Lok sabha
- Telangana
Averted national disaster: CM Reddy on defeat of women’s quota, delimitation Bills
Hyderabad: The defeat of the Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures by 2029 and to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha on Friday, April 17,…
- India
Delimitation bill debate sees amendments moved by Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: During the delimitation bill debate, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi moved several amendments. On his X handle, he stated that his aim was to make…
- India
Delimitation explained: Why southern states are fighting against it
Parliament is preparing to vote on the Delimitation Bill, with a debate in full swing over whether it would tilt the balance of political power away from India’s southern states. But what…
- India
PM Modi and myself don’t have ‘wife issue’: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have “the wife issue”, as the Congress MP emphasised that…
- Telangana
Kishan Reddy takes u-turn on Tejasvi Surya’s Telangana remarks as protests erupt
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy, speaking at a press meet in Delhi on Friday, April 17, said BJP MP Tejasvi Surya “had admitted his remarks on Telangana were wrong,” adding that…
- India
Constitution Amendment Bill defeated in LS as govt unable to get 2/3rd majority
The Constitution Amendment Bill to tweak women quota law was defeated in Lok Sabha on Friday, April 17, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government could not get past the two-third…
- India
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…
- Hyderabad
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…
- India
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…
- India
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,…
- Chennai
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,…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- Telangana
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…
- India
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…
