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RJD MPs protest outside Parliament, demand resignation of PM Modi, Nitish
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The protesters are demanding 65% reservation for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), and placing it in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
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"New UGC guidelines will increase separatism, violate fundamental rights":
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"We have demanded that the unconstitutional rules, which are based on caste discrimination, and which include OBCs, should be amended. I believe that all sections of society need to be included in this," Mishra told ANI.
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Congress' Digvijaya Singh calls for resolution of issues in new UGC guidel
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"The UGC's final Regulations also got rid of a separate provision that penalised students for lodging false cases of discrimination... the protests against the Regulations are by General category students and largely concentrated on two issues - removal of provisions penalising students f
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Everyone's voting rights are being taken away, whether they are tribals, O
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging misgovernance and rampant corruption under his rule. He alleged that everyone's voting rights were being taken away, whether they are tribals, OBCs, SCs, or minori
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"Centre claims 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas,' but promoting only one particula
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Congress leader claimed that Muslims, Dalits and OBCs are being "denied fair opportunities" in institutions directly under the Union government.
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OBCs to get representation in urban bodies; quality control tightened on r
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Public Works and Urban Development Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Vikramaditya Singh, on Tuesday clarified that the recently approved Municipal Ordinance is not limited to Shimla alone but extends to all urban local bodies across the state.
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"Is it not a fact that Jan Sangh brought down Karpoori Thakur's govt?": Ja
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The social media post reads, "Today the Prime Minister is going to the ancestral village of Jannayak Karpoori Thakur ji. Here are our three straight questions to him. Is it not an acknowledged fact that the Jan Sangh - from which the BJP emerged - brought down Karpoori Thakurji's Govt in
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BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya slams Siddaramaiah over Karnataka caste survey,
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Siroya wrote, "By ordering a caste census in a tearing hurry, Shri. Siddaramaiah has made everybody, including his own party men and cabinet colleagues, unhappy. As of today, the Vokkaligas, the Lingayats, the Dalits, the OBCs, the Brahmins, the minorities, the tribes and the
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Maratha quota row: Maharashtra Cabinet decides to form six-member subcommi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This move aims to address the concerns of OBCs, signalling the government's efforts to provide relief.
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Fadnavis welcomes end of Manoj Jarange's fast, says govt took 'equal decis
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jarange ended his fast at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Tuesday after accepting the Government Resolution (GR) presented by the Maharashtra cabinet sub-committee on Maratha quota. Breaking down in tears, he described the moment as a "Diwali" for the community.
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MP CM Mohan Yadav reiterates commitment to provide 27 % OBC reservation, c
Updated : 7 months ago IST
"Through our government, our party's clear line is that we want to give 27 percent reservation to OBCs. We have openly said that we are prepared for this. Congress leaders are also saying they also wanted the same, so let us sit together. We are ready to call an all-party meeting. Both sides
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Union Minister G Kishan Reddy slams Telangana govt, accuses it of divertin
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister and BJP leader G Kishan Reddy on Thursday lashed out at the Telangana government, accusing it of misusing the 42 per cent reservation meant for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies by diverting a portion of it to Muslim communities. He alleged that this move was po
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