- Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan favours reservation for backward Muslims
The minister also intends to carry forward reforms in the administration of Wakfs across the country and bring a revised bill for this in t...
30 Oct, 2012, 01.02 PM IST
- Supreme Court refuses to stay Andhra HC OBC sub-quota verdict again
The Supreme Court refused, yet again, to stay the AP high court order quashing the creation of a 4.5% sub-quota for minorities within the O...
14 Jun, 2012, 03.26 AM IST
- Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects Centre's 4.5% minority sub-quota
The AP high court has struck down the 4.5% central sub-quota for minorities within the OBC quota, holding that reservations can't be solely...
29 May, 2012, 05.23 AM IST
UP polls: Beni Prasad Verma trains guns on his former party chief MulayamUnion minister Beni Prasad Verma justified the sub-quota within quota for Muslims saying their condition was even worse than backwards.
25 Feb, 2012, 05.52 PM IST
Petition against Salman Khurshid over Muslim sub-quota remarkPetition has been filed against Khurshid in a local court here demanding action against him for allegedly flaring up communal sentiments.
15 Feb, 2012, 10.54 AM IST
- Sub-quota row a closed chapter now: Salman Khurshid
In the eye of a storm over his Muslim sub-quota remarks and the subsequent face-off with the EC, Khurshid said the matter was a closed chap...
15 Feb, 2012, 10.50 AM IST
Muslim sub-quota: Salman Khurshid writes to EC, says he bows to wisdom of poll bodyLaw Minister Salman Khurshid has expressed regret, saying it was never his intention to transgress the law and undermine the poll code of c...
14 Feb, 2012, 12.13 PM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: EC rejects Congress' ad on sub-quota for minoritiesSources say the Congress party had sought the EC's approval for its advertisement campaigns on minority sub-quota.
05 Feb, 2012, 03.07 PM 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
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
Sub-quota for Muslims to be part of Congress manifesto: Salman KhurshidSalman Khurshid said the party manifesto will include the demand to provide reservation to backward Muslims but did not elaborate
24 Jan, 2012, 12.22 PM IST
- Nothing wrong in Khurshid's sub-quota promise for UP: Congress
Congress saw nothing wrong in Khurshid's assertion that the party would provide 9 % sub-quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.
10 Jan, 2012, 04.20 PM IST
- BJP takes Khurshid's promise of 9 pc Muslim quota to EC
Khurshid's promise to provide nine per cent sub-quota for backward Muslims in UP evoked sharp reactions from BJP, which took it up with the...
10 Jan, 2012, 04.15 PM IST
- Lokpal Bill: Minority quota is dangerous and can lead to civil war, says BJP
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) are notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the Act.
23 Dec, 2011, 04.07 PM IST
- 4% minorities quota may kick in from January 1
A meeting of the Union Cabinet is expected to be called ahead of EC’s announcement of the schedule for polls in UP and four other states to...
22 Dec, 2011, 07.16 AM IST
- Centre bids to push Muslim quota ahead of polls in Uttar Pradesh
The Union cabinet is racing to clear a Muslim quota in central jobs soon in order to beat the enforcement of the model code of conduct that...
06 Dec, 2011, 07.15 AM IST
- Congress panel wants minority sub-quota
After Union minister and Congress leader A R Antulay favoured reservation benefits for Dalit Muslims and Christians, sections of the Congre...
22 Dec, 2006, 03.30 AM IST