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Karnataka polls: BJP does not want a single vote from the Muslim community
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While addressing a Veerashaiva-Lingayat meeting in Shivamogga, Eshwarappa said, "We do not want even a single Muslim vote here. Nationalist Muslims will, however, vote for the BJP."
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SC adjourns hearing till May 9 on plea challenging Karnataka govt's decisi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till May 9, the hearing on a plea challenging the Karnataka Government's decision to scrap four per cent OBC reservation for Muslims and the State Government assured the top court that assurance given earlier not to implement the notification will be co
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Hajj: Congress leader K Sudharkaran urges Centre to waive submission of pa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Congress' Kerala president K Sudhakaran on Monday asked Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani to waive off submission of passports for NRIs selected for this year's Hajj pilgrimage through the government quota.
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"Ended special favour meant for scoring political points," Amit Shah on sc
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Reiterating that Congress provided 4 per cent reservations to Muslims in Karnataka in an "unconstitutional manner", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state ended the "special favour" which was meant for "scoring political poin
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SC adjourns pleas against scrapping of 4 pc OBC quota for Muslims by Karna
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing for April 25 of the petitions challenging the scrapping of the four per cent (Other backward Classes) OBC quota for Muslims in Karnataka.
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"SC, ST quota should be proportional to their population..." : Rahul Gandh
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Reservation for SC/STs should be proportional to their population. (The Union government) should lift 50 per cent cap in reservation," Rahil Gandhi said.
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Pankaj Mukheja, Nancy, Rhythm Sangwan win in trials
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pankaj Mukheja overcame Paris 2024 Olympics quota winner Swapnil Kusale 16-12 in a tight contest. In the women's air rifle, Nancy got the better of West Bengal's Mehuli Ghosh 16-10. Haryana's Rhythm Sangwan continued her brilliant form clinching the women's 25m pistol with 32 hits in the med
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"I gave 4 % reservation quota to Muslims on scientific basis and not on re
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
While speaking to ANI, Veerappa Moily said, "This reservation was given by me when I was CM in 1993 and it was done on basis of scientific data and not on the basis of religion. Muslims as a class were included in the backward category and it was absolutely legal. When we took the decisio
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SC agrees to list plea challenging Karnataka govt's decision of scrapping
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list a plea challenging the Karnataka government's decision to scrap the reservation of four per cent given to Muslims in the state.
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Free Trade Agreement negotiations are going on with United Kingdom, EU and
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Free Trade Agreements are being signed in a much faster way nowadays. We've just concluded one with Australia. Earlier we concluded with UAE, Mauritius and with ASEAN. We have extended quota-free & tariff-free regime to Least Developed Countries," she said.
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"They can't even touch it": CM Bommai hits back at Congress on reservation
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Reacting to Congress leader DK Shivakumar's promise of cancelling the scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota after coming to power, Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai said that the Congress party cannot even touch the reservation.
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Congress will be punished in upcoming elections after its statement on scr
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The official social media handle of Karnataka BJP on Twitter said," DK Shivakumar clarified that we will cancel the reservation given to Okkaliga, Veerashaiva-Lingayat, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. For appeasement politics, the right of these communities to be uprooted INC Karna
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