Akhilesh-Jayant sparring takes caste turn in UPA fierce political war of words has erupted between Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Choudhary. The dispute centers on caste identity and past pol...
29 Aug, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
Karnataka to name Karwar medical college after Ramakrishna Hegde: DK ShivakumarKarnataka will permanently honour former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde. The Karwar Medical College will be named after him. A major Beng...
29 Aug, 2026, 10.29 PM IST
Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi spar over SC/ST quotas, seek each other's resignationTwo Union ministers clashed over the reservation policy and its implementation. Chirag Paswan demanded Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation over ...
29 Aug, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
Reservation a constitutional right, no power can abolish it: Chirag PaswanChirag Paswan stated reservation is a constitutional right and cannot be abolished. He emphasized that caste-based discrimination still per...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
BJP working with anti-reservation mindset: MayawatiMayawati said her party is also in favour of extending quota benefits to the poor.
30 Jan, 2017, 02.16 PM IST
Congress to launch dalit outreach nextCongress playing on quota politics has hardly produced positive results in the past and in the last UP polls, promise of a special quota ba...
25 Oct, 2016, 12.29 AM IST
Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?The issue of categorising Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians among SCs is separate from that of earmarking 5% quota of OBCs for other relig...
04 Nov, 2015, 06.50 AM IST
Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad betrayed Dalits, OBCs: Sushil ModiBihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad at a function 10 years ago had favoured quota for minorities by taking away the share of ...
02 Nov, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
The politics for reservation should be practiced by parties with backward caste leadersUpper castes are making the loudest noise seeking reservation. And they are treating quotas as a lazy means to jump queues for jobs and adm...
27 Sep, 2015, 04.39 AM IST
Congress pitch for quota within OBC for Muslims comes under fire; BJP, BSP slam 'poll gimmick'Congress' fresh pitch for a quota for backward Muslims came under fire with BJP saying that the minorities won't fall for it.
25 Apr, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
Congress tries to sell 'undoable' quotas to attract votersCong manifesto has launched a quota offensive to bait dalits, backwards and poor, though the UPA regime has already dismissed these proposa...
28 Mar, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
- Dalit MPs hold dharna for SC/ST quota in promotions
Dalit MPs today staged a dharna inside the Parliament house complex demanding reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees in government jo...
31 Aug, 2012, 04.51 PM IST
UP elections: Congress promises two million jobs, sub-quotas for Muslims, MBCs and Ati-DalitsCongress's Vision Document 2020 promises job creation to check forced migration and seeks to chip away at the support bases of its larger r...
28 Jan, 2012, 02.28 AM IST
- Government set to make 4 per cent of its yearly buy from dalit firms, boost MSME sector
The Centre is set to make it compulsory for 4% of its annual purchases to be made from units run by dalits and tribals.
12 Sep, 2011, 11.28 AM IST
- Muslims don't qualify for Dalit quota: Arjun
HRD minister Arjun Singh may have thrown down the gauntlet to his party colleagues and the Left when he all but ruled out the possibility o...
10 Mar, 2007, 03.35 AM IST
- Paswan now wants ‘his’ quota of central funds
The quota enthusiasts in the Manmohan Singh government have found a fresh cause: funds quota.
26 Jun, 2006, 03.13 AM IST
- Paswan demands funds quota for Dalits
Quota enthusiasts in the Manmohan Singh government have found a fresh cause - funds quota.
24 Jun, 2006, 03.36 AM IST