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New Delhi: The historic Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or the women's reservation bill was passed by Lok Sabha Wednesday after the culmination of a day-long discussion, by an overwhelming 454 votes, with two members voting against it. The 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed after...

New Delhi: India Wednesday advised all its nationals living in Canada and those contemplating travelling there to exercise "utmost caution" in view of growing anti-India activities and "politically-condoned" hate crimes as well as "criminal violence" in that country. This was stated in an advisory issued...

New Delhi: The Central government Wednesday will seek passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will move the Bill in the Lok Sabha for discussion and seek its passage. The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's determined move to get reservations for women in legislatures promises to shape the political discourse ahead of key state polls and Lok Sabha elections, and parliamentary approval to the long-contested proposal will be used by the BJP to burnish...

New Delhi: A bill to ensure the reservation of 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies was cleared by the Union Cabinet this evening, sources said. The government, however, has yet to announce it and skipped the customary...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet met here Monday, the first day of the special session of Parliament, amid speculation that it may clear some important legislative proposals. There was no official word on the agenda items before the Cabinet, the meeting of which is being...

Bengaluru: India's Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has commenced collecting scientific data to help scientists analyse particles surrounding Earth, ISRO said Monday. The sensors on board India's first solar observatory have begun measuring ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth, ISRO announced...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that this Parliament session may be short in duration but is big on occasion, and is of "historic decisions". In his remarks to the media ahead of the five-day session, Modi highlighted India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, the "unprecedented"...

New Delhi: Several regional parties, including the BJD and the BRS, pushed for tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament as the government held an all-party meeting Sunday, a day ahead of the start of a five-day session. Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said his...

Srinagar: The operation to flush out terrorists hiding in Gadole forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district entered the fifth day Sunday as security forces widened the area of operation to neighbouring villages and fired several mortar shells towards the forest, officials said. Security...