Congress did not implement Mandal commission report, says BSP chief Mayawati in TelanganaAddressing an election rally at Peddapalli in Telangana, Mayawati recalled that those from most backward class had sought reservation benef...
23 Nov, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
"Rajiv Gandhi was against implementation of Mandal commission report": Amit ShahTargetting Congress over its stand on the reports of the Mandal Commission, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that former Pri...
13 Nov, 2023, 08.15 PM IST
Congress opposed caste census, Mandal Commission report, BJP taking same path, says Akhilesh YadavYadav said his party was in favour of caste census, 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes, and a scheme for women better than ...
05 Nov, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
How Jamtara scamsters pocketed Rs 1.5 lakh everyday through credit card fraudsIn Jamtara, India's cybercrime hotspot, a gang member was found to be making between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh daily through credit card fr...
15 Sep, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Why did Maratha community not agitate for quota in the past: HCThe demand for Maratha reservation was not raised after the Mandal commission submitted its report in 1980.
28 Feb, 2019, 06.32 PM IST
Wary of opening new front, govt sitting on OBC report?With the upper caste backlash over the government's aggressive pro-Dalit measures roiling the politics, will BJP execute the radical measur...
28 Sep, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi faces no real challenge in 2019: Ram Vilas PaswanThe Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union minister mocked opposition parties, saying they should start concentrating on the parliamentary pol...
25 Aug, 2018, 06.41 PM IST
Government to do away with weeding out 'forwards' among OBCs?The 123rd Constitution amendment bill makes a radical departure from the National Commission for Backward Classes Act (1993) that it seeks ...
07 Apr, 2017, 07.42 AM IST
20 years after Mandal commission report, less than 12% OBCs in central government jobsGoing by the data available, under the group A, B,C and D category of employees, out of 79,483 posts, there are only 9,040 OBC staff.
26 Dec, 2015, 08.56 AM IST
Ready to be "hanged" to prevent scrapping of quotas: Lalu Prasad YadavRJD chief Lalu Prasad today said he is ready to be "hanged" but will not allow BJP and RSS to scrap quotas for the backwards and dalits.
30 Sep, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
People looking at Narendra Modi as a joke now, says Lalu PrasadLaunching a counter-offensive against the scathing remarks by the PM on him, RJD president Lalu Prasad has accused Modi of lowering the sta...
10 Aug, 2015, 04.44 AM IST
'Mandal Train' is moving: Lalu Prasad"It was a combined 45 per cent. The BJP would not have been in the picture had they fought (in alliance)," Prasad claimed.
14 Jul, 2014, 11.07 PM IST
Lalu Prasad hints at contesting Bihar Assembly poll with JD(U)"If the vote share of both RJD and JD(U) in the recent Parliamentary poll in the state is combined it will go up to 45% which will be enoug...
05 Jul, 2014, 08.16 PM IST
Sharad Yadav humbled in Madhepura by Pappu YadavJD(U) President Sharad Yadav suffered defeat at the hands of RJD's Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav by 56,209 votes in Madhepura Lok Sabha s...
26 May, 2014, 10.36 AM IST
BJP’s Dalit Morcha cites encounters between BR Ambedkar and MS GolwalkarIn his lifetime, BR Ambedkar’s hatred for caste system was well documented and is reflected in India’s liberal Constitution he framed.
27 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- First unit of Koderma Thermal Power commissioned
Power generation from the first 500 MW unit of the Damodar Valley Corporation's Koderma Thermal Power Station was started at Banjhedih.
04 Nov, 2012, 11.30 PM IST
- PMK for ordinance to take backward quota forward
Quota enthusiasts in the ruling side appears determined to force their agenda on the Manmohan Singh government.
27 Jun, 2006, 12.04 AM IST