Mayawati bats for sub-quota for SC, ST, OBC women within 33% reservationBSP chief Mayawati advocates for a dedicated sub-quota system for women from SC, ST, and OBC backgrounds within the proposed 33% women’s re...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.54 AM IST
'Era of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Badhao': Delhi CM Rekha Gupta backs Nari Shakti Vandan AdhiniyamParliament will convene for a special session to advance the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. This move introduces a 33 percent reservation fo...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
OBCs real productive force, not aware of own strength, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi downplayed PM Modi's political challenge, asserting Modi is merely a show and the real issue lies in backward communities not ...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
NCBC may delist some of 37 castes from Bengal on central list37 castes from West Bengal included in Central OBC List by UPA government are under NCBC scanner after Calcutta high court invalidated OBC ...
04 Jun, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
"Women's empowerment intrinsic to BJP's work culture": Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah emphasized that women empowerment is not a political issue for the BJP but an integral part of its work cultu...
21 Sep, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
Congress 2024 Lok Sabha gambit: SC-ST-OBC quota in higher judiciary, private sectorThe party, which struggled to position itself since the Mandal-Kamandal political play, now appears making an overdrive to woo the socially...
27 Feb, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
Congress set to provide 50 pc representation to SCs, STs, OBCs minorities at all levels in organisationIn a change in stance on “quota within quota” in the women's reservation bill, the party is likely to resolve to demand that from out of th...
14 May, 2022, 08.34 PM IST
NEET: Supreme Court asks Centre whether it would like to revisit Rs 8 lakh criteria for determining EWSA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and BV Nagarathna was annoyed as no affidavits were filed by the Ministry of Social Justic...
21 Oct, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
Five member panel set up for equitable OBC quotaThe commission would examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among castes or communities included in the ...
03 Oct, 2017, 12.17 AM IST
First woman chief justice of Delhi high court to head panel on OBC sub-categorisationThe Commission would have as its members director of Chennai-based Centre for Policy Studies Dr J K Bajaj, Anthropological Survey of India ...
02 Oct, 2017, 11.21 PM IST
Union Cabinet okays corrections in Central List of OBCsThe Union Cabinet gave its nod to amendments in the Central List of OBCs for corrections with regard to a few communities hailing from Guja...
26 Aug, 2015, 10.02 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
Ministries fail to submit data on SC, ST and OBC staffMinistries have failed to report the number of employees belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes, on the...
13 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Govt gives nod for amending central list of OBCs
The Cabinet today gave its approval for notifying changes in the existing central list of the OBCs, the official sources said.
16 Nov, 2011, 04.04 PM IST
- Notice to central institutes for implementing quota
In what would be the final act to the long drawn effort to ensure reservation for other backward classes (OBC), the HRD ministry has sent o...
21 Apr, 2008, 04.18 AM IST
- Cong, BJP back quota for upper castes
The Congress and the BJP, which were routed in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh polls on account of aggressive wooing of the upper castes b...
18 May, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
- Leaders can’t digest skimmed milk
Stung by the Supreme Court’s ruling directing the government to keep the creamy layer out of the ambit of reservations, the country’s polit...
21 Oct, 2006, 02.20 AM IST