Women Reservation Bill
- Mumbai
Woman commuter confronts BJP minister over traffic halt due to rally
Mumbai: Traffic chaos during the BJP’s demonstration over the women’s reservation bill in Mumbai’s Worli area prompted an irate woman to confront Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan, blaming him for the snarls. The…
- 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…
- Delhi
Union minister calls Telangana CM’s ‘hybrid model’ anti-Ambedkar
Hyderabad: Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy has ridiculed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s ‘hybrid model’ proposed for increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats, as being totally against…
- India
Women’s Reservation: Congress wants Central Govt to wait till 2027
New Delhi: The Congress party has alleged that the Central government is playing a ‘Machiavellian game’ (Shakuni-like manoeuver) by hiding behind the issue of women’s reservation, with the aim of conducting a…
- India
SC to hear plea seeking immediate implementation of Women Reservation Bill today
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming special session of Parliament, the Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Monday, a plea seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in…
- Television News
Shubhangi Atre shares her take on Women’s reservation
Mumbai: Sharing her opinion on the Women’s Reservation Bill during an exclusive conversation with IANS, popular television actress Shubhangi Atre has revealed that she has a problem with reservations. The ‘Bhabiji Ghar…
- India
SC dismisses pleas challenging 33pc reservation for women
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, January 10 refused to examine pleas challenging the delimitation clause in the 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act, which reserves one-third of seats for women in…
- India
SC adjourns plea on immediate implementation of Women Reservation Bill
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 16, adjourned, till January 22, the hearing on a PIL seeking immediate implementation of the Women Reservation Bill before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.…
- Telangana
Kavitha demands 33% women’s quota in LS polls after BRS fields 7% in Telangana
Hyderabad: To speed up the implementation of 33% seat reservation for women under the Women’s Reservation Act, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and Bharat Jagruthi founder K Kavitha will take the issue…
- Featured News
Rethinking Women’s Reservation Bill–A call for bottom-up empowerment
By Moumita Barman The recent introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill of 2023 in the Indian Parliament marks a significant step towards gender parity in politics. This legislation, also known as the…
