Rahul Gandhi 'not found suitable' rooted in Congress rule: Dharmendra PradhanBharatiya Janata Party criticized Rahul Gandhi's claims. Gandhi alleged discrimination against SC, ST, and OBC candidates in universities. ...
28 May, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
Adding more fuel to the polarisation fireThe Karnataka assembly recently passed a bill introducing a controversial 4% reservation for Muslims in public contracts, sparking a signif...
26 Mar, 2025, 10.43 PM IST
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...
15 Nov, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
BJP doesn't discriminate like Cong, 27 OBC ministers in PM Modi cabinet: JP NaddaBJP president JP Nadda addressed a rally in Jharkhand. He accused the Congress of opposing the backward community. Nadda said the BJP does ...
12 Nov, 2024, 05.10 PM IST
Beware of their theatrics; they will never conduct caste-based census: BSP chief MayawatiMayawati, leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, criticised the Congress for allegedly using the issue of caste-based census as a political plo...
10 Sep, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
BJP promises to safeguard reservations for backward classes in J-KBJP leader Devender Singh Rana stated the party would protect reservations for backward classes after Article 370's abrogation, accusing th...
24 Aug, 2024, 02.06 PM IST
Narayan Rane, Chhagan Bhujbal against OBC quota given to MarathasNarayan Rane, a BJP leader, openly opposes the Maharashtra government's draft notification granting kunbi certificates to the Maratha commu...
30 Jan, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
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 ...
08 Nov, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
Reservation for EWS is allowed but excluding SCs, STs and OBCs is to heap fresh injustice: SCThe Supreme Court by a majority view of 3:2 provided 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) ...
07 Nov, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
ET Explains: What is Constitution (One Hundred And Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019?10% reservation for ‘economically weaker sections’ will be in addition to the existing reservation.
09 Jan, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
Creamy layer tag deprives PSU wards of civil servicesCrucially, the axe on these OBCs this year comes despite a Delhi high court judgment in March which slammed the Centre’s method of calculat...
26 Aug, 2018, 08.35 AM IST
RSS reiterates its commitment towards caste-based affirmative actionThe clarification came in the wake of opposition cornering the RSS and the BJP over Vaidya’s remarks over reservation issue during Jaipur L...
21 Jan, 2017, 09.04 PM IST
SP alleges non-recruitment of OBCs in central university postsSP member Dharmendra Yadav claimed in Lok Sabha during Question Hour that 27 per cent reservation has not been given to OBCs in central uni...
14 Mar, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Several reserved posts lying vacant in AIIMSAs many as 24-SC, 11-ST and 49-OBC posts of Assistant Professors and Lecturers in Nursing are vacant.
18 Dec, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
- Congress' muslim quota: BJP tries to stir up OBC wrath
With 'politics of entitlement' becoming the principal issue in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Congress and BJP have positioned themselves to rea...
12 Jan, 2012, 07.35 AM IST
- OBC creamy layer ceiling raised
Congress-led government has tried to reach out to OBCs by drastically relaxing the definition of 'creamy layer'.
17 Nov, 2011, 05.24 AM IST
- Docs retreat, techies join quota battle
Former IITians, software pros and engineers continue to rally against reservation.
02 Jun, 2006, 12.05 PM IST