Politics

Will move SC against delimitation bill, if passed in Parliament: DMK

Chennai: The DMK on Thursday said that it will move the Supreme Court against the delimitation bill, if it is passed in the Parliament. While releasing the DMK’s Assembly election campaign song,…
Lok Sabha seats in southern states to increase from 195 from 129: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said a “completely false” narrative is being spread that the representation of southern states will go down in the Lok Sabha after its…

If Constitution amendment bill is passed, democracy will be finished in India: Priyanka

New Delhi: In a stinging attack, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the government began finishing off democracy by putting pressure on institutions, such as the Election Commission (EC) and…
Tejasvi Surya equates AP-Telangana bifurcation with India-Pak partition, faces ire

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya’s remarks on the way Congress has performed the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, like the Britishers did the partition of India and Pakistan,…
Bid to rule South, erase OBC representation: Asaduddin Owaisi on delimitation

Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis e Ittehad Ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, April 16, strongly opposed the introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill,…
BRS slams Revanth Reddy on ‘hybrid delimitation’ proposal

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s suggestion of hybrid delimitation has led to a political controversy, with BRS questioning the attempt to trade democracy for Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). In…
Lok Sabha strength to rise to 815, 272 seats for women: Meghwal

New Delhi: The strength of the Lok Sabha will increase to 815, of which 272 seats will be reserved for women and neither men nor any state will suffer any loss due…

NDA, Opposition leaders spar over women’s reservation, delimitation bills

New Delhi: Leaders on Thursday, April 16, defended bills to amend the women’s quota law and set up a delimitation commission, saying women have waited for years for reservation, while opposition leaders…
Govt ‘bulldozing’ delimitation via women’s quota, says Gogoi

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday, April 16, alleged that the government wants to “bulldoze” delimitation in the name of women’s reservation, and asserted that if it is really committed to implementing…
LIVE: Misleading narrative on delimitation, southern states will not suffer, claims Amit Shah

Live Updates Live No loss to Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha seats will only increase: Amit Shah 16 Apr 2026 · 18:14 IST “The provision of 33 per cent reservation in panchayats and…
Country set to take historic step on women’s empowerment: PM Modi

New Delhi: As the Special Session of Parliament for amendments to Nari Shakti Vandam Adhiniyam is set to begin on Thursday, April 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “historic step”…
Tamil Nadu CM burns copy of delimitation bill, terms it ‘black law’

Chennai/Namakkal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday, April 16, burnt a copy of the delimitation Bill and dubbed it a “black law” and alleged it seeks to make the Tamil…
Parliament special session on women’s quota bill amendments today

New Delhi: A three-day special sitting of the extended Budget session of Parliament is set to begin on Thursday, April 16, with discussions centred on proposed Constitutional amendments linked to the implementation…
Telangana: 60 senior citizens get Kaleshwaram compensation after a decade

Hyderabad: The legal fight of 60 senior citizens, who alienated their lands for the construction of Mallanna Sagar Reservoir under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), has finally borne fruit. After almost…
Delimitation row: Telangana BJP accuses CM Revanth of divisive politics

Hyderabad: Taking exception to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s comments that southern states would face political injustice in the delimitation exercise, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday, April 15, alleged…