New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday labelled Congress as the biggest anti-OBC (Other Backwards caste) party, while asserting that at least 27 ministers in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government belong to the OBC community. Replying to the debate on the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, Amit Shah charged the Congress with not only opposing women’s reservation but also being perennially against the OBCs and Dalits.He said that the Co…
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New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday strongly asserted in the Lok Sabha that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological predecessor, the Jan Sangh, have consistently championed greater participation of women in Parliament and state politics.Speaking during the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill and related delimitation measures in the special session of Parliament, HM Shah presented historical data to underscore the steady rise in women’s represent…
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…
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj strongly defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi while speaking to the media. She asserted that PM Modi never compromises on national interest or his core principles, in contrast to what she described as Rahul Gandhi’s “confused” approach to politics.“I would like to remind Rahul Gandhi that the voters — the true deities of this nation — have repeatedly delive…
Chandigarh, Dec 28 (IANS) Despite “fighting” for institutional autonomy and retaining identity closely entwined with Punjabi culture and ethos, more than 200 patents have been granted and published by 143-year-old Chandigarh-based Panjab University (PU), where 75 per cent of graduating students are women. In 2025, seven patents were published, 10 were granted, and four were filed.Being the alma mater of former Prime Ministers Dr Manmohan Singh and I.K. Gujral, and former President Shankar Dayal …