Reservation issue: Jat leaders to meet Sonia Gandhi today

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 09:39

Jat leaders will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday against the backdrop of government asking the backwards commission to take an expeditious call on granting the community reservation in central government jobs.

Minority appeasement by parties leads to clashes: BJP

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 22:27

BJP national spokesman Abhimanyu Singh has alleged that the non-BJP parties in Uttar Pradesh follow a policy of minority appeasement which is leading to clashes among communities.

Women Quota Bill is an idea whose time has come: BJP

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 18:41

BJP on Friday threw its weight behind Women`s Reservation Bill, saying the quota for women in Parliament and state assemblies is an idea whose time has come.

Women whistle in protest against Mulayam Singh Yadav

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 13:36

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav faced the ire of a number of women protesters who held a demonstration outside his house.

Religious minority leaders urge PM for equal rights for Dalits

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 00:59

A delegation of religious minority leaders today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Parliament House, demanding reservation for Christian and Muslim Dalits.

Don`t have numbers to get Women`s Bill passed in Parliament: Congress

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 21:39

Parties supported Women`s Reservation Bill as Congress expressed apprehension about it in Parliament citing disruptions in current session and saying it does not have the numbers to see it through.

Police use batons to disperse pro-reservation activists

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 15:44

Police baton-charged a number of pro-quota activists who were trying to barge inside the premises of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission to meet the chairman and press their demand for introducing a three-tier reservation system in the state.

Women leaders from parties united on Women`s Reservation Bill

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 23:56

Women leaders drawn from various parties, including Congress, BJP and the Left, on Thursday agreed to press for early passage of Women`s Reservation Bill pending in the Lok Sabha.

Prioritise Lokpal, Women`s Reservation bills, says CPI-M

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 21:52

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said extension of the session after a Christmas break was possible.

Communal Violence bill back in focus, Parliament adjourned

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 09:10

No business could be transacted on the first day of Parliament`s Winter Session, which began on Thursday, as the Opposition strongly opposed the Centre`s move to bring the Anti-Communal Violence Bill among other important legislations.

NFIW meets Lok Sabha Speaker over Women`s Reservation Bill

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 22:26

A strong plea for the passage of the long-pending Women`s Reservation Bill in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament was made on Monday by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW).

Agents arrested for illegal booking, sale of railway tickets

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 00:51

48 agents were arrested by Railway Protection Force (RPF) for procuring and supplying railway reservation e-tickets by creating several identities on IRCTC portal and illegally blocking train tickets.