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204 Indian students brought back via Meghalaya amid violent protests in Ba
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid protests against job quotas in Bangladesh, 204 Indian students and many other students from Nepal and Bhutan were successfully rescued and brought back to India through Meghalaya, officials said on Friday.
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"Unconstitutional, no need for reservations": Kerala Minister P Rajeev sla
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After the Karnataka government put a draft bill on quotas for Kannadigas in the private sector on hold, Kerala Minister P Rajeev on Thursday termed the state government move "unconstitutional" and said that there is no need for reservations as the country's youth are "talented."
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"Natakbaazi...": says BJP after Karnataka govt puts reservation bill for K
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After the Karnataka government put a draft bill on quotas for Kannadigas in the private sector on hold, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CT Ravi termed it "natakbaazi" and said that in the state, the atmosphere is against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Annu Rani, Jyothi Yarraji secure athletics quotas thr
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Asian Games gold medallist Annu Rani and Asian athletics champion Jyothi Yarraji have secured Paris 2024 Olympics athletics quotas for India via their world rankings.
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Indian rifle, pistol team for Paris Olympics announced
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
India have earned 21 quotas in Shooting, a record, for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Besides all 16 possible shots at a medal, in eight individual rifle and pistol events, India will also have a record five starts across the four individual shotgun events. In addition, India will al
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Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal secure Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The qualification window for Paris Olympics ended on Monday for Tennis and the world number four Bopanna earned his quota comfortably, sitting pretty inside the top 10 of doubles competition since November last year.
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Boxing head coach Kuttappa says India can bag 4-5 quotas from Thailand qua
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Kuttappa believes India can secure at least four to five more quota places at the tournament, which will ensure a strong presence at the Paris Olympics
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Olympic quota winners Ritika, Nisha urge WFI not to hold trials ahead of P
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Nisha obtained the second quota for India at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers at Istanbul in May, in the women's 68 kg category, making it the fifth Paris 2024 quota by an Indian women's wrestler. Reetika Hooda (76kg) had been added to the quotas during the Asian Qualifiers held in Bis
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Vinesh Phogat urges WFI, Sports Ministry to announce dates, venue, format
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Vinesh took to X to make this appeal to the centre, WFI, the Indian Olympic Association and the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She first expressed happiness with the fact that India secured a total of six 2024 Olympics quotas in wrestling and congratulated the quota winners as their "ha
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Congress fighting for reservation, Constitution: Congress chief Mallikarju
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Hitting back over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that the Congress wants to reduce the reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and give it to its "vote bank", Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the Congress has been fighting to protect quotas for these weaker section
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World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: India end campaign with two quotas, ta
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Nisha and Aman took the number of quotas by Indian wrestlers to six. This Istanbul meet was the final chance for India to get Paris 2024 quotas for wrestling, as per Olympics.com.
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UPA govt tried to reduce quotas for OBC, SC, ST: UP CM Yogi
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged on Thursday that the previous UPA government at the centre tried to reduce reservations for the OBC, SC and ST communities by providing quotas to Muslims. But the attempt has not succeeded because of the BJP's protest, he added.
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