Parliament Budget Session: HM Amit Shah to move CAPF Bill in Lok Sabha todayUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will present the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Thursda...
02 Apr, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
Bill to amend J-K local body laws introduced in Lok SabhaThe Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai....
05 Feb, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
J&K approves amendments for OBC reservation in Panchayati Raj Act despite controversyThe Administrative Council, led by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, has approved amendments to the J&K Panchayati Raj Act...
29 Dec, 2023, 11.21 AM IST
From panchayat to Parliament: How 33 pc reservation empowered women at grassroots levelIn 1992, the P V Narasimha Rao government passed the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts mandating the reservation of one-third of ...
24 Sep, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
Reservation for women in state legislatures and Parliament: History, need, and the current billThe Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the 128th Constitution amendment bill, proposes a 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state legis...
20 Sep, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
No decision yet on legislation for 50% women's reservation in ULBs: GovtOver the years, various states have increased this quota to 50 per cent in panchayati raj institutions and a few of them have extended it t...
27 Mar, 2018, 05.24 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi: Will write to states to lay down educational criteria for village headsIn response to a question about how the decision could exclude many from contesting, Gandhi said, "If you are going to raise the benchmark ...
27 Nov, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
No time-frame to table Nyaya Panchayat Bill: governmentMinister of Panchayati Raj Chaudhary Birender Singh said in Lok Sabha that the draft Nyaya Panchayat Bill was forwarded to the Ministry of ...
17 Dec, 2015, 02.26 PM IST
HARCO sees Rs 400 crore crop loan recovery ahead of Panchayat pollsAs nomination process for the Panchayat elections has started, people who wish to contest elections are making beeline for getting NOC afte...
16 Sep, 2015, 08.16 PM IST
'Distress, drought not only factors behind farmers' suicides'Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said Gajendra Singh, did not take the extreme step to protest the controversial Land Bill.
24 Apr, 2015, 05.22 PM IST
High drama at Rahul's Jammu rally, sarpanch targets J&K government"We have got nothing from the state government. Whatever we got, we got from the central government," shouted one of the sarpanches.
06 Nov, 2013, 03.42 PM IST
- Rahul Gandhi slams opposition for blocking Lokpal Bill
Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the Opposition prevented the Lokpal Bill from being passed in Parliament because it had his backing.
02 Jan, 2012, 10.17 AM IST
- Rahul Gandhi's idea fails like Rajiv's Panchayati Raj Bill
In a strange coincidence, Rahul Gandhi's idea of conferring Constitutional status on Lokpal failed in the Lok Sabha much like his father Ra...
28 Dec, 2011, 04.37 PM IST
- Lokpal Bill passed, statute amendment bill defeated in the Lok Sabha
Government suffered a major embarassment in the Lok Sabha late tonight when it defeated the Bill giving Lokpal a constitutional status.
28 Dec, 2011, 12.33 AM IST
- JK govt agrees to include 73rd amend. provisions in state Act
J-K government today said it will introduce bills to include the provisions of 73rd Amendment related to Panchayati Raj institutions in the...
11 Feb, 2011, 07.28 PM IST
- NREGA gets Mahatma Gandhi tag
Government on Friday renamed its flagship rural job guarantee programme - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), after Mahatma Ga...
02 Oct, 2009, 03.52 PM IST
- Panchayat bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly
Eying the formidable women vote bank, the BJP government in Uttarakhand on Monday tabled a bill in the assembly reserving 50 per cent seats...
10 Mar, 2008, 10.31 PM IST