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BJP plans outreach on Women’s Bill

Published on Apr 11, 2026 01:30 IST

BJP plans outreach on Women’s Bill

Centre’s changes to the women’s quota bill to serve as blueprint for states

PM Modi announced that a special three-day sitting of Parliament from April 16 to 18 will fast-track the implementation of the bill.

Updated on Apr 8, 2026 02:33 IST

Cong may back amendments to women’s reservation bill

Lok Sabha proceedings underway during the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi.

Published on Apr 4, 2026 01:36 IST

Fast-tracking the women’s quota

The widely reported (but, as yet, unconfirmed) plan is to pass an amendment increasing the size of the Lok Sabha and legislatures by 50% and use a lottery to identify the seats to be reserved for women. (ANI)

Published on Mar 24, 2026 14:39 IST

Samajwadi Party’s Kairana MP meets Azam Khan in Rampur

Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan with veteran party leader Azam Khan and others in Rampur. (HT)

Published on Nov 1, 2025 23:56 IST

It’s time women authored Bihar’s political script

While women have long shaped the state’s moral and material grammar, their presence has not translated into proportionate power. (HT Photo)

Published on Apr 16, 2025 14:09 IST

Necessary to conduct caste census with decadal headcount, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Kharge stressed the need to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations. (ANI photo)

Published on Apr 14, 2025 10:20 IST

Unhappy with K'taka Congress women wing, DK Shivakumar urges better performance

Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar.

Updated on Mar 16, 2025 08:49 IST

DK Shivakumar calls on women to gear up for Assembly, Lok Sabha elections

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

Published on Mar 9, 2025 07:49 IST

BJP to increase women's representation in organisational structures

Updated on Jan 12, 2025 08:49 IST

Congress humiliated Ambedkar, tried to murder Constitution: Kiren Rijiju

Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. (PTI)

Published on Dec 14, 2024 10:15 IST

Mahayuti, MVA field only around 10% women in polls

Mahayuti, MVA field only around 10% women in polls

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 02:56 IST

Mahayuti, MVA field only around 10% women in polls

Both Mahayuti and MVA alliances have fielded only around 10% women candidates in the assembly polls to be held on November 20. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 02:48 IST

Election results 2024: 73 women elected to Lok Sabha, 5 less than 2019

A voter leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the sixth phase of voting for national elections in Delhi.

Updated on Jun 5, 2024 13:43 IST

‘Pressure on her from high-level’: Nirmala Sitharaman on Maliwal assault case

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI Photo)

Published on May 17, 2024 08:46 IST

The missing link in political empowerment of women

As voters, women aren’t a homogeneous block.

Published on Apr 12, 2024 17:30 IST

Lok Sabha polls: Of 419 candidates named by BJP so far, 16% are women

BJP candidate Navneet Rana during an election rally before filing her nomination from the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, in Amravati, on April 4 (PTI)

Updated on Apr 8, 2024 18:48 IST

PM attacks Left, Cong for ‘delay’ in passage of women’s quota bill

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to people as he holds a roadshow, in Thrissur on Wednesday (Narendra Modi-X)

Updated on Jan 4, 2024 01:34 IST

Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea on implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill

Delhi high court (Representative Photo)

Published on Dec 15, 2023 14:50 IST

Assembly elections: Women make up less than 12% of BJP, Congress candidates

Out of the 679 seats in the five states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram, the BJP has announced candidates for 643 and the Congress, 666. (ANI)

Updated on Nov 8, 2023 23:32 IST

On video, Gandhi interacts with Satyapal Malik; targets govt over Adani, Pulwama

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacted with former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik (Twitter/@RahulGandhi)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 11:55 IST

'INDIA bloc's goal is to enforce Women's bill immediately': Sonia Gandhi

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi

Published on Oct 14, 2023 16:02 IST

Behind women’s quota in local body polls, tales of patriarchy, proxy candidates

30 years after the 73rd amendment, while there have been benefits, there is also evidence on the ground that there is a long road to emancipation.

Updated on Oct 9, 2023 23:20 IST

Will right away implement women’s quota bill if voted to power: Kharge at CWC

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said public welfare, social justice and progressive development are the guarantees of the Congress (X/kharge)

Published on Oct 9, 2023 08:59 IST

‘Revolutionary’: BRS leader hails passage of women's reservation bill

Kalvakuntla Kavitha

Updated on Oct 7, 2023 12:25 IST

Drums of change: Kolkata ‘dhakis’ to echo sounds of women’s empowerment

The puja pandal in the works. (Deepak Gupta/ht)

Updated on Oct 7, 2023 02:44 IST

We must have measures to complement the Women's Reservation Bill

MPs in the Rajya Sabha following the voting on Women's Reservation Bill during the Special Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, last month.

Published on Oct 5, 2023 05:12 IST

Cong MLAs in Rajasthan can’t face public due to corruption, says CP Joshi

Cong MLAs in Rajasthan can’t face public due to corruption, says CP Joshi

Updated on Oct 2, 2023 04:15 IST

Accomplished 4 significant tasks in three months: Shah lauds PM Modi

Amit Shah (ANI)

Updated on Oct 1, 2023 17:31 IST

Tasks of 50 years accomplished in 3 years under PM Modi: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of various development work of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority worth about <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,651 crore on Saturday. (X/Amit Shah)

Updated on Sep 30, 2023 15:28 IST

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