The demand for Maratha reservation was not raised after the Mandal commission submitted its report in 1980.

The olive branch for upper castes gained currency in the late 1970s when OBC power began to assert itself and satraps felt a need to assuag...

With the upper caste backlash over the government's aggressive pro-Dalit measures roiling the politics, will BJP execute the radical measur...

The move comes more than a decade after the SC ruled that it was up to the state governments to decide on promotions for SCs and STs.

FM Jaitley said the initiative, coupled with other moves, like subcategorisation of OBCs and hike in salary bar, were aimed at better targe...

The 123rd Constitution amendment bill makes a radical departure from the National Commission for Backward Classes Act (1993) that it seeks ...

There is much to cheer about for OBC employees of private sector and autonomous bodies/universities over Mandal reservations.

The Bihar polls are framed as the conventional 'Mandal vs Kamandal' battle, a rewind to the 1990s when OBCs and Hindutva forces battled for...

BJP president Amit Shah today accused him of speaking a "blatant lie" and insisted his party always supported the reservation policy and wa...

National Commission for Backward Classes had argued that subdivision would ensure equitable distribution of Mandal reservations.

NCBC seeks to divide the central list into three groups with each group getting a 27 per cent of reservation, ensuring that the deserving c...

A meeting of the Union Cabinet is expected to be called ahead of EC’s announcement of the schedule for polls in UP and four other states to...

The Supreme Court has asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to revisit laws which provide for more than 50% reservation in jobs and education.

SC said 69% quota for jobs & admission should continue for 1 year.

Even as UPA constituents such as RJD, DMK and PMK are publicly arraigned against exclusion of creamy layer from OBC quota in higher educati...

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) can go ahead with the long-delayed announcement of their admission lists.

In a clear indication that the government might not easily give in to demands of quota votaries for an OBC head count, the Congress on Mond...