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Budget 2024: Full Text Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament on Saturday aimed at giving a major push to job creation with a focus on the countrys youth, empowering women and improving the incomes of farmers.
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"Majority Government Made It Possible": PM On Women's Reservation Bill
Pitching for a "strong government with majority", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that's what made the approval for the long-pending women's reservation bill possible.
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Opinion: Centre's Hypocrisy In Raising Marrying Age For Women To 21
The central government is set to introduce a Bill to raise the marriageable age for women to 21 years. Given its majority in parliament, this Bill will probably become law. Yet there are so many important issues that require deeper consideration that
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Thousands Protest At Australian Parliament Demand Justice For Sexual Assault Victims
Thousands of women gathered in major cities across Australia on Monday to take part in rallies calling for gender equality and justice for victims of sexual assault.
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Lawmakers Ask Centre To Ensure Passage Of Women's Quota Bill In Lok Sabha
Female lawmakers in Rajya Sabha, cutting across party lines, have asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre to use its brute majority in Lok Sabha to ensure passage of a legislation providing 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and state legislatures.
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Will Leave Government With No Choice But To Pass Women's Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi said today that the party would leave the Centre with no choice but to ensure the passage of a Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies, and hinted at major changes within the party organisation in favour of them.
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BJP's Jibe At Congress President Sonia Gandhi After Her Letter To PM Modi
Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi's letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi nudging him to take advantage of his government's majority in parliament to give more power to women has drawn jeers from the BJP. Instead of PM Modi, the party said, the Congress president should have directed her appeal at her two allies, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Yada...
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
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'Will Wear Purple Jacket': Jaya Bachchan Demands Attention In House
Actor-turned politician Jaya Bachchan today demanded the attention of the chair in the Rajya Sabha, threatening to wear a purple jacket to get noticed.
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Budget 2024: Full Text Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament on Saturday aimed at giving a major push to job creation with a focus on the countrys youth, empowering women and improving the incomes of farmers.
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"Majority Government Made It Possible": PM On Women's Reservation Bill
Pitching for a "strong government with majority", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that's what made the approval for the long-pending women's reservation bill possible.
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Opinion: Centre's Hypocrisy In Raising Marrying Age For Women To 21
The central government is set to introduce a Bill to raise the marriageable age for women to 21 years. Given its majority in parliament, this Bill will probably become law. Yet there are so many important issues that require deeper consideration that
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Thousands Protest At Australian Parliament Demand Justice For Sexual Assault Victims
Thousands of women gathered in major cities across Australia on Monday to take part in rallies calling for gender equality and justice for victims of sexual assault.
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Lawmakers Ask Centre To Ensure Passage Of Women's Quota Bill In Lok Sabha
Female lawmakers in Rajya Sabha, cutting across party lines, have asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre to use its brute majority in Lok Sabha to ensure passage of a legislation providing 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and state legislatures.
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Will Leave Government With No Choice But To Pass Women's Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi said today that the party would leave the Centre with no choice but to ensure the passage of a Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies, and hinted at major changes within the party organisation in favour of them.
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BJP's Jibe At Congress President Sonia Gandhi After Her Letter To PM Modi
Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi's letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi nudging him to take advantage of his government's majority in parliament to give more power to women has drawn jeers from the BJP. Instead of PM Modi, the party said, the Congress president should have directed her appeal at her two allies, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Yada...
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
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'Will Wear Purple Jacket': Jaya Bachchan Demands Attention In House
Actor-turned politician Jaya Bachchan today demanded the attention of the chair in the Rajya Sabha, threatening to wear a purple jacket to get noticed.
