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Yogi Adityanath government constitutes commission to decide OBC reservatio
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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No local body elections without reservation for OBCs: UP Deputy CM after H
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A day after the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ordered holding of municipal elections without reservation for the Other Backward Class (OBC), Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said no elections will be held without giving reservation to the communit
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It's UP govt's priority to ensure participation of every community in urba
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary on Tuesday said that it is the top priority of the BJP government to ensure the participation of every class and community in the urban body elections in the state.
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SC notice to Centre on plea seeking caste-based census for OBCs
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Panchamasali Lingayat padayatra: Backward Classes Commission submits repor
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Former PM HD Deve Gowda meets PM Modi submits memorandum concerning develo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda submitted a memorandum to PM Modi on issues focusing on the Hassan Green Field airport project in Karnataka; allocation of waters of inter-state rivers Cauvery, Krishna, Mahadayi and inclusion of Kunchitiga as a sub-caste of Vokkaliga in central list of OB
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Other Backward Classes oppressed even after 75 years of Independence: BC l
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
BC Rajyadhikara Samiti president Suresh Dasu on Saturday said that people of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community are being "oppressed" even after 75 years of the country's independence.
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"I see a change of 27-year-long BJP rule" Former Gujarat CM Shankersinh Va
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"In 2nd phase, OBC-majority assembly segments are going to poll. Congress played its cards of the chief ministerial candidate likely being an OBC, so I think central Gujarat, north Gujarat & this entire area will vote for Cong. I see a change in the 27-yr-long BJP rule," Vaghela said.
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Chhattisgarh passes bills to hike OBC, SC quotas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Tamil Nadu: BJP suspends OBC wing general secretary after leak of audio wi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu President Annamalai on Thursday suspended the State BJP OBC Wing General Secretary Trichy Suriya from all party designations for six months after an audio was leaked in which he had used abusive language.
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Telangana BJP MP meets governor, demands inclusion of 26 communities in ba
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
There are around 26 OBC castes in Telangana who have migrated from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and have been living here for 50-100 years. Since the new state was formed, these castes were removed from the BC list.
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BJP Gandhinagar South candidate Alpesh Thakor files nomination for Gujarat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
BJP candidate from Gandhinagar South, Alpesh Thakor files his nomination on Thursday for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly Election in presence of CM Bhupendra Patel.
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