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Rajasthan HC calls transgender policy ‘eyewash’, orders 3% extra weightageRajasthan High Court has slammed the state's transgender reservation policy as a mere facade. The court has ordered a 3% weightage in marks...- Calcutta HC halts West Bengal’s new OBC list notification until July 31The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the West Bengal government’s notification of a new Other Backward Class (OBC) ...
- Backwardness only criteria for OBC classification, says Bengal CM Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee clarified in the assembly that OBC classification is based solely on a community's backwardness, not religio...
- Fresh exercise on to identify OBCs: Bengal to apex courtThe West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court about its Commission for Backward Classes' plan to reassess OBC identification. The m...
- SC to take up West Bengal plea on OBC classification on January 28 and 29The Supreme Court will hear West Bengal's plea on January 28 and 29 challenging Calcutta High Court's decision to quash the OBC classificat...
- Panchamasali Lingayats intensify stir demanding 2A quota, OBCs opposePanchamasali Lingayats in Karnataka are intensifying protests, demanding reclassification to the 2A quota category from their current 2B st...
- West Bengal OBC case: Reservation cannot be on basis of religion, says SCThe Supreme Court questioned the basis of reservation for 77 communities in West Bengal, primarily Muslims, emphasizing that religion canno...
- Panel to revisit debate on including 'salary' in determining 'creamy layer' for OBC quotaA parliamentary committee is revisiting the inclusion of "salary" in determining the "creamy layer" for OBC reservations, despite addressin...
- Row over OBC list: WB seeks early hearing of its plea against Calcutta HC verdictThe West Bengal government has sought an urgent Supreme Court hearing against a Calcutta High Court verdict that struck down the OBC status...
- Mayawati slams SP, Congress for silence on SCs, STs sub-classificationMayawati, BSP chief, accused the Samajwadi Party and Congress of being silent on the Supreme Court's August 1 decision on sub-classificatio...
- Calcutta HC scraps several classes as OBCs in Bengal; jobs and benefits obtained already not to be affectedThe Calcutta High Court struck down OBC classes in West Bengal under the 2012 Act, affecting reservation of vacancies in services and posts...
- Panchamasali Lingayats meet Siddaramaiah, seek 2A quota in education, jobsPanchamasali sub-sect is estimated to make up two-thirds of the Lingayat population, which is the single largest caste group in Karnataka.
- EWS reservation: Key quotes from judgesFollowing are the important quotes from the Supreme Court judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 ...
- I was India’s first OBC PM, not Narendra Modi: H D Deve GowdaThe matter has gained prominence as both the BJP and the Janata Parivar are vying for OBC votes in Bihar, an estimated 52% of the state’s p...
- Telugu Desam Party MPs meet Narendra Modi on demand for backward classes' welfareSubmitting a 14-point charter of demands, the delegation urged the Prime Minister, among others, to introduce the Backward Classes Bill in ...
- Supreme Court refuses to stay Andhra HC OBC sub-quota verdict againThe 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...
- Recasting 2011 census: Too little, too lateWhat we lose by this careless inclusion of caste in the census of 2011 is an opportunity to debate the underlying nature of social inequali...
- Revised income ceiling for OBC creamy layer by June 30National Commission for Backward Classes is expected to give its recommendations to govt by June 30 on the revised income ceiling.
- Revised income ceiling for OBC creamy layer by June 30In a move that could end the debate over classification of creamy layer among the OBCs, the National Commission for Backward Classes is exp...
- OBC Muslims languish at the bottom of job pyramidOn occupation, even the top 20% of Muslim OBCs are the most downtrodden and virtually at the bottom of the pyramid with the highest proport...
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