New Delhi [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Monday sought response from the Uttar Pradesh Government over a notification which directed the inclusion of 17 Other Backwad Castes (OBCs) under the category of Scheduled Castes.
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Union Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Friday while appreciating the initiative of the Union Cabinet to establish a constitutional commission for the upliftment of the backward classes said that the demand was pending from long time and i
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Members of the Jat community are staging a protest at the Jantar Mantar here demanding quota in education and government jobs under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.
New Delhi [India], Jan.31 (ANI): According to results of FICCI's latest Business Confidence Survey, the Overall Business Confidence Index (OBCI) slipped to a four quarter low of 58.2 vis-a-vis 67.3 in the last round. The fall in overall index value was largely on account of the weakness
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): Unperturbed by the recent Allahabad High Court's order which stayed the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to include 17 sub-castes in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday said it will present its case
New Delhi (India), Jan. 24 (ANI): In a major setback to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party ahead of the high-voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday passed a stay order on the government's notification to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in th
Mumbai [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday decided to create a new ministry for welfare of Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes (VJNT), OBCs and Special Backward Classes.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Dec. 25(ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday alleged the Narendra Modi government of double standards, saying that at one end Shivaji staue is getting worth Rs. 3,600 whereas statues of schedule caste and OBC are being criticised for being waste of ex
New Delhi [India], Dec.1 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its approval to notify inclusion and or amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBC) notified in respect of the eight states of Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kash
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov. 24 (ANI): Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday instructed the officials concerned to pay maintenance expenses to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) students of post-metric hostels as was done with the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Class (OBC
Agartala, (Tripura), Sept 26 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress Students wing blocked the entry gate of the Tripura Legislative Assembly, asking the state government to rescind its decision of not sponsoring SC, ST, OBC candidates this that were selected earlier in BSc (nursing) and GNM courses o
New Delhi, Aug. 3 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for making suitable amendments in the Central List of OBCs by way of inclusion/correction/deletion of castes/communities applicable to the state of Andhra Pradesh and the newly f