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Bill to amend J-K local body laws introduced in LS
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in the panchayats and the municipalities in Jammu and Kashmir and to bring consistency in the local bodies laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution
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Must be 'mistake': JNU Vice Chancellor on UGC de-reservation draft guideli
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
She emphasised that there are enough Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates for reserved faculty positions in universities.
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"Rahul Gandhi's politics utterly based on lies:" Dharmendra Pradhan lashes
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks that the UGC's new draft was a conspiracy to end the reservation benefit extended to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lashed out at him, stating that
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"Conspiracy to end quotas," Rahul Gandhi on UGC new draft
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that UGC's new draft was a conspiracy to end the reservation benefit extended to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), adding that the Congress "will never let this happen."
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Padma awards turned into 'People's award', represents all sections of soci
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Among the awardees, 40 individuals are from the Other Backward Classes category, 11 from Scheduled Castes, and 15 from Scheduled Tribes.
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Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy affirms commitment to welfare of SC, ST, OBC c
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Highlighting his commitment to social inclusivity, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday emphasised his government's top priority given to the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (BC) communities.
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LGBTQ community not entitled to vertical reservations like SC, ST, OBC: Fo
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice UU Lalit, on Thrusday said the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) community is not entitled to claim "vertical' sort of constitutional reservations like those given to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other B
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"Will stage protest on October 11 over Bihar caste census" : Upendra Kushw
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition bloc INDIA engaged in a war of words after the Bihar caste survey was released by the state government, revealing that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constitute more than 63 per cent of the population of Bih
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju rebuts allegation of Rahul Gandhi over Women's
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegation of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.
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RJD demands reservation for OBC women in new Bill
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal member Manoj Jha taking part in the discussion on the women’s reservation Bill on Thursday on behalf of his party in the Rajya Sabha demanded that women belonging to Other Backward Classes be incorporated in the legislation.
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“We voted against so that…”: Asaduddin Owaisi after passage of women’s quo
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With 454 votes 'for' and 2 'against', the women's reservation Bill cleared its first legislative hurdle with a brute majority in the Lok Sabha. However, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who voted against the motion seeking the Bill's passage, along with par
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Rahul Gandhi backs Women's Reservation Bill; calls it 'incomplete'
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday extended his support to the Women's Reservation Bill adding that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC).
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