NEW DELHI: After notifying April 16, 2026, as the date from which the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — providing one-third seats in the House of the People and legislative assemblies of all states and UT of Delhi to be reserved for women — shall come into effect, the govt Friday notified…
NEW DELHI: A triumphant opposition hailed the fall of the constitutional amendment bill as a defeat for delimitation and not women’s reservation.After the opposition prevailed in voting, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi spoke with TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee and thanked him for the support.There was concern that only a few of the 28 TMC MPs may turn up…
As the debate on size and composition of the Lok Sabha continues, the United States offers an interesting contrast. It does not keep enlarging its lower house every time population shifts. The United States House of Representatives has been capped at 435 seats since 1929, but after every decennial census those seats are redistributed among…
Kolkata: Calcutta HC Friday quashed the Election Commission’s move to requisition assistant professors of state colleges for the duty of presiding officers at polling stations in Bengal, pulling up the poll panel for not placing any material to show why their deployment was unavoidable. The order, however, will not apply to assistant professors who have…
Proceeds from the rare Pokémon card sale are now covering his wedding, turning a childhood collection into life-changing value/ SWNS What began as a routine clear-out in a Dorset attic has ended with a wedding fully paid for, after a long-forgotten collection of Pokémon cards turned out to be worth far more than expected. A…
New Delhi: Supreme Court has expressed concern over powerful sand mafias operating in the country and said the states were virtually abdicating their constitutional responsibility to tackle the menace. The apex court said preventive detention could be invoked against the mafia. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on Friday passed a slew…
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the constitutional amendment bill on delimitation is an attempt by BJP to change the electoral map of India in the guise of women’s reservation in legislatures because the governing party feared losing power.Calling it an anti-national act, he said there is…
‘You will have no place to hide’, P 22 New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday stoutly defended the delimitation proposal, saying the existing freeze on the number of Lok Sabha seats since 1976 violated the constitutional principle of “one person, one vote, one value”, reports Kumar Rakesh. The number of electors in many…
Kolkata: Just 72 hours to go from Saturday to Supreme Court’s deadline for adding voters cleared by SIR tribunals, and Election Commission has yet to publish the name of a single person whose voting right has been reinstated and who can participate in the first phase of the Bengal assembly polls on April 23. More…
Guwahati: After Supreme Court refused to extend the transit anticipatory bail protection for Congress neta Pawan Khera, granted to him by the Telangana HC, following an FIR filed in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said it was time for Khera to “surrender before the law in Guwahati”. The SC ruling effectively opens the door for…