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UP polls: BJP releases first list of candidates; 60 pc seats given to back
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): BJP on Saturday released its first list of 107 candidates for the first and second phase of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls that are scheduled to be held on February 10 and 14.
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Former UP Min Saini says he resigned because Dalits, backward classes were
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 13 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh minister Dharam Singh Saini on Thursday slammed UP government after resigning from the post of the minister and said that scores of BJP leaders will be resigning as the voices of Dalits and backward classes have been ign
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State govts did not take proper stand over OBC reservation issue: Prahlad
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing impasse over OBC reservation in civic polls, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Saturday said the state governments did not take a proper stand over the matter and the backward classes should not be thrown back into the f
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SC stays elections process for OBC seats in MP local body polls
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the election process for the seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local body polls in Madhya Pradesh.
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Action would be initiated on quota for Panchamasali community after Com
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 17 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said the action would be initiated on the issue of providing category 2A reservation for the Panchamasali community after the Backward Classes Commission submits its report.
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SC asks Maharashtra poll panel to notify 27 pc OBC seats as general seats
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Maharashtra State Election Commission to issue a fresh notification to treat 27 per cent seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC) as general category for local body polls and commence the election process.
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SC dismisses Maha govt's plea to direct Centre to disclose SECC 2011 raw c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of the Maharashtra government seeking direction to the Centre to disclose the Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011, raw caste data of Other Backward Classes (OBC) after the Centre submitted that the data co
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SC stays OBC reservation in Maharashtra's local body elections
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the local body election of Maharashtra until further orders.
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Telangana: 45 students, 1 teacher test positive for COVID19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], November 29 (ANI): Telangana is witnessing an increase in COVID-19 cases as 45 students and 1 teacher of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Backward Classes Welfare school in Sangareddy district have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Andhra assembly adopts resolution asking Centre to take up caste-based cen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 23 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday adopted the resolution to request the Centre to take up a caste-based census of backward classes.
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Madras HC terms reservation for Vanniyars in education, employment as "unc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 1 (ANI): Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Monday issued an order terming the 10.5 per cent internal reservation for the Vanniyars community in Tamil Nadu as "unconstitutional".
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SC asks Centre to put NEET-PG counselling on hold
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to put the counselling for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (PG) on hold until it decides the validity of the Centre's decision to introduce Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker OBC and
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