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DU to reserve PG seats for single girl child from 2025 in gender equity pushDelhi University will extend its single girl child quota to postgraduate courses from the 2025-26 academic session, reserving one supernume...
Odisha approves 11.25% quota for socially, economically backwardThe Odisha cabinet has approved 11.25% reservation for Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) students in higher education, effect...
SC directs former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar to appear before Delhi Police on May 2The Supreme Court has instructed former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating in the civil services exam, to appear before Delh...
Delhi HC refuses anticipatory bail to Puja Khedkar in UPSC cheating caseThe Delhi High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar. Khedkar is accused of fraudulently using O...
Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail pleaThe Delhi High Court reserved its decision on Puja Khedkar's anticipatory bail plea. Khedkar, a dismissed IAS probationer, is accused of fr...
Delhi HC extends interim arrest protection for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar to Oct 4The Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar until October 4, 2024. The court adjo...
Centre discharges Puja Khedkar from Indian Administrative Service with immediate effectThe Centre has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect. Khedkar is accused of submitting forge...
One of Puja Khedkar's disability certificates may be forged: Police to Delhi HCThe Delhi Police informed the high court that former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar submitted two disability certificates, one of which may b...
Delhi High Court extends IAS 'fraudster' Puja Khedkar's interim protection from arrest till September 5The Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest for former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar until September 5. Khedkar faces a...
Mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar gets bail in criminal intimidation caseManorama Khedkar, mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was granted bail by a Pune court after completing 14 days in judi...
No wrongdoing found in issuance of locomotor disability certificate to Khedkar: Hospital authoritiesA recent internal probe by Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial (YCM) Hospital near Pune has determined that a seven per cent locomotor disability c...
Why are Bangladesh students protesting across the country against PM Sheikh Hasina?Violence in Bangladesh has left at least six dead and hundreds injured as students demand reforms to the quota system governing government ...
Arunachal govt to raise pension for differently abledVoicing regret over concerned government department's failure to fully implement the 5 per cent job quota for the disabled, the Chief Minis...
India's acid attack victims to get disability benefits soonThe move is in line with a December 2015 Supreme Court verdict which directed state governments to include acid attack victims in their dis...
Rs 2,000 crore for disabled in next four years: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said Rs 2,000 crore will be allocated for the welfare of disabled persons in the st...
Will grant 3% quota to persons with disabilities: Bihar to Supreme CourtBihar government told SC that it will provide three per cent quota to such applicants in appointment of 3,364 assistant professors in unive...
3% quota must for disabled in all government jobs including IAS: Supreme CourtThe bench, however, observed that appointment is a broader concept and the Centre is giving a narrow interpretation of it.
- Govt doubles old-age pension, expands its ambit
The expansion of the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pensions Scheme (IGNOAPS) would now include two crore widows and handicapped who are li...
- No caste-based reservation for handicapped, women: SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be caste-based reservations in special benefits provided to physically challenged persons.
- Quota for Dalit minorities sparks constitutional issues
The demand for extending reservation benefits to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims - which has remained dormant in the past few years - ha...