Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government is bringing a new Bill to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies and that God has given him the opportunity to take forward the task of women empowerment.
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.
YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila on Tuesday accused Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha of double standards when it comes to the latter's espousal of increasing the women's representation in legislatures by showing that BRS's candidate list for the upcoming assembly election has
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday addressed the two-day Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference, India region and said that Parliament and legislatures have turned into "hotbeds of disturbance and disruption."
Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh highlighted that CPA Conference is an important forum for the Presiding Officers where the serious challenges of the legislatures are discussed.
"The Governor is an appointed person who doesn't have popular support. He disrespected the Assembly resolution. What is the attitude he is showing? He cannot say that. His duty is to sign or return the paper with a reason. He cannot say no to any Bill passed by the legislature," Elangovan to
"In accordance with the Telangana Government Business Rules and Secretariat Instructions, all bills received from the Secretary to the State Legislature, including the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Bill-2023, have been referred t
Welcoming the government's move of introducing bills, which replace the Colonial-era IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act, a senior Advocate KK Manan on Friday said that whenever a legislature makes a new law or amends a law, it is done for the welfare of the society.
Officials said that the government has given a strong message to the officers who do not pick up the calls of public representatives (Members of Parliament and Legislature) and ordered them to follow the courtesy and permissible protocol towards the members of Parliament and Legislature.
The expert committee today submitted its report to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to enact a law to end Polygamy. Advocate Nekibur Zaman, member of the expert committee said that Assam CM had constituted an expert committee to examine the legislative competence of the State Legisla
The Expert Committee formed to examine the legislative competence of the State Legislature to enact a law to end polygamy in Assam submitted its report to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday.