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BJP govt reverses course on lateral hiring as opposition plays quota card againThe Modi government swiftly cancelled an advertisement for lateral recruitment of mid-tier bureaucrats after facing opposition criticism re...
PM Modi reiterated his commitment for welfare of SC/ST communities: Kiren RijijuRijiju's statement came after ST/SC MPs of BJP met PM Modi and jointly submitted a memorandum regarding the Supreme Court's observation on ...
'Creamy layer' snatching job pie? Data shows a chunk of SC/ST jobs remain unfilled each yearA 2023 parliamentary report reveals that a significant portion of SC/ST job quotas in central government positions remains unfilled annuall...
Epoch-making verdict of Supreme Court: Subcategorising SCs remains difficultThe Supreme Court ruled on the categorisation of Scheduled Castes in the Punjab Vs Davinder Singh case, ending a two-decade debate. The cou...
NCBC wants West Bengal, Punjab to raise OBC reservations as quota limit remains unusedNCBC advises West Bengal and Punjab to enhance OBC quota within 50% limit for SCs/STs and OBCs in govt jobs and education, following Suprem...
Karnataka's murky Muslim quota row: Here's what you need to knowThe controversy over Muslim reservation in Karnataka has sparked a heated debate, with PM Narendra Modi accusing Congress of manipulating r...
Should IAS and IPS children continue to get benefits of reservation, asks SC judge; Punjab govt says they shouldn'tJustice Gavai, a Dalit himself and slated to become CJI in May next year, said, "A person from the SC/ST community, after getting into cent...
Karnataka to soon have anti-conversion law: CM Basavaraj BommaiAccording to the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti convener Mohana Gowda, under whose aegis the event was organised, over 50 seers of various Hindu ...
Lateral entry recruitment part of BJP-RSS scheme to snatch rights of marginalised sections: Congress"The BJP-RSS want to capture all institutions - especially the leadership positions and wish to annihilate diversity in all spaces to ensur...
Demand for caste-based census growing: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar"We recently met PM Modi over the issue. Leaders of all political parties of Bihar are of the view that caste-based census should be conduc...
Haryana IGP sends legal notice to Ambala SSP, SHO over non-registration of FIR against DGPIn complaint filed with Ambala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hamid Akhtar on May 19, Kumar sought the registration of a criminal ca...
'Jurassic World: Dominion' resumes filming in UK, studio denies delay due to positive coronavirus cases in the teamThe production is in its fifth day of shooting on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh panel suggests just 7% quota for Yadavs, KurmisThe committee in its report submitted with the UP government has given maximum mileage to More Backward Caste including Lodh, Kushwaha and ...
Nitish Kumar demands quota for EBCs at national levelIn Bihar, the EBCs get 18% and BC 12% reservation. "We demand that similar provision should be made at all India level," said the chief min...
United opposition to take on govt over caste censusWhile the government has ruled out that not releasing the caste count has nothing to do with Bihar polls, RJD and JD(U) have made a strong ...
Mayawati reverts to upper caste bashingMayawati, who after her 2007 electoral victory had advocated upper caste entry into the BSP, said the dalits were not only enslaved by the ...
Will review UPA support if ignored on quota: MulayamSamajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday warned the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government not to take him ...