Patna, April 17 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister, Samrat Choudhary, on Friday flagged off a “fun run” in Patna in support of the Nari Shakti Vandan Act, as discussions around the legislation continued in the Lok Sabha.The event, organised to demonstrate public support for women’s empowerment, saw participants run from Digha roundabout to JP Setu.The Chief Minister inaugurated the run by waving the green flag and addressing the gathering, emphasising the importance of women’s dignity, safety, and …
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Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was already passed by the Parliament in 2023, should be implemented immediately, while suggesting that a temporary pause must be applied to the delimitation (reorganisation of electoral constituencies) issue.”This is an important matter for broader national unity. For us, this is not about any one party’s political future but about the future of the co…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday questioned the Centre’s decision to link women’s reservation with delimitation and described it as a well-planned ‘conspiracy’ to alter the electoral constituencies for a certain political motive.Her barrage of criticism was also laced with a ‘Chanakya’ swipe at the Home Minister Amit Shah, which left the latter smiling.The Congress MP, responding to the Prime Minister’s charges of a delay of over three decades i…
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Police on Thursday issued a public advisory warning citizens about a surge in cyber fraud attempts being carried out under the pretext of the Central Government’s upcoming digital census initiative. Acting on directives from Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) V.K. Singh, the Cyber Crime Branch cautioned that fraudsters are posing as census officials to extract sensitive personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals.Acc…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday questioned the government’s “intent and haste” in rushing the three bills – on women’s reservation, a Constitutional Amendment, and delimitation, in the special three-day sitting of the Parliament, contending that this was attempt to deprive the backward and margainalised women from the benefits of reservation. Akhilesh Yadav also hurled pointed questions at the Centre over its ’nari shakti’ resolve and cl…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress and CPI-M leaders on Thursday clarified that they are not opposed to the Women’s Reservation Bill, but criticised the Centre for delaying its implementation and linking it to delimitation and the census exercise. Opposition leaders argued that while the Bill was passed unanimously in Parliament in 2023 with support from all parties, the government has failed to operationalise it. They alleged that the Centre could have implemented 33 per cent reservation for…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A sharp exchange unfolded in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned the Centre’s urgency in introducing the Women’s Reservation Bill, raising concerns over the absence of a recent Census and alleging that the government is avoiding a caste-based enumeration.This came as the Centre introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, marking a significant legislative move during the ongoing special session of Parliament.Pa…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The first phase of the Census in Delhi is set to begin on Thursday, initiating a large-scale data collection exercise that will play a crucial role in shaping governance and policy decisions over the coming decade.Officials are preparing to conduct extensive door-to-door visits across the national capital as part of the process that forms the foundation of India’s population database.The opening stage, known as the House Listing and Housing Census, will focus on gath…
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that amendments to the Women’s Reservation Bill were necessitated to ensure the timely implementation of the law, as delays in conducting the Census had disrupted the delimitation schedule.“As everyone knows, the Census process was delayed, and because of this, the delimitation schedule was also disturbed. In such a situation, women’s reservation could have been delayed to 2034 or even 2039. Had there be…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Opposition protests over the three-day special session of Parliament beginning Thursday are centred less on the women’s reservation quota and more on the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill, 2026, which seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data.Several stakeholders, particularly from southern states, fear that the proposal could favour more populous northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, potenti…