District judges appointment: Nearly 5,000 posts in district judiciary vacant in country, SC toldThe Supreme Court is currently addressing the issue of vacant positions within the district judiciary. Nearly 5,000 posts are vacant across...
24 Sep, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
SC commences hearing on eligibility of judicial officers for District Judge posts under Bar quotaThe Supreme Court is currently examining rules for appointing district judges. The core issue is whether judicial officers with prior exper...
23 Sep, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
Jharkhand raises reservations for SC, ST, others to 77 per centThe state cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, hiked the OBC reservation to 27 per cent from the present 14 per ce...
15 Sep, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Agnipath row: Centre announces incentives, offers talks as protests spread to more statesIn Bihar, where a bandh had been called, a railway station and a police vehicle were torched, an ambulance attacked and security personnel ...
18 Jun, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
Ladakhi leaders announce mass agitation to press for statehood; call for strike on December 6Both the Apex body and the KDA, which is a separate amalgam of socio-religious, political and youth organisations of Leh and Kargil distric...
13 Nov, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
Six ruling YSR Congress candidates elected unopposed to AP Legislative CouncilWhile five candidates were elected for a six-year term in the biennial elections under the MLAs quota, the sixth one was elected for a two-...
08 Mar, 2021, 08.22 PM IST
High Courts, states stay tepid to idea of judicial serviceWhile 8 states and 11 HCs are against the plan to create All India Judicial Service on the lines of IAS and IPS, 5 states and 6 HCs have de...
31 Dec, 2019, 07.56 AM IST
Higher income ceiling for OBC ‘creamy layer’?This income ceiling to weed out “creamy layer” has been a bone of contention for a long time.
24 Mar, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
OBC MPs likely to stage stir on creamy layer rowPresently, MPs and MLAs are not part of the creamy layer, and only direct recruits to Class I fall in the category excluded from quota bene...
09 Aug, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
IITs lower cut-offs for admissions, to admit students getting even 6% in entranceUnder the new formula, the IITs have admitted over 180 students (who scored above 31 and less than 62 marks) in the preparatory programme a...
14 Jul, 2015, 10.52 AM IST
Raise ‘creamy layer’ to Rs 10.5 lakh: OBC panelIf accepted, the recommendation to relax the salary bar for OBC reservations would bring more backward aspirants for central jobs and educa...
05 May, 2015, 10.22 AM IST
- Mayawati seeks quota for upper-caste poor, Muslims
UP chief minister Mayawati shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking quota for poor members of the upper castes.
19 Sep, 2011, 11.59 AM IST
- US to free 5.5 lakh job-based green cards
The US Congress is going to take measure to 'recapture' unused employment based immigration visas from 1997 to 2007. Handling employee exit...
11 Sep, 2008, 12.30 PM IST
- Brinda joins women's quota committee
It will almost be a women versus men battle in the Parliamentary panel examining the women’s reservation bill. The latest to join the team ...
21 May, 2008, 02.40 AM IST