Congress did not implement Mandal commission report, says BSP chief Mayawati in TelanganaAddressing an election rally at Peddapalli in Telangana, Mayawati recalled that those from most backward class had sought reservation benef...
23 Nov, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
How Jamtara scamsters pocketed Rs 1.5 lakh everyday through credit card fraudsIn Jamtara, India's cybercrime hotspot, a gang member was found to be making between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh daily through credit card fr...
15 Sep, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Caste census: Congress caught between compulsions and instinctThe present Congress leadership is as clueless as the one caught between Mandal-Kamandal three decades ago even as several allies find it c...
10 Sep, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
SC strikes down Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, terms it unconstitutionalThe judgement came on a batch of pleas challenging the Bombay High Court verdict which had upheld the grant of reservation to Marathas in a...
05 May, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
Dhaka witnesses protest rally against minorities harassment in PakistanLeading march against the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka Mandal said that a temple had been set on fire and was vandalized in the Karak ...
08 Jan, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Petition in Supreme Court challenges bill introducing EWS quotaThe petition challenged the bill contending that it is violative of the basic structure doctrine and the apex court’s ruling in the Indra S...
11 Jan, 2019, 07.47 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi faces no real challenge in 2019: Ram Vilas PaswanThe Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union minister mocked opposition parties, saying they should start concentrating on the parliamentary pol...
25 Aug, 2018, 06.41 PM IST
CBI reveals name of whistleblower in rifle factory probeThe CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Kolkata, which registered an FIR on October 17, has named the person in an annexure and id...
20 Oct, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
Anubrata Mandal dares EC vigil, keeps his watchers at bayThe Election Commission decision followed colmplaints from all opposition parties that elections in Birbhum would not be free and fair as A...
18 Apr, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Ready to be "hanged" to prevent scrapping of quotas: Lalu Prasad YadavRJD chief Lalu Prasad today said he is ready to be "hanged" but will not allow BJP and RSS to scrap quotas for the backwards and dalits.
30 Sep, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
Sharad Yadav humbled in Madhepura by Pappu YadavJD(U) President Sharad Yadav suffered defeat at the hands of RJD's Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav by 56,209 votes in Madhepura Lok Sabha s...
26 May, 2014, 10.36 AM IST
AP gears up for ZPTC, MPTC elections tomorrow"Polling will be held in 534 mandals comprising 557 ZPTC and 8250 MPTC representatives," State Election Commissioner P Ramakanth Reddy told...
05 Apr, 2014, 08.33 PM IST
Ganga Ram hospital, doctor to pay Rs 3L for not conducting testsGanga Ram hospital and one of its orthopaedic surgeons have been asked by the apex consumer commission to pay Rs three lakh as compensation.
02 May, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
- Haji Yaqoob Qureshi joins RLD ahead of UP polls
Haji Yaqoob Qureshi, who offered a 51-crore bounty for the head of the Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet, will be a prominent c...
04 Jan, 2012, 10.21 AM IST
- Revisit quota laws, SC tells TN, Karnataka
The Supreme Court has asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to revisit laws which provide for more than 50% reservation in jobs and education.
14 Jul, 2010, 03.11 AM IST
- SC questions quota for well-off in local bodies
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned extending of reservation to the well-off sections of OBCs in the elections to the local bodies of ...
07 Nov, 2008, 03.46 AM IST
- Centre likely to conduct caste-based census
The Centre is now likely to come under pressure to take recourse to a caste-based census to settle the issue once and for all.
20 Oct, 2006, 04.06 AM IST