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HC refuses to entertain plea to form Gujjar regiment in Indian ArmyThe Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest litigation seeking the establishment of a Gujjar regiment in the Indian Army, deeming the ...
No proposal on Jats from Delhi govt: NCBC chief Hansraj Gangaram AhirThe Delhi government has not proposed the inclusion of Jats in the central OBC list in the past decade, according to NCBC chairman Hansraj ...
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Local factors an issue in MuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Muzaffarnagar has five assembly segments - Budhana, Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, Khatauli and Sardhan...
Women voices from Western UP: United over safety, lack of jobs, divided over faith & casteDisappointment over unending unemployment, increase in household expenses with online education to hailing a better kanoon vyavastha (law a...
After burning fingers with Congress and BSP, SP banks on smaller partiesParties like Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Mahan Dal and Janwadi Party - who have pockets of influence in ...
Some Congress leaders write to Sidhu against inclusion of 'tainted' Rana Gurjit Singh in Punjab cabinetAfter Channi, Sidhu and other leaders held deliberations over days with the party's senior leadership to finalise the names for the first c...
UP BJP leaders, party chief discuss organisational mattersUP BJP organisation general secretary Sunil Bansal and state president Swantantra Dev Singh held deliberations with party chief JP Nadda on...
Times Face-off: Is it time to lift the 50% ceiling on total reservation?While Article 16 (4) of the Constitution has provided reservation in public employment to backward classes, unfortunately the Constitution ...
Ashok Gehlot sets stage for reshuffle of Rajasthan cabinet, PCC shake-up before local pollsThis comes amid heightened suspense in Congress on whether he would pitch for a new PCC chief and a second deputy chief minister — an arran...
Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill raising reservation for OBCsIt was tabled during the monsoon session in the wake of widespread agitation by the Gujjar community demanding reservation under the backwa...
Cabinet reshuffle: Meatier role a pat for ministers Rajyavardhan Rathore, Jitendra SinghThe inductions will in clude former foreign service officer Hardeep Puri and former IAS officer K J Alphons, a former DDA commissioner.Both...
New panel for backward classes to have civil court's powerThe NCBC is a statutory body for the backward classes under the Social Justice Ministry. It will be replaced by the NCSEBC.
Political parties act for quota, but not for caste abolitionThe Constitution abolished untouchability and provided reservation to backward classes (SCs and STs) who had been neglected by the society ...
Cabinet expansion: From UP to Maharashtra, state-level electoral politics & caste arithmetic were critical determinantsFrom UP to Maharashtra, state-level electoral politics and caste arithmetic were critical determinants of this week’s cabinet expansion. ET...
RSS' reservation comments trigger strong reaction in BiharThe RSS statement disapproving of reservation demands by "affluent" sections and favouring a study to find if the backward classes were get...
Explaining BJP’s Jat problem and the reservation bogeyBJP’s conundrum is that its 2014 victory in Haryana was powered by Jat votes but the Jat reservation bogey has its leaders in a fix.
Stage set for Modi Cabinet rejig: 20 new ministers likely to be sworn-inAs many as 20 new faces are expected to be inducted into the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday in the first revamp exercise.
Army rejects calls to raise new units based on caste or religionThe Army has once again strongly rejected calls for raising new "single-class" units like the Gujarat, Kalinga, Dalit, Ahir, Paswan or Trib...
- BJP repeats Gujarat model to beat anti-incumbency
The Gujarat formula for beating the anti-incumbency has been replicated by the BJP with gusto in the ongoing round of assembly polls.