Maharashtra polls: Ambedkar-led VBA announces first list of 11 candidates; fields a transgenderThe Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) has announced its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, including a tra...
21 Sep, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Belagavi: Jagadish Shettar battles party workers dissent, Maratha opposition, and 'Outsider' tag in bid for MP SeatBelagavi is currently held by Mangala Angadi and Shettar is related to her by marriage. His opponent Hebbalkar has been using that fact in ...
07 May, 2024, 12.17 PM IST
Karnataka Cabinet expansion: 24 legislators to take oath as ministers todayMLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former s...
27 May, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Centre urges Rohini Commission to share interim OBC reportWith assembly elections to UP around the corner, any OBC sub-categorisation or inclusion/exclusion could have an electoral impact and hence...
18 Nov, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
Rising influence of temples of SwaminarayanThe temples have become visual anchors of Hinduism globally & are silently shaping destiny of contemporary Indian politics. Not surprisingl...
13 Nov, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
Maharashtra government postpones MPSC exam scheduled for October 11“We have decided to postpone the exams as there was a lockdown situation and we got representations from several students who said they nee...
09 Oct, 2020, 10.13 PM IST
A Muslim-Dalit axis going back to Haji Mastan’s shot at redemptionReaching out to Asaduddin Owaisi’s Majlise-Ittahadul Muslimeen early on and renewing the Dalit-Muslim axis, he has set the stage for a thre...
15 Mar, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
93% Maratha families' annual income less than Rs 1 lakh: SBCCThe state Assembly Thursday unanimously passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas under 'socially and educationally back...
29 Nov, 2018, 03.43 PM IST
Maratha quota: 43,629 households from backward class surveyedAfter the commission submitted its report to the government last week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had hinted that the demand for quot...
24 Nov, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Marathas to get reservation in jobs and education institutes: Maharashtra CMThe reservation will be granted to the community under a new category called 'Socially and Educationally Backward Class' (SEBC) as per the ...
18 Nov, 2018, 09.26 PM IST
Jobs meant for OBCs won't go to other categories: Devendra FadnavisThe OBCs had reportedly sought a comprehensive socio-economic and caste census in Maharashtra to determine the population of each community.
07 Aug, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
Women need to lobby, convince parties of their winnability: Lakshmi Hebbalkar of Congress women’s morchaShe says Congress will make women who have been denied tickets MLCs and chairpersons of boards and corporations. The high-profile Congress ...
26 Apr, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
Socio-economic caste census: Numbers not being revealed to hide upper caste dominance in governance?Upper castes have been running govts for so long that they don’t want the data to finally proclaim that the Indian democracy is not represe...
12 Jul, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
Maharashtra's decision of granting 5% quota to Muslims historic: Minority Affairs Minister Mohammed Arif Naseem KhanMohammed Arif Naseem Khan termed as "historic & revolutionary" state govt's decision to provide 5% reservation to Muslims in govt jobs & ed...
27 Jun, 2014, 11.27 AM IST
Narendra Modi's cabinet: Upper castes rule Cabinet, backwards MoSWhat is a bit of a surprise is the really low representation of dalits. With just 3 in the entire council, they have a mere 7% of berths.
27 May, 2014, 03.44 PM IST
NCP manifesto promises reservations for Muslims, MarathasIt promised that NCP would ensure implementation of Sachar committee's recommendations including job reservations for Muslims without delay.
07 Apr, 2014, 06.09 PM IST
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...
30 Jan, 2013, 10.16 AM IST