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"A development-oriented budget...": Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"The CM has shown his commitment to the welfare of one and all by formulating a different scheme for the departments of Social Welfare, Backward Classes and Minorities Women and Child Welfare and Labour and providing more funds," said Zameer Ahmed Khan.
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TDP leader Nara Lokesh accuses CM Jagan of sidelining Backward Class leade
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Wednesday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP chief Jagan Reddy of sidelining leaders in his party who are from Backward Classes (BC).
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"PM Modi's caste wasn't recommended for OBC list by Mandal Commission": Ge
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Defending the remarks made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not an OBC as he was born into the general category, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said the latter's caste was not included in Other Backward Classes (OBC) list as per
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Parliament passes bills for OBC quota in local bodies in J-K, expand list
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed three legislations relating to Jammu and Kashmir including the bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies to bring consistency in the local bodies' laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution
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"What did he do for the backward classes": RJD MP Manoj Jha on PM Modi's '
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Manoj Jha told ANI that PM Modi and his party have been unsuccessful in strengthening the backward classes in the country.
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"Many won't get OBC status...": Kharge blasts PM Modi over his 'opposition
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
On a day when the BJP bristled at a statement by Rahul Gandhi, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasn't born an OBC, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said crores of people across the country were still struggling to be included in the Other Backward Clas
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Lok Sabha passes bill for OBC quota in local bodies in J-K
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir and to bring consistency in the local bodies laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution
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Lok Sabha takes up bill to amend local body laws in Jammu and Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for discussion a bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in the panchayats and the municipalities in Jammu and Kashmir and to bring consistency in the local bodies laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution
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Bill to amend J-K local body laws introduced in LS
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in the panchayats and the municipalities in Jammu and Kashmir and to bring consistency in the local bodies laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution
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Must be 'mistake': JNU Vice Chancellor on UGC de-reservation draft guideli
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
She emphasised that there are enough Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates for reserved faculty positions in universities.
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"Accepting Kantharaj Commission report is political stunt": Former Karnata
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Accepting the Kantharaj Backward Commission report was nothing but a Lok Sabha election stunt. Only the strong backward classes were deriving the benefits of reservation and the most backward classes needed to be rendered justice," Bommai said.
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"Rahul Gandhi's politics utterly based on lies:" Dharmendra Pradhan lashes
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks that the UGC's new draft was a conspiracy to end the reservation benefit extended to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lashed out at him, stating that
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