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33pc reservation for women will be reality by year-end: Verma
Panaji: All India Mahila Congress chief Anita Verma on Tuesday said that the 33 per cent reservation in state assemblies, Lower House and Upper House of the Parliament for women would be a reality by the end of this year. "We are insisting all the Members of Parliament to support the bill. By the end of this year, it (reservation for women) will materialise," Verma told reporters here. She said

Women's quota bill: Opposing parties hope for modifications

New Delhi: Even as Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar called an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the women's reservation bill, the parties opposing it made it clear that they will not change

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Maharashtra Council approves women reservation Bill
Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the historic Bill providing 50 per cent reservation for women in panchayats and zilla parishads. The amendment to the Bombay

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Dorab R Sopariwala: Barbarians at the gates

Exactly 60 years ago, "We the People" gave unto ourselves a Constitution. India became a republic with representative democracy of the Westminster type, where the parties or coalitions that

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Congress committed to passing women's quota bill: Sonia

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said her party was committed to getting the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha. 'Despite some stiff opposition, we ensured that

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Wives' day out

Champions of the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament may want to consult the Chhattisgarh government on how far it can empower women. The state’s urban department recently felt constrained

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