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Nitish Kumar urges for caste-based census
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) (India), Jan 25 (ANI): Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for a caste-based census in 2021, citing that the population of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had gone up from the previous estima
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Andhra Pradesh cabinet decides to give quota for Kapus community, EBCs
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh cabinet has decided to cater five per cent reservation each for Kapu community and the economically backward classes (EBCs) among the forward castes.
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Centre directs educational institutions to implement 10% quota for poor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
The government has issued an office memorandum to implement 10 per cent reservation to all institutes and Universities, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
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Will contest all 80 seats in UP, if BJP fails to keep promise: OP Rajbhar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Suheldev Bahujan Samaj Party (SBSP) on Friday said it will contest all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fails to implement divisions under the 27 per cent reservation for
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Constitution Amendment Bill doesn't contravene Constitution's basic struct
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, which provides 10 per cent quota to poor in the general category in government jobs and academic institutions, does not "contravene the basic structure of the Con
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KCR's ploy to reduce OBC reservations through SC: Cong
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Dr. Dasoju Sravan on Saturday alleged that it was Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's ploy to reduce the quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Panchayat Raj polls from 34 to 22.8 pe
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Telangana: Congress demands withdrawal of ordinance on BC quota in Panchay
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): In a letter to Telanagan Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Uttam Kumar Reddy demanded the withdrawal of an ordinance dated December 15, amending PR act, 2018 to bring down the reservations for Backward
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Maratha reservation: Matter adjourned till Jan 23
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned the Maratha reservation matter till January 23, 2019.
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Ministries told to fill up SC, ST, OBC vacancies through Special Recruitme
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Department of Personnel and Training has (DoPT) issued instructions to all ministries and departments to constitute an in-house committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of backlog reserved vacancies, initiate measures to r
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Bulandshahr violence a 'pre-planned' conspiracy: UP Min
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Welfare Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday alleged that Bulandshahr violence, which claimed two lives, including that of a cop, was a "pre-planned" conspiracy by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Sway
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Maharashtra approves reservation for Marathas
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government on Sunday approved the Maratha Reservation Bill, for which the community had been protesting since 2017. Maharashtra Assembly's Winter Session will start on Monday. Once the Bill is passed
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Maratha reservation issue: State panel to submit report tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission will submit its observation on the eligibility of the Maratha community for reservation in education and jobs to the state government on Thursday.
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