West Bengal orders re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011West Bengal authorities are re-verifying caste certificates issued since 2011. This includes nearly 1.69 crore certificates covering Schedu...
16 May, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
Bengal’s ‘M’ math misfire: How muslim fragmentation and mohila drift tilted the field for BJPThe Bharatiya Janata Party secured victories in Malda and Murshidabad districts. This success stemmed from a divided Muslim vote and public...
05 May, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
After Bihar, will Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM become a factor in West Bengal too?AIMIM is targeting the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls after a notable performance in Bihar. The party faces challenges from electoral roll...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
Alliances & distrust: Trinamool faces minority stronghold testWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's traditional minority vote base in Murshidabad and Malda faces challenges. Electoral roll issue...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
BJP alleges states under INDIA parties rule wrongly giving Muslims reservation from OBC quotaOpposition members staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha after BJP leader K Laxman alleged that non-NDA ruled states are providing reservatio...
30 Mar, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
NCBC raises questions on Bengal's revised OBC listThe National Commission for Backward Classes has concerns regarding West Bengal's updated OBC list. The commission is asking for details on...
15 Jun, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
Backwardness only criteria for OBC classification, says Bengal CM Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee clarified in the assembly that OBC classification is based solely on a community's backwardness, not religio...
11 Jun, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
West Bengal OBC case: Reservation cannot be on basis of religion, says SCThe Supreme Court questioned the basis of reservation for 77 communities in West Bengal, primarily Muslims, emphasizing that religion canno...
09 Dec, 2024, 11.40 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
Bengal will be the best-performing state for BJP, says PM ModiWith the Lok Sabha election process nearing its end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that the BJP will be the biggest gai...
28 May, 2024, 10.41 AM IST
BJP against Muslim reservation to protect SC, ST, OBC quota, says UP Chief Minsiter Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticised the idea of reservation based on religion. He termed it unconstitutional. He thanke...
27 May, 2024, 12.32 PM IST
"Congress, TMC violated Constitution for pleasing vote bank," BJP's Shehzad PoonawalaStepping up his attacks on TMC, Poonawala cited the Calcutta High Court order of scrapping all the OBC certificates issued in West Bengal a...
26 May, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
Calcutta HC scraps several classes as OBCs in Bengal; jobs and benefits obtained already not to be affectedThe Calcutta High Court struck down OBC classes in West Bengal under the 2012 Act, affecting reservation of vacancies in services and posts...
22 May, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
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...
16 May, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
NCBC objects to Bengal demand to include 83 castes in OBC listNCBC objects to West Bengal's recommendation to include 83 castes, including 73 from Muslim community, in central OBC list. West Bengal fai...
28 Feb, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
NCBC summons West Bengal chief secretaryThe summons follow NCBC's repeated letters to the West Bengal government seeking latest social, educational and economic data of the 87 cas...
03 Feb, 2024, 12.23 AM IST
West Bengal recommends 87 castes for central OBC listThe National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) has asked the state government of West Bengal to provide records dating back to the Impe...
14 Sep, 2023, 11.50 PM IST