Raghav Chadha's exit: After Delhi, AAP stares at a big assembly test in Punjab, Goa and GujaratSeven MPs, including prominent figures, have quit the Aam Aadmi Party, significantly weakening its parliamentary presence and impacting ele...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
Opposition slams delimitation formula in women's quota billOpposition leaders questioned the Modi government’s approach to implementing the Women’s Reservation Act, objecting to its linkage with del...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Trinamool has 37% women parliamentarians: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign before campaigning in all 294 assembly sea...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow; to meet again at 11 amEarlier, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar reconstituted the panel of vice chairpersons on Monday, comprising eight members, in the pre...
04 Dec, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
IOA's decision to take charge of WFI is first step in our fight for justice: WrestlersThe country's top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat among others, have been protesting at the Jantar Manta...
14 May, 2023, 05.59 PM IST
Manmohan Singh among 8 parliamentarians honoured by M Venkaiah NaiduFormer prime minister Singh and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav were conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lokmat Parl...
10 Dec, 2019, 11.14 PM IST
Security personnel manhandled women parliamentarians of party: Cong's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury"Security personnel manhandled our women parliamentarians. We have never experienced this inside Parliament. We will be waiting to see what...
25 Nov, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
PM targets Rahul Gandhi on Rafale, his hug and wink in Lok Sabha16th Lok Sabha will be remembered as it has the highest number of women parliamentarians, said Modi.
14 Feb, 2019, 06.59 AM IST
BRICS Women Parliamentarians' Forum adopts Jaipur DeclarationDeclaration also called upon financial institutions to extend support to developing and least developed countries and help them gain easier...
21 Aug, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
India needs more women in top positions in government, business: Melinda GatesGates who is the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said Indian girls need role models to get inspired and parliaments need ...
22 Oct, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Sharad Yadav draws flak over comments on South Indian women, remains defiantWhen Yadav spoke, despite protest from DMK’s Kanimozhi, many male MPs, including some ministers, were seen laughing and thumping the desk.
14 Mar, 2015, 01.54 AM IST
International Women’s Day: How and where the struggle startedFrom the basic right to vote to right to equality, women have been fighting for various causes. March 8 is International Women’s Day.
22 Feb, 2015, 05.19 AM IST
India 111th among nations having women members in parliamentThe report said several factors influenced the degree of women's access to parliament, with quotas being one of the main tools to facilitat...
08 Mar, 2014, 02.22 PM IST
Globally, women MPs on the rise, but not in IndiaWhile worldwide more women are calling the shots in parliaments and shaping laws, in India the growth in the number of women legislators ha...
08 Jul, 2012, 10.30 AM IST
- Govt working on Women Reservation Bill: Patil
President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said the government was coordinating with all political parties to pave way for Women Reservation Bill.
30 Jul, 2011, 07.04 PM IST
- Mulayam not sorry for sexist remarks
Unconcerned by the furore over his sexist remarks of “men would whistle at women parliamentarians coming through quota”, the Samajwadi Part...
26 Mar, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- Why male parliamentarians fear Women's Bill?
The Women's Bill would end nearly 60 years of India’s most exclusive 'boys club' with all its perks and privileges. What should be new govt...
14 Jun, 2009, 12.25 PM IST