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"I gave 4 % reservation quota to Muslims on scientific basis and not on re
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
While speaking to ANI, Veerappa Moily said, "This reservation was given by me when I was CM in 1993 and it was done on basis of scientific data and not on the basis of religion. Muslims as a class were included in the backward category and it was absolutely legal. When we took the decisio
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At least 1 killed, 34 injured in bus accident in South Korea's Chungju
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
One person was killed and 34 passengers were injured when a tour bus in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province of South Korea, slid backwards on Thursday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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No admission, appointments on basis of GO scrapping 4 pc OBC reservation f
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Karnataka Government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that no admissions or appointments will be taken place on the basis of a government order, scrapping four per cent (Other Backward Classes) OBC reservation for Muslims, till April 18.
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UP: CM Yogi govt to conduct marriage of daughters from OBC community
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According topmost priority to women's welfare, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government has been taking dedicated steps to ensure the all-round empowerment and upliftment of women. The government will conduct the marriage of poor daughters belonging to other backward cla
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About 41 cr loans worth Rs 23 lakh cr sanctioned under MUDRA scheme since
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On the occasion of 8th anniversary of PMMY, the minister said about 68 per cent of accounts under the scheme belong to women entrepreneurs and 51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) and Other Backward Caste (OBC) categories.
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TDP leader Lokesh promises separate laws for protection of backward classe
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday said that separate legislation will be enacted for the "safety and security" of the Backward Classes (BCs) if the party comes to the power.
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SC refuses to entertain BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea challenging Cal
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea challenging the Calcutta HC order rejecting his petition against two notifications and issue relating to computation of population for the purpose of reservation of seats for SC/ST and Backward Classes in p
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"Mulayam Singh Yadav will always be remembered..." UP CM after SP patron c
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Former Defence Minister, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav was honoured with 'Padma Vibhushan' (posthumously) by the Honorable President today. He will always be remembered for connecting the exploited, deprived and backward [classes] with the mainstream of socie
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"Biggest enemy of OBC, Dalits": RJD attacks BJP amid row over "Modi" surna
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, RJD said BJP is the biggest enemy of OBC and Dalits. "Why doesn't BJP conduct caste census of OBCs?"
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Andhra Pradesh CM diverted Rs 75,760 crore fund of Backward Classes Sub-Pl
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Calling Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy a traitor of the Backward Classes (BC), the Telugu Desam Party national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Sunday said that Rs 75,760 crore BC Sub-Plan funds have been diverted by the State CM in the past four years.
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"It is not Satyagraha, it is Duragraha": BJP's Poonawalla hits at Congress
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday hit out at the Congress and said the "'Sankalp Satyagraha'" launched by the party is in fact a "Duragraha" against Other Backward Class (OBCs) and courts of this country.
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"Congress never followed up on promises for backward classes with action":
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a direct address to the audience, the Union Home minister said, "The Congress made many tall promises on the welfare of the backward classes but never followed up their words with action. However, after you made Modi-ji the Prime Minister in 2014, he gave constitutional status to the N
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