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All allies supported the Bill: Sonia
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi appeared confident of the 14-year-old saga drawing to a successful close before the day was through. In a ...

Trinamool abstains from discussion, vote
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress broke ranks with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Tuesday to abstain from the discussion and vote on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but remained entrenched in the ruling arrangement. ...

Women's Bill: why now after 14 years?
NEW DELHI: There is no denying the fact that the time for the Bill on women's reservation had come. But, why now after 14 years? This question had one answer from MPs cutting across different parties. This is how they explained: When in ...

Women outperform men in winnability
New Delhi: Whiners take notice. There is enough and more evidence to show that women want reservation in legislative bodies, not because they are weak and tend to lose elections, but because they can win -- if only given a ...

Lok Sabha sees uproar over Women's Bill
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha was adjourned thrice on Tuesday amid noisy scenes, bouts of slogan-shouting and protests by Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) members over the Women's Reservation Bill. As soon as the ...

Government may liberalise conference visa norms
Centre facing flak for rules requiring foreign academics to obtain “security clearance” from Home Ministry

U.S. to accept H-1B applications from April 1
WASHINGTON: The United States will start accepting applications for H-1B visas, most sought after by Indians, from April 1 for the fiscal year 2011. In a statement, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it would ...

Pakistan sponsored 26/11 attack, says prosecution
Backed by State actors involved in its security apparatus

M.F. Husain applies for Overseas Citizen of India card
‘India is my motherland and I simply cannot leave the country'

UPA forcing through Bill: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi: The support of a majority of his own party MPs to the women's quota Bill notwithstanding, Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav on Tuesday accused the UPA of forcing through the Bill in the Rajya Sabha. “You cannot ...

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