New Delhi: Opposition membersThe Lok Sabha on Friday questioned the government’s decision to propose amendments to the Women’s Quota Act, 2023 before the main bill comes into force and sought clarification from the Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal due to procedural errors.Congress MP KC Venugopal pointed out that the Law Ministry issued a notification late … Read more
New Delhi: Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hailed the delimitation bill’s defeat in Parliament as a “victory for democracy” and accused the Center of hatching a conspiracy to change the federal structure of the country.Addressing a press conference, Priyanka said the Center planned to use women to stay in power.“What happened yesterday was … Read more
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned indefinitely on Saturday, bringing budget meeting A day earlier, the Center’s proposed women’s reservation bill failed to secure a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha and decided to postpone the contentious delimitation proposal amid objections from the opposition.Proceedings in the House and Senate ended without … Read more
Nishikant Dubey (ANI Images) New Delhi: After Rahul Gandhi At the end of his speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday, “a riddle was posed” for MPs to consider “what happened on April 16”, bjpof Nisikant Dube Neta stood up and rebutted Congress, saying April 17 was an important day.Although former cabinet minister Anurag Thakur … Read more
NEW DELHI: ‘Magicians, gardens and grandmothers’ – Rahul Gandhi on Friday shocked the Lok Sabha with his story of how his grandmother took him to a garden to eliminate his fear of the dark and a magician who lost his magic after a failed performance.During the debate on the women’s quota-related bill, the Leader of … Read more
New Delhi: NDA allies extended full support to the three bills during the Lok Sabha debate on Friday.Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, floor leader of the southern ally TDP, said the party will support the bills to pave the way for delimitation and reservation for women, based on the “assurance” of Home Minister Amit Shah and … Read more
New Delhi: Maintenance work at the Pune airport has been completed on “combat readiness” and flight operations have resumed after an incident involving an Indian Air Force aircraft.Federal Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol posted on X social media that the repair work of the Pune Airport runway has been completed and air … Read more
New Delhi: After notifying April 16, 2026 as the effective date of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Bill, 2023 (Reservation of one-third seats for women in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of States and Union Territory of Delhi), the government on Friday notified April 17, 2026 as the effective date of women’s quota provisions in … Read more
NEW DELHI: The victorious opposition hailed the failure of the constitutional amendment as a failure of delimitation and not of women’s reservation.After the opposition’s victory in the polls, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi spoke to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee and thanked him for his support.There are fears that only a few of the TMC’s 28 MLAs may turn … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the powerful sand mafia operating in the country and said states have effectively abdicated their constitutional responsibility to deal with the menace. Supreme Court says preventive detention can be imposed on mafias. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on Friday issued a slew … Read more