What’s the connection between Women’s Reservation Bill and Karnataka? | Video Credit: Ravichandran N With this, the 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill, or the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and the legislative assemblies for women. Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded during an interaction with women on … Read more
A photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia. File. | Photo Credit: AP Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | No specific information shared by Canada, says India “No specific information has been shared by Canada on the [Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing case], … Read more
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur | Photo Credit: – Canada shared intelligence on Nijjar’s murder with India weeks ago, says Trudeau Canada shared evidence that Indian government agents were potentially involved in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia with New Delhi weeks ago, Prime Minister Justin … Read more
Muslims comprise a little over 14% of the population according to Census-2011. By proportional representation, they should have 73% MPs in Parliament. File. | Photo Credit: V Sreenivasa Murthy Lending its voice to the Opposition chorus for reservation of seats for OBC women within the proposed 33% quota for women, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has jumped … Read more
“This (Women’s Reservation Bill) is not yours (Congress)… It is BJP’s Bill… you (Congress) are trying to play politics with this Bill alsom” BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said in the Lok Sabha on September 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI As the discussion on the Women’s Reservation Bill began in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, … Read more
Despite strides in local bodies, representation of women in the Karnataka Assembly has remained poor. The current Assembly with a strength of 224 has just 10 women MLAs and the 34-member cabinet has no more than one woman Minister. | Photo Credit: File Photo While the Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in the Parliament on Tuesday … Read more
Agitators during a hunger strike for Women’s Reservation Bill, led by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday, March 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on March 10 asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Women’s Reservation Bill and demanded … Read more