Backwardness only criteria for OBC classification, says Bengal CM Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee clarified in the assembly that OBC classification is based solely on a community's backwardness, not religio...
11 Jun, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
OBC reservation issue, monk row intensifies polarisation in BengalWest Bengal prepares for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections amidst heightened communal tensions over the OBC reservation issue and CM M...
30 May, 2024, 04.25 PM IST
Reservation to 14 Muslim castes under OBC category would be reviewed, says Rajasthan minister"Baba Saheb Ambedkar had written in the Constitution that reservation benefits cannot be given to any caste or class on the basis of religi...
25 May, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
Congress plans to give country's 15% budget to Muslims: PM ModiPM Modi exposes Congress for Hindu-Muslim politics, criticizes dangerous OBC quota experiment in Karnataka. Highlights surgical strikes suc...
16 May, 2024, 08.36 PM IST
NCBC objects to Bengal demand to include 83 castes in OBC listNCBC objects to West Bengal's recommendation to include 83 castes, including 73 from Muslim community, in central OBC list. West Bengal fai...
28 Feb, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
Ambadas Danve has OBC certificate despite being Maratha, alleges Wadettiwar; Sena (UBT) leader demands proofVijay Wadettiwar, Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, has accused Ambadas Danve, the leader of Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Legisla...
30 Sep, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
West Bengal recommends 87 castes for central OBC listThe National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) has asked the state government of West Bengal to provide records dating back to the Impe...
14 Sep, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
West Bengal polls: BJP manifesto promises women safety, jobs, free transport, health careUnion home minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the BJP manifesto that also promised development of religious and spiritual centres associ...
22 Mar, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
Over 67% prison inmates Hindu, nearly 18% Muslim: Govt dataThe prison statistics presented by Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy last week in Parliament were based on a compilation of...
14 Feb, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
What Lotus needs to do to bloom again in UPThe results this time point to a deeper undercurrent, the same that gave the BJP unprecedented victories in 2014 and again in 2017.
18 Mar, 2018, 10.41 AM IST
Satyashodhak OBC Parishad plans to convert a thousand families to Buddhism in MaharashtraBJP’s Maharashtra spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said the party does not oppose such a conversion since it considers Buddhism an Indian relig...
30 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
UP polls 2012: Cong fearing OBC backlash over Muslim quota pledge?The manifesto promises to "work towards" carving out quota for minorities in proportion to their population within OBC list.
02 Feb, 2012, 11.49 AM IST
Congress vision document glosses over Muslim quotaWould Congress manifesto for UP elections mention 9% quota for Muslims after vision document steered clear of the figure?
29 Jan, 2012, 12.26 PM IST
UP assembly elections 2012: Their free cows won't give milk, mocks CongressThe tussle for Muslim votes in UP peaked on Friday when Congress took the initiative to assure minorities that newly-carved 4.5% quota was ...
28 Jan, 2012, 12.17 PM IST
- Congress' muslim quota: BJP tries to stir up OBC wrath
With 'politics of entitlement' becoming the principal issue in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Congress and BJP have positioned themselves to rea...
12 Jan, 2012, 07.35 AM IST
- Under Mayawati, Muslims fare worse than dalits in education
Mayawati may have demanded reservation for the Muslims in proportion to their population, but the community has little to cheer about durin...
02 Oct, 2011, 09.39 AM IST
- Delhi University admissions: Another cut-off list for OBC students
A number of Delhi University colleges came out with a lowered cut-off list for OBC candidates, hoping to round up admissions in the categor...
17 Jul, 2011, 10.34 PM IST