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Kerala: Newly elected MLAs administered oath of officeIn an event marking the start of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly, newly elected legislators swore their oaths on May 21. The oath-taki...
Adityanath meets Governor Anandiben Patel; UP cabinet expansion likely on SundayUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Governor Anandiben Patel in Lucknow. This meeting has sparked intense speculation about a ...
BJP shifts focus to UP, Bihar as it prepares reshuffle under Nitin Nabin after state polls concludeThe Bharatiya Janata Party is set for major organizational changes and governance shifts. New teams are being formed at the national and st...
Siddaramaiah and I will abide by Congress high command's decision on leadership isssue: ShivakumarKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has affirmed that both he and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will respect the Congress high com...
Women's safety takes centre stage in Tamil Nadu electionsViolence against women and children is a major election issue in Tamil Nadu. The opposition alleges the DMK government is soft on crime and...
Govt releases set of FAQs on women's reservation billThe government has issued FAQs addressing women's reservation in legislatures. This follows the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in ...
Amit Shah says Opposition against women’s reservation, not its implementation; claims delimitation critics oppose SC/ST seat hikeUnion Home Minister Amit Shah asserted opposition parties resist women's reservation and delimitation. He argued delimitation is crucial fo...
Caste calculus at play: How Tamil Nadu’s key communities could shape the electoral battleTamil Nadu elections are shaped by dominant caste blocs, including Vanniyars in the north, Gounders in the west, and Thevars in the south. ...
Govt says 106th Constitutional Amendment Act to be effective from April 16The Constitutional (106th) Amendment Act 2023, mandating one-third reservation for women in legislatures, is now effective from April 16, 2...
PM indulging in 'anti-national' acts of OBC 'hissa chori', 'power grab' through delimitation: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stealing OBC rights and attempting a power grab. He claims the proposed amendments to ...
Explained: Women’s reservation, delimitation and Nari Shakti; inside govt’s three-act play in special April 16-18 sessionParliament will hold a special session to amend the women's reservation law from April 16-18. The government aims to implement the Nari Sha...
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh pave way for quota within quota in SC ReservationTelangana and Andhra Pradesh have moved towards implementing sub-categorisation of SC reservation, with Telangana's assembly passing a bill...
Scheduled Caste community members may not get quota benefits in Karnataka post religious conversionOnce converted, as per a proposed anti-conversion law, the Karnataka government would recognise the persons by their adopted religion. It i...
Governments kept ignoring SC, ST creamy layer order: Supreme CourtThe latest was in 2018, when it dismissed a plea by attorney general KK Venugopal to refer the issue to a bench of seven judges. He raised ...
Chhattisgarh’s Congress govt hikes SC quota to 13%, says it’s in proportion to populationThe govt has termed this decision as correcting the “wrong” done by the previous BJP government in the state.
10% EWS quota in government recruitment from February 1: CentreThe Ministry of Personnel in the order said that detailed instructions regarding the procedure for the implementation of the EWS quota will...
OBCs to get 27% of government petrol pumpsThe allotment policy also provides for 22.5% reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.