Electoral roll revision: West Bengal moves Supreme Court against Election Commission

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in the state, undertaken by the Election Commission…

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Union Budget 2026-2027 underlines the importance of fiscal discipline, again

By Bishwajit Bhattacharyya The Union Budget 2026-2027 (Union Government’s estimated receipts and expenditure from 1.4.2026 to 31.3.2027) has been presented in Parliament today by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Estimated…

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Bombay High Court grants PMGKP ex-gratia to frontline health worker deployed at non-Covid-19 hospital

The Bombay High Court has held that ex-gratia compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) could not be denied merely because the hospital where a frontline health worker…

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