New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir MP from Baramulla, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a Patiala House Court order denying him interim bail in a terror-funding case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Rashid, popularly known as “Engineer Rashid” and currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has sought interim bail on humanitarian grounds to visit his father, who is in the hospital.The plea assails the trial court’s order refusing…
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Washington, April 23 (IANS) Former Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday raised concerns over US-India trade negotiations and pushed for greater political representation for women. Speaking at the Hudson Institute’s “New India Conference”, Chaturvedi criticised the manner in which tariff discussions have been handled, particularly in the context of recent US measures.“We were negotiating on a tariff, which was imposed on us… and came to 18 per cent,” Chaturvedi said, ref…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday issued a stern warning to the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) during the “Jan Aakrosh March”. He stated that those who opposed the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Bill) in Parliament and “strangled” the rights of women will find no peace in the coming days.He asserted that the struggle will continue until women secure a 33 per cent reservation in both Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.A …
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) Fifty per cent reservation for women in local self-government institutions was made possible due to the efforts of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Congress party, Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil said on Monday while campaigning for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections. Addressing election meetings across various wards in Ahmedabad, Gohil said the measure had strengthened women’s participation at the grassroots level.He added that altho…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The introduction of three key bills in the special sitting of Parliament – Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, Delimitation Bill 2026 and Union Territories (Amendment) Bill could have set in motion – one of India’s most consequential electoral reforms since Independence but the amendment failed to fetch two-thirds majority and eventually fell through in the House, stalling all three of them in one stroke. The Women’s Reservation Bill, which could have becom…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) NCP(SP) Working President and MP, Supriya Sule, on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Central Government, questioning the delay in implementing the Women’s Reservation Bill. Speaking to reporters, Sule demanded to know why, despite the Bill being passed unanimously in 2023, women are still waiting for their 33 per cent representation in 2026.”This is a Delimitation Bill, not just reservation,” Sule exclaimed and expressed frustration over the linkage of women’s re…
Gandhinagar, April 19 (IANS) Any force that opposes women has never survived and will not survive in the future, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Sunday, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders accused the Congress and its allies of blocking the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Amendment Bill’ in Parliament. Addressing a press conference at the State BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Patel said the proposed legislation was “not merely a law but a decisive step toward…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday reiterated the Union government’s resolve to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state Assemblies despite a bill over the quota getting defeated in Lok Sabha a few days ago. Addressing an election rally in Tamil Nadu, the Defence Minister said the 33 per cent women’s reservation law was not allowed to be passed in Parliament by the DMK, Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Communist parties.”I want to ass…
Patna, April 19 (IANS) The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) on Sunday announced that it will on April 22 organise protest marches across all party district headquarters across Bihar against what it described as a “reprehensible act” by the Mahagathbandhan parties, who opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. This comes as the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Friday after it failed to get enough votes to pass. In a statement, the RLM, BJP’s ally …
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Popular television actress Rupali Ganguly expressed her anger over the Women’s Reservation Bill’s defeat in the Lok Sabha.The ‘Anupamaa’ actress published a video on social media, voicing her disappointment. She was heard saying, “A country where Mother Durga is worshipped, where we consider women as power, where there is a woman in every house, who takes care of the whole family alone. In that country, for the past 30 years, a women’s reservation bill has been pending….