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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
TopicWomen's reservation bill

Topic: Women's reservation bill

Modi’s Nari Shakti pitch is fake. Men hold real power in BJP

Why is the Modi-led BJP waiting for a law to start giving more tickets to women?

BJP wants to be the party of Nari Shakti. Here’s a list to make that happen

BJP's empowerment narrative loses some of its sheen when 54 BJP MPs and MLAs—the highest of any party—have cases related to crimes against women.

BJP has no original ideas. Even women’s reservation is copied from Congress blueprint

It is no coincidence that RSS-BJP leaders avoid press conferences. They lack justification for their erratic actions, and statements.

Tharoor slams Modi govt over delimitation in LS— ‘we risk creating a tyranny of demographic majority’

A handful of large poor states can theoretically determine the fate of the entire country, leaving others 'feeling like bystanders in their own country,' the Congress MP says.

Opposition is shortsighted on delimitation. Don’t reduce it to North-South divide

Delimitation Committee is the need of the hour. Shouting it down as a conspiracy of the BJP government is not sane, responsible governance.

Meta glasses, locked gates—LSR students recount response to protest over principal’s BJP video

The protest began when Lady Shri Ram College's principal was seen in a BJP video on the Women's Reservation Bill. The students say they won't back down unless the administration responds to their demands.

Ex-civil servants, activists slam women’s reservation and delimitation bills as ‘opaque’

The amendments to the Women’s Empowerment Act will pave the way for an increase in Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816, out of which 273 will be reserved for women.

IIPA Calls for Decolonization of Indian Public Administration

New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the 70th Annual Meeting of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) in New Delhi today, emphasizing...

Fact check: Kangana Ranaut wrongly claims she got BJP ticket due to Women’s Reservation Bill

The Women's Reservation Bill has not yet been implemented and will not be so until at least 2029.

Quota for women, minorities & civil code — where India’s ‘founding mothers’ stood on key issues

Supreme Court in a judgment earlier this month used term ‘founding parents’ to refer to makers of Constitution. Of 389 members of Constituent Assembly, 15 were women.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.