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.
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra government and State Election Commission (SEC) not to act upon the interim report of Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (SBCC ) which recommended a grant of 27 per cent OBC quota in local bodies
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Following Supreme Court's observation on the OBC quota in the NEET case, senior Congress leader and former union minister P Chidambaram on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to read the "lucid analysis" in the judgement of the apex court.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the Maharashtra Government's plea on Wednesday (January 19), seeking to recall its order to notify 27 per cent of OBC seats as general seats for local body elections.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on pleas relating to providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) and 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the All-India Quota (AIQ) seats for the admission in th
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.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 10 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday took out a yatra across the state to appreciate former Chief Minister Kamal Nath's efforts to increase the reservation for Other Backward Classes from 14 per cent to 27 per cent in the state.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): Mumbai Police on Saturday detained hundreds of protestors, along with BJP party workers who were gathered at their BJP unit office to start a 'morcha' in front of the Maharashtra Secretariat to demand political reservation of Other Backward Cla
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has approved an ordinance to increase reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 14 per cent to 27 per cent.
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday announced that his government will increase the reservation quota for Other Backward Class (OBC) from 14 percent to 27 percent in the state.
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Gujjar Reservation Bill, allowing five per cent reservation to the community for government jobs and educational institutions, said state deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot.