New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ could have been inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in 1976 even though the date of the adoption of the Constitution remained unaltered — Nov. 26, 1949. Hearing a pair of petitions that have sought the deletion…
Minister calls for taking oath on abiding by Constitution
March 14, 2021Suresh Kumar launches ‘Samvidhana Odu’ book distribution programme Chamarajanagar: Maintaining that Indian Constitution is among the best in the world, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar, who is also Chamarajanagar District in-Charge Minister, said that everyone should take a pledge that they would abide by the Constitution. He was speaking at ‘Samvidhana Odu’…
Indian Constitution to become world’s best: Prof. C.K.N. Raja
November 29, 2019Mysuru: Legal luminary Prof. C.K.N. Raja has opined that the Indian Constitution is all set to become the best in the world. He was speaking at the Constitution Day celebration organised by the Mysore Bar Association at its premises in the City Law Courts Complex here on Nov. 26. Noting that the Constitution Day celebration…
“We The People”— Part-3: Interesting facts about the Constitution of India
November 28, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The basic five principles of the Indian Constitution are: a Republican State, a Parliamentary form of Government, a Federal Structure, Fundamental Rights and an Independent Judicial Branch. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was convened on 9th December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall, now known as Central Hall,…
“We The People”— Part-2: The Man who (literally) wrote India’s Constitution — Prem Behari Narain Raizada
November 27, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, is very well- known as its architect, but very little is known about the man who literally penned the Constitution. When the draft of the Constitution of India was ready to be printed, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru…
“We The People”: The making of Indian Constitution and the forgotten Kannadiga who helped build India’s Democracy
November 26, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The British Government took over the administration of India from the East India Company immediately after the First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny) in 1857. They had a very low opinion about Indians and their capacity to rule themselves. In 1927, the then Secretary of State for India, Lord…
Parampare to host lecture series on Indian Constitution from Nov.18
November 17, 2019By P. Krishna Kumar Parampare, the cultural organisation of Mysuru has organised a series of lectures on various aspects of the Constitution of India from Nov.18 to 24 at Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha) on JLB Road in city everyday from 6 to 8 pm. Eminent scholars in the field of Law…
Awareness Prog. on Indian Constitution tomorrow
February 2, 2019Mysuru: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research and Extension Centre of University of Mysore (UoM) has organised an awareness programme titled ‘Read the Constitution’ tomorrow at the premises of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS) in Manasagangothri here at 11 am. Disclosing this at a Press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Dr. S. Narendra Kumar of…
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