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Preserving the Republic

Constitution must be followed in spirit, too

Our only allegiance is to the Constitution of India, says Army chief

Naravane said the Army would safeguard the 'core values which are enshrined in the preamble to the Constitution; that is justice, liberty, equality and fraternity'

TMC MP Mahua Moitra calls Citizenship Amendment Bill inhumane, moves SC

President Ram Nath Kovind had gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, on Thursday night, turning it into an Act.

Citizenship Amendment Bill passage is attack on Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill a little past midnight on Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours.

Top news today: SC order on Maharashtra, P Chidambaram's bail plea and more

From Supreme Court order on Maharashtra government formation to Waqf Board's decision to file review plea in Ayodhya case, Business Standard brings you top events that could make headlines today

A different fundamentalism

Our Constitution has been reformed 104 times in just 70 years

Govt drops plan for easier retrenchment, moots fixed-term employment

The government had earlier proposed allowing factories with up to 300 workers to retrench, lay off, or shut shop without seeking its nod in the Industrial Relations Bill proposed in 2015

Why we must show restraint

Does holding elections alone constitute democracy? Or is there a crying need for deeper structural reform?

Another 'Idea of India'

One task for the next government should be to review the Central List with a view to pruning it

Conflict of another kind

The collegium stalemate has overshadowed the state's resistance to enforce orders

Time to reaffirm the Constitution of India

Parties should reassert the vision of our founding fathers instead of engaging in petty debates for short-term gains

Constitutional guarantees should be real, not illusory

Constitution guarantees justice, liberty, equality and fraternity to all citizens of this country

Don't undermine Constitution

Religious leaders should not be addressing legislatures

India's Constitution a living document, not relic cast in stone: Pranab Mukherjee

The President was inaugurating the Fourth Retreat of Judges of the Supreme Court at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal today