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When women did not want a quota

Why did the women members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) reject reservations for women? There’s no easy answer, and scholars such as Mary John and Forbes offer competing explanations but there’s perhaps more research waiting to be done.

13 October 2024, 10:03 IST

When women did not want a quota

When women did not want a quota

When women did not want a quota

13 October 2024, 10:03 IST

Uttarakhand to give 33% reservation to women in cooperative institutions

The order issued on International Cooperative Day will ensure the participation of women in 10 district cooperative banks, 670 multipurpose cooperative societies and other top cooperative institutions in the state, an official release said.

06 July 2024, 15:48 IST

Uttarakhand to give 33% reservation to women in cooperative institutions

Uttarakhand to give 33% reservation to women in cooperative institutions

Uttarakhand to give 33% reservation to women in cooperative institutions

06 July 2024, 15:48 IST

Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women in Bihar rally

The Hyderabad MP addressed a rally at Kishanganj in Bihar, the lone Muslim majority Lok Sabha seat in the state, where the AIMIM's provincial unit chief and MLA Akhtarul Iman is in the fray.

21 April 2024, 19:34 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women

Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women in Bihar rally

21 April 2024, 19:34 IST

Women continue to get raw deal from parties in Kerala despite support for Women's Reservation Bill

The southern state has so far sent only nine women MPs to the Lok Sabha since the first general election in 1951–52, despite the highest participation in the electoral roll, 100 per cent literacy, and women empowerment initiatives.

31 March 2024, 06:15 IST

Women continue to get raw deal from parties in Kerala despite support for Women's Reservation Bill

Women continue to get raw deal from parties in Kerala despite support for Women's Reservation Bill

Women continue to get raw deal from parties in Kerala despite support for Women's Reservation Bill

31 March 2024, 06:15 IST

Congress spreading lies on CAA: Amit Shah in Hyderabad

Shah highlighted the abolition of Article 370, construction of the Ayodhya Ram temple, 33 per cent reservation for women, abolition of instant 'triple talaq', as some of the other achievements of the Modi government besides the implementation of CAA.

12 March 2024, 11:47 IST

Congress spreading lies on CAA: Amit Shah in Hyderabad

Congress spreading lies on CAA: Amit Shah in Hyderabad

Congress spreading lies on CAA: Amit Shah in Hyderabad

12 March 2024, 11:47 IST

Women have fought for place in legal profession, don’t need tokenism: SG Tushar Mehta

Speaking at an event to celebrate women in the legal fraternity, Mehta said discussions about specifying some percentage to be kept for women as judges or as senior advocates 'was not an honour'.

09 March 2024, 16:12 IST

Women have fought for place in legal profession, don’t need tokenism: SG Tushar Mehta

Women have fought for place in legal profession, don’t need tokenism: SG Tushar Mehta

Women have fought for place in legal profession, don’t need tokenism: SG Tushar Mehta

09 March 2024, 16:12 IST

These five years were about reform, perform, transform: PM Modi in Lok Sabha valedictory address

In his address in the Lok Sabha on the last day of the Budget session, Modi said that during the last five years, game-changing reforms were made in which a strong foundation of a 21st century India can be seen.

10 February 2024, 12:56 IST

These five years were about reform, perform, transform: PM Modi in Lok Sabha valedictory address

These five years were about reform, perform, transform: PM Modi in Lok Sabha valedictory address

These five years were about reform, perform, transform: PM Modi in Lok Sabha valedictory address

10 February 2024, 12:56 IST

Impression should not be created that women reservation 'only on paper': Dhankhar

Dhankhar, who was in the Chair, said the passage of the law was an 'epochal development' and any impression otherwise should not be sought to be made.

06 February 2024, 17:31 IST

Impression should not be created that women reservation 'only on paper': Dhankhar

Impression should not be created that women reservation 'only on paper': Dhankhar

Impression should not be created that women reservation 'only on paper': Dhankhar

06 February 2024, 17:31 IST

SC to hear on Jan 22 plea of Cong leader seeking implementation of women's reservation bill

On September 21 last year, the watershed bill to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women received the parliamentary nod.

16 January 2024, 12:24 IST

SC to hear on Jan 22 plea of Cong leader seeking implementation of women's reservation bill

SC to hear on Jan 22 plea of Cong leader seeking implementation of women's reservation bill

SC to hear on Jan 22 plea of Cong leader seeking implementation of women's reservation bill

16 January 2024, 12:24 IST

Women's reservation law: SC refuses to entertain plea by advocate

The petition filed by Yogamaya contended there is an urgent need for timely implementation of the new law in the upcoming general elections because, without expeditious action, its intended benefits for women in the political arena will be lost.

12 January 2024, 07:42 IST

Women's reservation law: SC refuses to entertain plea by advocate

Women's reservation law: SC refuses to entertain plea by advocate

Women's reservation law: SC refuses to entertain plea by advocate

12 January 2024, 07:42 IST