SC relief for former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar; interim protection from arrest extendedThe Supreme Court has extended interim protection for former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar against arrest in a document foraging case li...
18 Mar, 2025, 01.40 PM IST
UPSC Civil Services exam applicants must now submit age and quota papersThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has updated its civil services examination rules, making it mandatory for candidates to submit s...
24 Jan, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses anticipatory bail to Puja Khedkar in UPSC cheating caseThe Delhi High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar. Khedkar is accused of fraudulently using O...
23 Dec, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
Delhi HC extends interim arrest protection for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar to Oct 4The Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar until October 4, 2024. The court adjo...
26 Sep, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
Centre discharges Puja Khedkar from Indian Administrative Service with immediate effectThe Centre has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect. Khedkar is accused of submitting forge...
07 Sep, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
Following Pooja Khedkar case, UPSC changes rulebook after getting over 30 similar complaintsThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has received over 30 complaints alleging misrepresentation of credentials by selected candidates...
07 Sep, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
One of Puja Khedkar's disability certificates may be forged: Police to Delhi HCThe Delhi Police informed the high court that former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar submitted two disability certificates, one of which may b...
05 Sep, 2024, 11.00 AM IST
Mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar gets bail in criminal intimidation caseManorama Khedkar, mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was granted bail by a Pune court after completing 14 days in judi...
02 Aug, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
No wrongdoing found in issuance of locomotor disability certificate to Khedkar: Hospital authoritiesA recent internal probe by Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial (YCM) Hospital near Pune has determined that a seven per cent locomotor disability c...
24 Jul, 2024, 05.01 PM IST
EWS quota breaches 50% ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, excludes poor SC/ST, OBCs, SC toldThe quota for the Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) is a "deceitful and a backdoor attempt" to destroy the concept of reservation, a lawyer...
13 Sep, 2022, 10.42 PM IST
Will IIT-faculty quota be followed by Team India quota or Supreme Court quota?There is this Japanese proverb which says that "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." With the la...
21 Nov, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
SC seek replies from Centre, MCC on plea against decision to provide quota for OBCs & EWS in NEETA bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna issued notice and sought replies from the Centre and Medical Counselling Committee (...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
NGO fights upper-caste quota in Supreme Court, but welcomes it outsideYFE in its petition quoted many paragraphs from the Indra Sawhney judgment of 1992 to buttress its plea that economic backwardness could no...
11 Jan, 2019, 10.52 AM IST
Acid victims to get reservation in government jobs, promotionsThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has proposed vacancies, promotion quotas and an age relaxation for those with disabilities ...
21 Jun, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
If elected, Congress may form panel to study need for reservation in private sectorCong will consider setting up of a committee to examine need for reservations for SC, ST and OBCs in pvt sector if it forms the next govt a...
14 Apr, 2014, 10.41 PM IST
Political parties support promotion quota for Dalits; Samajwadi Party dissentsThe PM assured BSP's Mayawati and LJP's Paswan that government will try to meet their demand to introduce the legislation in the ongoing se...
22 Aug, 2012, 12.44 PM IST
- Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy condemns move to challenge HC order on minority quotas
Swamy today condemned the govt's decision to challenge the AP High Court order quashing the proposed 4.5 pc reservation to minorities withi...
29 May, 2012, 06.10 PM IST