Japan’s parliament will get two more women’s toilet cubicles, officials said Thursday, after a petition by 58 female MPs called for more facilities to match their improved representation. In Japan, gender roles are rigid and women are chronically under-represented in politics, with just 68 women lawmakers elected out of 465 seats up for grabs at […]
NEW DELHI: At least 20 TMC MPs have submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to ally with the BJP-led NDA, news agency PTI reported citing party lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Monday. This came after Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray’s resignation from the party and the Upper […]
Henry Nowak (left) and Vikram Singh Digwa (right) A group of 11 Sikh MPs has issued a joint statement distancing Sikhism from the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed in Southampton by Sikh man Vickrum Singh Digwa.The intervention comes amid increasing public anger over the case, which began a debate around […]
Against the backdrop of the notice issued to former Chief Minister Rabri Devi to vacate the 10, Circular Road bungalow in Patna, the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday came out with a list of several Bihar leaders who, it alleged, have been allotted ministerial bungalows in violation of rules. RJD national general secretary […]
UDAIPUR (Udaipur Kiran): Police have arrested three women for committing theft at the under-construction house of Udaipur Member of Parliament Mannalal Rawat. Sub-Inspector Arjunlal said that Neeraj Agrawal, son of Ramchandra Agrawal and resident of Sector-9, Savina, lodged a complaint stating that he works as a watchman at the under-construction house of MP Mannalal Rawat […]
Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match their improved representation. Although the number of women politicians rose at the last election – and despite Takaichi becoming the first female prime minister in Oct – Japanese politics remains […]
A British MP claimed that an Amazon delivery driver barged into his house, shared the footage. James McMurdock, an independent UK MP, raised an alarm on social media as he shared a doorcam footage of a person barging into his house. But more alarming was the police response when McMurdock called the cops as they […]
Two days before their planned visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, 27 French lawmakers and local officials were informed on Sunday that their entry visas had been revoked. The group, which included members of France’s left-wing ecologist and communist parties, said the trip was meant to promote international cooperation and peace, reported news agency […]
Two British female MPs from the Labour Party were detained and denied entry by Israeli authorities on Saturday, accused of spreading anti-Israel rhetoric and attempting to document the activities of security forces, sparking a diplomatic row between London and Tel Aviv.The MPs, Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, were part of an official parliamentary delegation when […]
