POLITICS

Kerala lottery is the best in India: Finance Minister
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Balagopal said this soon after taking part in the Onam Bumber lottery results draw, here. The first prize this time has been the biggest in the history of the state lotteries, a staggering Rs 25 crores for a ticket prize of Rs 500.
When Nishikant Dubey reminded Sonia of 'you are not a queen' moment of 2012
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Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Women’s Reservation Bill, Dubey, who is BJP MP from Jharkhand’s Godda said, “When the Bill was introduced by their alliance partners, the Congress people beat their own alliance partner MPs in the promotion of the reservation Bill."
Give reservation to women from SC, ST, OBC and minorities, says SP MP Dimple Yadav
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Participating in the discussion on the women's reservation bill or The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, Yadav said that the government is now bringing a bill when it has completed 10 years in power and sought to know when the census will be conducted and will the caste related census be conducted or not.
Cauvery dispute: CM Siddaramaiah meets Union Ministers & MPs, seeks PM intervention
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Addressing reporters after the meeting, CM Siddaramaiah said the order of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) will be challenged before the Supreme Court and request for a stay on the order of releasing water to Tamil Nadu will be made.
Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in Lok Sabha on Women's Reservation Bill
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Sources said that Sonia Gandhi will lead the party on the long awaited Bill and she will be the main speaker of the Congress for debate on it. Earlier in the day, when asked about the government bringing the Bill in the Lok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi said, "It is ours, 'apna hai'.
Nitish Kumar welcomes Women’s Reservation Bill
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“We gave 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in the year 2006. From 2007 we introduced 50 per cent reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies also. Since 2006, women are being given 50 per cent reservation in primary teacher recruitment and from 2016 provision has been made for 35 per cent reservation for women in all government jobs.”
Other Left Front constituents in agreement with CPI-M on no compromise on Trinamool in INDIA bloc
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On one hand, the RSP leadership has openly voiced support for the CPI-M's stand on no understanding with Trinamool Congress as well as on not having any representative in the coordination committee.
Congress tears into govt over Women's Reservation Bill
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"In a season of election jumlas, this one is the biggest of them all. A huge betrayal of the hopes of crores of Indian women and girls," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.
Delhi court refuses to discharge Gehlot in Union Minister's criminal defamation case
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The case pertains to alleged "misleading statements" made by Gehlot in connection with the Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society scam in Rajasthan.
Arrest will create sympathy for Chandrababu Naidu: Survey
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The survey had a sample size of 1,809 respondents.
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