Politics
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BJP: Stalin burned Delimitation Bill copy for election gains
Hyderabad: Taking exception to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin burning a copy of the delimitation bill, Telangana BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy has alleged that the protests by DMK were…
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Women’s Reservation, Delimitation Bills face crucial vote today
New Delhi: Voting on three bills in the Lok Sabha, aimed at amending the women’s reservation law and establishing a delimitation commission, is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 17. Addressing…
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US President Trump hails productive discussion with Modi
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday, April 17, said he had a “very good conversation” with his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was referring to the talks the two leaders…
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Delimitation could become ‘permanent wound,’ warns Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, April 16, strongly opposed the Centre’s proposed Bills on delimitation, alleging that they would weaken the Opposition, distort federal balance, and dilute…
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Kangana calls PM Modi ‘biggest feminist,’ questions Congress’s intention
New Delhi: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday attacked the Congress for questioning the government’s intention behind introducing a bill to amend the women’s reservation law, and wondered why the opposition party…
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Farmers urge restoration of Musi irrigation system, seek Rs 1,000 crore relief
Hyderabad: Farmers living downstream and tail-end banks of the Musi river of three southern Telangana districts urged the state government to restore and revitalise a magnificent irrigation network established during the Nizam…
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No state will be discriminated: PM Modi on Delimitation Bill
New Delhi: No state — big or small, north or south, east or west — will be discriminated against in the delimitation of constituencies linked with the implementation of women quota law,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
