Rajya Sabha raises concerns over spam calls, outward migration, wild boar menaceDuring a spirited session on Monday, Rajya Sabha members raised crucial issues such as the invasion of privacy through persistent unsolicit...
02 Feb, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
Manipur people have lost confidence in CM, Govt not taking strong steps: Oppn MPs after visiting stateEarlier in the day, the delegation of 21 MPs of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) also called on Manipur Governo...
30 Jul, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
BRS leader K Kavitha leads hunger strike demanding early passage of Women's Reservation billAmong leaders present at the strike were Samajwadi Party leader Seema Shukla, Telangana Education Minister Savita Indra Reddy as well as st...
10 Mar, 2023, 11.38 AM IST
Women backing BJP everywhere, will do the same in Tripura: CM Biplab DebHe said the results of recent elections have made clear that women were emerging as the strongest force voting for governments that focus o...
24 Apr, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
Rajya Sabha discusses development, neglect of north eastDONER Minister Sarbanand Sonowal informed the Upper House that since taking over as Prime Minister in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ha...
14 Mar, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
Cong, BJP main contestants in Goa; AAP, TMC will split non-BJP vote: Congress leader P ChidambaramAsked about the TMC's strategy of taking in Congress leaders and then recently hinting at an alliance with all Opposition parties including...
13 Jan, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Make panel looking into women's marriage age gender inclusive: OppnOpposition parties and women's organisations have demanded that the parliamentary standing committee assigned to examine the landmark bill,...
03 Jan, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi seeks more women members in House panel to deliberate on raising marriageable age"...the committee has only one female Member of Parliament as a member. This is disheartening to note that a bill so pertinent to women and...
03 Jan, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
Parliament panel that will examine bill to raise legal age of marriage has one woman member out of 31The bill, piloted by the Women and Child Development Ministry, seeks to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21.
02 Jan, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
Rajya Sabha mourns General Rawat's death, opposition halts protestLeader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and deputy leader of Congress, Anand Sharma requested, the Chair that senior leaders of each pa...
10 Dec, 2021, 06.56 AM IST
Congress promises 50 pc quota for women in government jobs in poll-bound Assam"When the Congress-headed grand alliance will form the government, we will implement 50 per cent reservation for women. This will be our gu...
04 Mar, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
Fault lines show, Congress to battle rebels in 10 seatsA ticket can make someone a candidate, but not a leader, says Sarwara in the streets of Ambala Cantonment
15 Oct, 2019, 09.01 AM IST
After resounding electoral defeat, 'progressive' forces look to re-articulate their idea of IndiaThe process will start on an academic note through a series of books and lectures.
17 Jul, 2019, 02.03 PM IST
Congress crosses 1 million mark on Twitter"Thank you everybody for making us reach one million. This is just the beginning," the opposition party said on its Twitter handle.
12 Jun, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
On Women's day, Sonia Gandhi, MPs push for Women's Reservation BillThe long-stalled Women's Reservation Bill was back in spotlight as Sonia joined MPs cutting across party lines in Parliament on Internation...
08 Mar, 2016, 09.32 PM IST
Opposition disrupts Lok Sabha for straight third weekKharge protested against this, saying if the speaker agreed that the issues raised were important then why did not she allow for them to be...
03 Aug, 2015, 01.45 PM IST
Union HRD minister Smriti Irani rejects charges of saffronising educationIrani rejected all charges of saffronisation assuring that her government was committed towards education, "within the limits prescribed by...
28 Apr, 2015, 06.27 AM IST