Bengal's BJP govt to implement 7th Pay Commission, free travel & Annapurna Bhandar for womenWest Bengal's new BJP government, under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has approved the 7th Pay Commission for state employees to bridge ...
18 May, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
West Bengal orders re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011West Bengal authorities are re-verifying caste certificates issued since 2011. This includes nearly 1.69 crore certificates covering Schedu...
16 May, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
Bihar cabinet expansion: Nitish's son Nishant gets health ministry as NDA inducts 32 ministersBihar's Samrat Choudhary government expanded its cabinet with 35 ministers. The ceremony took place at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Governor Sye...
08 May, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
Social justice ministry spends Rs 2,042 crore on educational schemes in FY-26The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has allocated over Rs 2,000 crore for educational initiatives benefiting OBC, EBC, and...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.34 PM IST
Gujarat local body polls held peacefully, turnout under 50% in cities; results on April 28Voting for Gujarat's local body elections concluded peacefully on Sunday. Urban areas reported turnout below 50 percent, while tribal regio...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.50 PM IST
Narendra Modi government wants to 'shelve' caste census: CongressThe Congress party accuses the Modi government of planning to delay a caste census. They claim this is to avoid pressure for OBC women's re...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi meets Sachin Pilot, other OBC leaders of Congress; discusses empowerment of communityRahul Gandhi met with prominent OBC leaders, including Sachin Pilot and Anil Jaihind, to discuss community empowerment. Key issues like rem...
24 Nov, 2025, 09.40 PM IST
Modi govt must introduce law for implementing Article 15(5) in Parliament's Winter session: CongressThe Congress party urges the government to enact a law for reservation in private educational institutions. This is for Scheduled Castes, S...
05 Sep, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
Haryana Congress' Ajay Yadav flags under-representation of OBCs in party's top bodies, slams BabariaCongress leader Ajay Singh Yadav has raised concerns about under-representation of OBCs in Haryana's Congress unit and top bodies like the ...
21 Oct, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Haryana Congress leader Captain Ajay Yadav quits party, alleges shabby treatmentSenior Congress leader Capt Ajay Singh Yadav quits the party, citing poor treatment post-Sonia Gandhi’s presidency. He resigns from AICC's ...
17 Oct, 2024, 08.59 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh govt to challenge HC decision on urban civic polls in SC"As the government is determined to give quota benefits to the OBCs in the urban local body polls, the government has decided to move the S...
28 Dec, 2022, 07.36 AM IST
Nearly seven lakh vacant posts in central government departments: Personnel MinistryBased on the vacancies reported by the user departments, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has started recruitment process to fill up 1,...
21 Nov, 2019, 02.41 PM IST
Congress managed to win over OBCs in ChhattisgarhEight Kurmis also got tickets. One of the biggest decisions was giving one ticket to an OBC from Kewat-Malha sub-caste, so far absolutely u...
13 Dec, 2018, 08.43 AM IST
Hopeful of saving reservation for SC/ST: Prakash JavadekarUnder the new formula, where every department will be considered one separate unit, there will be a lower chance of positions being set asi...
19 Jul, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi uses OBC platform to attack Modi, accuses him of favoring industrialistsAddressing workers of the party's OBC department here, he said people who work hard behind the scene are "never benefited" and the fruits o...
11 Jun, 2018, 02.38 PM IST
20 years after Mandal commission report, less than 12% OBCs in central government jobsGoing by the data available, under the group A, B,C and D category of employees, out of 79,483 posts, there are only 9,040 OBC staff.
26 Dec, 2015, 08.56 AM IST
Parliamentary forum seeks separate ministry for OBC welfareA parliamentary forum has sought a separate ministry for the welfare of OBCs and constitutional powers for the National Commission for Back...
29 Apr, 2015, 09.50 PM IST