Trouble in BJP over women's bill, party decides to issue whip

Trouble in BJP over women's bill, party decides to issue whip

NEW DELHI: Trouble is brewing for the Women's Reservation Bill with a section of BJP MPs in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it and the party on Thursday decided to crack on the dissenters by issuing a whip to them to back it.

Women's Bill: Mulayam, Lalu protest, Lok Sabha adjourned

Women's Bill: Mulayam, Lalu protest, Lok Sabha adjourned

NEW DELHI: Women's Reservation Bill rocked the proceedings in the Lok Sabha for the third day on Wednesday forcing Speaker Meira Kumar to adjourn the House till noon.

Govt to open 626 Jan Aushadhi outlets nation-wide

Govt to open 626 Jan Aushadhi outlets nation-wide

NEW DELHI: To provide cheaper medicinal drugs to the poor, the government will soon open 626 Jan Aushadhi outlets in state-run hospitals in all district headquarters of the country.

Manmohan Singh

Economic growth to exceed 8 per cent next fiscal: PM

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that the government was taking all possible steps to counter rising food prices and added that he was confident India's economic growth would exceed 8 per cent in the next fiscal.

Sonia Gandhi

Highest priority to women's quota bill: Sonia

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi told party MPs on Thursday that she would accord the "highest priority" to the women's reservation bill that would be introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 8,

Parliament

Uproar over fuel price hike in Parliament, both Houses adjourned

NEW DELHI: Both Houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were adjourned till 12 noon on Wednesday after disruption in proceedings due to Opposition's protest over the issue of hike in fuel prices.

Babri Masjid

Congress playing dirty politics on Babri issue, alleges BJP

NEW DELHI: Accusing the Congress of playing “dirty politics”,

Parliament of India

Winter session of Parliament from tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Issues ranging from alleged telecom scam to Madhu Koda affair coupled with price rise, give all indications of a stormy session of Parliament beginning on Thursday.

Congress

Bypolls: Congress bags all three assembly seats in Kerala

NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday won all three assembly constituencies in Kerala that saw by-elections on Saturday.