and 2021. |
 | House nod to Odisha Land Reforms Act amendmentIn areas covered by development plans, the rate is Rs 30,000 per acre, whereas it is five per cent of the market value in places not covered under the aforementioned areas. |
 | What co-operative scams? UDF scuttles Kerala govt’s reform proposalsLegislators have successfully killed off measures suggested by the government in The Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill to check corruption. |
 | Family performs last rites of daughter who chose to marry a ‘suitable boy’Muna Mallick who could not accept his daughter’s decision, organised a last rites for her much alive daughter. |
 | Row over language: Tribal students call shutdown in TripuraIn the past two years, TSF and Tipra Motha Party staged a series of protests to mount pressure on the government to address the two issues. |
 | New forest act needs uniform interpretationDeemed forests are also inhabited by tribal populations, whose fears about their future is not entirely out of place, given the propensity of most governments vis-à-vis development projects. |
 | Collectors asked to formulate forest diversion proposals for all Odisha districtsForest officials said the move was necessary in view of the features of the amended Act that clearly specifies and defines Forest, eliminating the concept of deemed forest. |
| Amendments to law could make bio-diversity vulnerableRecently Lok Sabha passed the contentious Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, critics fear that the bill could open the gates for exploitation of bio-resources. |
 | Liquor rule amendment to be tabled in Tamil Nadu AssemblyTN govt informed the Madras HC that it would table the amendments, made in the Tamil Nadu Liquor Vending (License and Permit) Rules, 1981 through two G.O.s |
 | Despite CM assurance, Kerala yet to quash anti-CAA protest cases835 cases were registered in the state in connection with anti-CAA protests in 2020 |
 | Kerala to decriminalise non-display of liquor consumption warning in filmsCongress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan alleged that decriminalisation will result in violation of rules, thereby further popularising liquor consumption among youths. |
 | Bill to decriminalise offences in coastal aquaculture activities passed in ParliamentThe Coastal Aquaculture Authority Bill seeks to expand its scope, remove regulatory gaps and reduce the compliance burden without diluting environmental protection rules in the coastal areas. |
 | Delhi ordinance will protect nat’l capital: YSRC MP“The Opposition has resorted to dirty politics in an attempt to mislead the people,” he opined and added, “The Bill aims to protect Delhi. |
 | Forest Conservation Act amendments: More teeth to hack our green coverThe changes in the Forest Act are likely to adversely impact our green cover; and, in the long term, our battle to reverse climate change. |
 | Why amendments to Forest Conservation Act raised the heat?The bill potentially exposes large tracts of forest lands (that fall within the scope of the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980) for the diversion for non-forestry activities, critics point out. |
