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PTI; Representative image : This procedural compression is itself a signal of intent. The Government clearly anticipates a tight legislative window and is structuring proceedings to prevent the two bills from becoming hostages to each other.

Redrawing The Map: What The 131st Amendment Really Means For Indian Democracy?

PTI : Congress leader Alka Lamba, front centre, and others stage a protest demanding SC/ST reservation in the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', commonly known as the Women's Reservation Act, in New Delhi, Thursday.

Women’s Reservation Bill 2026: Is Delimitation The Price Of The Promise?

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The impact caused severe damage to the right winglet of the SpiceJet aircraft, while the left horizontal stabilizer of the Akasa Air plane was also damaged in the collision.

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Outlook Archive : Amid Women’s Reservation Bill Debate, A Look At The State Of Women In India

Outlook Replug | Amid Women’s Reservation Bill Debate, A Look At The State Of Women In India

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: IMAGO / Hindustan Times : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a press conference alongwith other INDIA Bloc leaders, Congress leader KC Venugopal, RJD National Working President Tejashwi Yadav, RSP MP NK Premachandran, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule and TMC MP Sagarika Ghose after their meeting to discuss a united strategy regarding the Women s Reservation Bill and parliamentary seat expansion at Kharge s residence on April 15, 2026 in New Delhi, India.

Opposition Leaders, Women’s Groups Demand Immediate Reservation Without Delimitation

BY Ashlin Mathew

Representative Image : Replug: As Secularism Debate Intensifies, Revisiting Outlook’s November 2022 Issue

Replug: As Secularism Debate Intensifies, Revisiting Outlook’s November 2022 Issue

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| Photo: PTI : Women cover themselves amid heat on a hot summer day, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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Outlook Replug: Federalism And Faultlines Of One Nation, One Election Debate

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AP : Muslim Reservation

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BY Vidya Ramamurthy

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PTI : As part of this restructuring, 272 seats will be reserved for women, fulfilling the government's commitment to implement a one-third (33%) quota for women in Parliament.

Lok Sabha Seats To Be Increased By 50%, 272 Reserved For Women: Law Minister Reveals Numbers

BY Outlook News Desk

Source: Harper Collins India : A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report exposed that in 2018-19, the Union government withheld 1 lakh crore rupees of the 2.75 lakh crore rupees collected through various cesses in the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI).

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BY Derek O`Brien

PTI : The 131st Amendment would raise the Lok Sabha’s strength to a maximum of 850 seats — 815 from the states and 35 from the Union Territories from the current 543.

Delimitation, Women’s Quota: How Three Bills Could Redraw India’s Political Map

Photo: PTI : In this image posted on April 16, 2026, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin during a protest against the proposed Delimitation bill, in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.

Delimitation Row Recasts Tamil Nadu Poll Narrative As South Pushes Back

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

PTI : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin burns a copy of the proposed Delimitation bill during a protest, in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, April 16, 2026

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BY S. Gunasekaran

| Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI; Representative image : Opposition party MPs meeting

Opposition Parties Unite To Oppose Delimitation In Women's Reservation Bill

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : A rally in support of Women's Reservation Bill in Delhi on April 15

Outlook Explainer: What Is The Women’s Reservation And Delimitation Bill 2026 And Why The Opposition Is Protesting

BY Mohammad Ali

Getty Images; Representative images : Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Fadnavis Says Census Delay Forced Quota Timeline Shift

BY Outlook News Desk

THIRD PARTY IMAGE; SCREENGRAB VIA SANSAD TV : Gadgil Flags ‘North-South Divide’ Risk Over Women’s Quota

Gadgil Flags ‘North-South Divide’ Risk Over Women’s Quota

BY Outlook News Desk

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The police verifications have been made necessary to bag government jobs, and even lawyers are issued practice licenses only after clearance from the police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

Increased Surveillance By Security Agencies Leaves People Jittery In Kashmir

BY Ishfaq Naseem

| Photo: PTI : JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar greets Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) legislators' meeting, in Patna.

Bihar Names Two Deputy CMs from JD(U) as Choudhary Takes Charge

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule, TMC leader Sagarika Ghose, DMK leader TR Baalu and other leaders during INDIA bloc meeting at Kharge's residence, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: April 15, 2026

BY Photo Webdesk

Representative Image/ Internet Commons : A political storm has erupted ahead of the Centre’s special parliamentary session, with opposition parties warning that the push for delimitation and women’s reservation could redraw India’s electoral balance without consensus.

Opposition Slams Special Session On Delimitation, Women’s Reservation

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : In the Matua dominant constituency of Gaighata, many have found their names struck off electoral rolls after the SIR

Bengal Elections 2026: SIR-Panic And Citizenship-Anxiety Unsettle Matua Community In Thakurnagar

BY Photo Webdesk

Representative Image : CBSE Class 10 Results 2026 Declared; Students Await Detailed Stats, Possible Toppers List

CBSE Class 10 Results 2026 Declared; Students Await Detailed Stats, Possible Toppers List

BY Outlook News Desk

Outlook Team : The delimitation row is no longer just about Lok Sabha seats but about whether southern states will be sidelined by a Union increasingly dominated by northern demographics.

Outlook Replug: Black Flags And A Southern Uprising: Delimitation Battle Deepens North-South Divide

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Congress leader P Chidambaram

Chidambaram Opposes Delimitation, Says It Will ‘Stifle’ Southern Voice

BY Outlook News Desk

Outlook Replug: Women's Reservation, Empowerment Or Mere Symbolism?

BY Outlook News Desk

Concept by Leela : Uniform Civil Code In India

Chhattisgarh To Draft Uniform Civil Code, Sets Up Panel Led By Retired Judge

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: IMAGO / ANI News : Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, during a public meeting, in Tiruchirappalli

The NDA Alternative: Inside Tamil Nadu’s High-Stakes Battle for Change

BY K. Annamalai

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