"Maratha community is being treated as educationally and socially backward and 16 per cent quota has been fixed for them," said Chavan.

The BJP govt was opposed to 4.5 % sub-quota for minorities because it was reservation based on religion which was "unconstitutional".

'It is said that Mulayam is contesting from Azamgarh to stop Modi and if it is true why he is not contesting directly against Modi in Varan...

Kejriwal, who had in the pamphlet distributed at Rajouri Garden in November appealed to Muslims to vote for AAP, told EC that it was part o...

Government is committed to providing 4.5 precent job reservation to backward Muslims and trying to expedite the matter pending before the S...

Opposition JD-U today flayed Congress for attacking CAG and for suggesting a political agenda behind its report on coal block allocation.

The Uttar Pradesh government will soon implement those recommendations of the Rangnath Mishra Commission and the Sachar Committee which are...

Steel minister Beni Prasad Verma defied the Election Commission's warning not to rake up the minority quota promise during the election cam...

Wajahat Habibullah has made a strong plea for granting Scheduled Caste status to Muslim and Christian Dalits to get them reservation benefi...

The Samajwadi Party today released its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising a ban on land acquisition.

With 'politics of entitlement' becoming the principal issue in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Congress and BJP have positioned themselves to rea...

UP chief minister Mayawati shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking quota for poor members of the upper castes.

The ministry of minority affairs has sought law min's opinion on reservation for Muslims under category of socially, educationally backward...

A woman claimed before a Delhi court trying Sajjan Kumar that policemen were among the rioters.

A woman who lost 5 family members claimed policemen were among the rioters.

A Delhi court on Saturday ordered framing of charges against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case relating to murder ...

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre on a petition seeking to treat Muslim Arzals or Muslim dalits as scheduled castes...