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"Why you don't want to give political rights to OBC women": Dimple Yadav a
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Thursday questioned the BJP over the non-inclusion of the OBC quota in the Women Reservation Bill and said that
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Minority Shias being massacred in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan: Kash
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Javed Ahmad Beigh, a prominent socio-political activist, has drawn attention to the dire human rights situation faced by Shias in Pakistan, particularly in the illegally occupied region of Gilgit Baltistan, where a significant Shia population resides.
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"For their own political gains...": Dimple Yadav on Women's Reservation Bi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Wednesday congratulated the women of the country on the reservation bill and said that the Centre has brought this legislation for their own political gains as the country is set to enter in the election mode phase.
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"Allegations by Canada primarily politically driven...": India on claims o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Yes, I do think there is a degree of prejudice here. They have made allegations and taken action against them. To us, it seems that these allegations by the government of Canada are primarily politically driven," Bagchi said while addressing a weekly presser.
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Women's Reservation Bill is a "golden moment in Parliamentary journey": PM
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to an official statement by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of the House today thanked all political parties for their support and meaningful debate regarding The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lo
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China’s list of disappearing leaders continues to grow
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
First it was China’s top diplomat, then the commander and political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and now the country’s minister of defense. The list of disappearing leaders just continues to mount, as Beijing draws a veil of secrecy over the obvious failure
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"Major step, but...": BRS MLC K Kavitha flags "omissions" in women's reser
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As the women's reservation bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, marking a legislative landmark for the country, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha, one of the key advocates for a legislation providing a fairer representation of women in law-making bodies, on Wednesday called it a maj
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"Women’s empowerment intrinsic to BJP’s work culture": Amit Shah
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that women empowerment was not a political issue for the BJP but an idea that is intrinsic to its work culture.
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Pak election panel to hold meeting with parties in October to discuss code
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced that it has scheduled a meeting with political parties in October to discuss the code of conduct for elections, which it expects to hold in January, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
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SC to hear on Nov 21 pleas challenging validity of extending reservation o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra said it will adjudicate the validity of the 104th Constitution Amendment Act 2019, which extended the political reservations for SC/STs by another 10 y
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Former Air Force Chief warns against ‘political’ attempts to create wedge
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a major development, former Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) warned against political attempts to create a wedge between officers and jawans over the ‘one rank one pension’ issue.
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Pakistan's Chief Justice asked to schedule early hearings of Imran Khan’s
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Notably, the FIA booked PTI chief Khan and the party’s vice chairman Qureshi under the Official Secrets Act last month for allegedly misplacing and misusing classified documents for vested political interests, both leaders were arrested in connection with the investigation into the case and
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