The Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies was introduced in the Lok Sabha today in the ongoing special session of Parliament and will be taken up for discussion on Wednesday when the House will meet at 11 am.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Women Reservation Bill and said that certain clauses in the bill ensure that women are going to be deprived of the 33 per cent reservation in the Parliament till the next census survey.&n
According to sources, the Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 per cent quota in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday sought 33 per cent reservation for women in both the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies on the lines of local bodies.
Asian Games in Hangzhou, China will start from September 23 onwards and will go on till October 8. Shooting events will start from September 24 to October 1 and will feature 33 Indian players.
Gowd Saraswat Brahaman (GSB) Seva Mandal, ahead of Ganesh Chathurthi, installed an idol of Lord Ganesh adorned with 69 kg of gold and 336 kg of silver in Mumbai on Monday.
A five-year-old child was killed, and her nine-year-old brother injured with severe burns after their car was struck with burning debris from a huge fireball after a jet from the Italian Air Force’s aerobatics squadron crashed during a practice run near the northern city of Turin on Saturday
Giving details about the incident, the DCP said, "The incident took place on the night of September 2, when the 33-year-old woman had hired the auto from Burari and was on her way to an ISBT Kashmere Gate.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the Government of India should provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Parliament.
The Narcotics Intelligence Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department (NIB-CID) has arrested 336 drug traffickers and seized 1,184 Kg of ganja worth Rs 1,18,40,000 in a span of 15 days, from August 28 to September 11 this year.