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India steps into history with women's quota bill
( 09-Mar-2010 )
By Minu Jain
New Delhi: India's politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the .... |
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Women's bill 'historic step forward', says PM
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the historic women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was "a historic step forward" for the emancipation of the Indian women.
"This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women," h .... |
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Indian courts can't decide NRI family disputes: high court
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ruled that Indian courts have no jurisdiction to adjudicate family disputes of India-born foreign nationals.
Justice S.N. Dhingra quashed the order of a lower court that allowed an Indian-American wife to get custody of her child when she came to India to meet he .... |
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Lok Sabha okays railways grants
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed the Indian Railways demand for grants and appropriation bill seeking an additional Rs.5,268 crore for the current financial year.
The bill was passed through a voice vote amid a din created by Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal members over the women&# .... |
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Trinamool Congress MPs abstain with eye on Bengal polls
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the ruling coalition, abstained from voting to the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday but said it support for the bill and the government continued.
The Trinamool Congress has two MPs in the Rajya Sabha- Minister of Stat .... |
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Honeymoon should not be televised, court tells Rahul Mahajan
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: A city court has allowed Rahul Mahajan to leave the country on a honeymoon with his newly wedded wife but imposed a condition that the trip will not be telecast on any reality show.
Special judge J.P.S. Malik granted Rahul the permission and released his passport after he furnished a fix .... |
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PM apologises to Ansari
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has apologised to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for the "disrespect shown to you" by MPs opposed to the women's reservation bill.
"I owe you a profound apology for the disrespect shown to you. These things should never have happened. T .... |
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Construction allowed inside Victoria Memorial
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has permitted construction of an administrative block inside the premises of the Victoria Memorial, the British era monument, in Kolkata.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan, however, cautioned the secretary and cura .... |
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Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: Even as women are set to get more political power in India, a study shows that women MPs were more successful and qualified than their male counterparts.
According to data prepared by the PRS Legislative Research, women candidates in elections were more successful than men. While 10 perc .... |
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JD-U stands divided over quota bill
( 09-Mar-2010 )
New Delhi: The divide in the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) over the women's quota bill came to the fore Tuesday with party members in the Rajya Sabha supporting the legislation against the stand of party president Sharad Yadav.
JD-U member Shivanand Tiwari said during the debate in the house on the .... |
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