Bengal's BJP govt to implement 7th Pay Commission, free travel & Annapurna Bhandar for womenWest Bengal's new BJP government, under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has approved the 7th Pay Commission for state employees to bridge ...
18 May, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath's caste recalibration: BJP expands cabinet to reclaim UP’s social coalition before 2027 pollsYogi Adityanath Cabinet Expansion 2026: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion is a clear political signal. The B...
12 May, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
Bihar cabinet expansion: Nitish's son Nishant gets health ministry as NDA inducts 32 ministersBihar's Samrat Choudhary government expanded its cabinet with 35 ministers. The ceremony took place at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Governor Sye...
08 May, 2026, 02.36 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
'KCR isn't same anymore, power corrupted him': K Kavitha launches her new party 'Telangana Rashtra Sena'Kalvakuntla Kavitha has launched a new political party, Telangana Rashtra Sena, in Hyderabad. She aims to fulfill the unachieved dreams of ...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
'They thought BJP would get credit': Om Prakash Rajbhar accuses Akhilesh Yadav of "lying" on women's reservation billUttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar accused Akhilesh Yadav of lying about women's reservation, claiming the Samajwadi Party opposed t...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.48 PM IST
Minority drift may reverse as SIR, UCC, AIMIM-AJUP collapse could strengthen TMC's Muslim fortressRecent developments, including significant voter list deletions and the BJP's UCC promise, have seemingly reversed a potential drift in the...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
'Anti-national act': Rahul Gandhi alleges quota bill a covert bid to redraw India's electoral mapRahul Gandhi strongly criticized the government's women's reservation bill in Lok Sabha. He called it an anti-national move designed to alt...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.08 AM 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
50% Congress posts for youth, SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities and womenThe plenary also decided to confer permanence in CWC for former presidents and prime ministers, paving the way for Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gand...
25 Feb, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Congress prefers 'minority politics' to OBC welfare: BJPCongress had yesterday stalled in the Upper House a bill to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission, by pushing for amendments, ...
01 Aug, 2017, 08.09 PM IST
Congress, SP and BSP join hands in Rajya SabhaThe move appeared to be a ploy by the opposition to put the BJP government on the back foot over the issue of its commitments towards Dalit...
28 Mar, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
- Supreme Court refuses to stay Andhra HC OBC sub-quota verdict again
The Supreme Court refused, yet again, to stay the AP high court order quashing the creation of a 4.5% sub-quota for minorities within the O...
14 Jun, 2012, 03.26 AM IST
Supreme Court refuses stay on Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing sub-quota, issues noticesThe bench said it was not inclined to stay the high court order and noted that there was ambiguity in the calculation for carving out sub-q...
13 Jun, 2012, 03.41 PM IST
- IIT-JEE 2012 to implement Andhra Pradesh High Court's decision
The Andhra Pradesh High Court's decision to strike down the 4.5% sub-quota for minorities within OBC reservation for IIT-JEE will be implem...
31 May, 2012, 09.06 PM IST
- 4.5 sub-quota for OBCs among minorities: Salman Khurshid
Only backward sections of the minorities will be entitled to 4.5 per cent reservation within 27 per cent quota for OBCs.
28 Dec, 2011, 07.08 PM IST
- 4% minorities quota may kick in from January 1
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...
22 Dec, 2011, 07.16 AM IST