The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on January 4 the plea of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the State poll panel to hold urban local body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
All schools from class 1 to 8 will remain closed till January 4 in view of the severe cold wave in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, informed District Magistrate S Rajalingam on Monday.
All recognised schools in Lucknow will function between 10 am and 2 pm from Monday till January 10 for classes 1 to 8, as per the district magistrate's order.
The first meeting of the Backward Classes Commission constituted by the state government in connection with the local body elections held a meeting on Saturday in which policies and procedures regarding the statewide survey were discussed, as per an official statement.
Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the government to conduct urban body elections in UP without implementing the OBC quota.
Following the Taliban's ban on university education for girls, the male students in the country have boycotted their classes condemning the suspension of higher education for women, Tolo news reported on Sunday.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming 16th Indian Census.
Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission has been asked to submit its report as early as possible in regard to hike in quota for the vokkaliga community, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
With the administration in Jammu and Kashmir revising the school timings recently, students attended classes with joy and in a secure atmosphere this year after decades in Kashmir, officials said.
The Delhi government's Directorate of Education on Thursday announced that all government schools will remain closed during winter vacation from January 1 to January 12, 2023.
The Panchamasali Lingayat community is holding a padyatra, demanding more reservations to meet the educational and professional needs of its people, and reached Belagavi in Karnataka today. They are demanding to be included in the 15 per cent OBC category of 2A.