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Today's Congress Legislature Party meet to name DK Shivakumar as Karnataka Chief MinisterBengaluru Congress leaders meet Saturday to choose their new chief. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is already discussing cabinet appoi...
Maratha quota issue: Jarange warns of fresh agitation from May 30Manoj Jarange, a Maratha quota activist, will begin an indefinite hunger strike on May 30. He has set a May 29 deadline for the Maharashtra...
Cabinet panel discussing Maratha quota; will find constitutionally valid solution, says CM FadnavisActivist Manoj Jarange's hunger strike for Maratha reservation in Mumbai prompted a response from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who sta...
BJP issues three-line whip to MP for OBC Committee election on August 19"All members of BJP in Rajya Sabha are, therefore, requested to be positively cast their vote on Tuesday, the 19th August, in favour of the...
Need of the hour to revise creamy layer income ceiling for OBCs: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel urges revising the OBC creamy layer income ceiling, last updated in 2017, to include more eligible families due to in...
Parliamentary panel urges Centre to boost SC, ST & OBC scholarshipsA parliamentary panel directs the Centre to enhance and review scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes due to insuffic...
From performance of Jal Jeevan mission to policy on OBCs, Parliamentary panels get down to workKey parliamentary committees in New Delhi have begun addressing issues such as reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in pub...
Congress' Venugopal to head PAC, 4 newly formed panels go to BJPSenior Congress leader K C Venugopal has been appointed as the head of the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which monitors gov...
Lok Sabha speaker constitutes six new parliamentary committees for 2024-25The Lok Sabha speaker named leaders for six new Parliamentary Committees, including Ganesh Singh, Dr. Faggan Singh Kulaste, Baijyant Panda,...
Key parliamentary panels constituted without electionsKey parliamentary panels, including the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), have been formed through consensus rather than elections this term...
Congress 2024 Lok Sabha gambit: SC-ST-OBC quota in higher judiciary, private sectorThe party, which struggled to position itself since the Mandal-Kamandal political play, now appears making an overdrive to woo the socially...
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan likely to expand ministryOn Monday, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, home minister Narottam Mishra, state BJP president VD Sharma, state BJP gen...
Parliamentary panel and social justice ministry bring OBC count back on table for Census 2021The parliamentary standing committee on welfare of OBCs in a recent meeting recommended that a headcount of OBCs be conducted in the upcomi...
'Wealth test' tweak to help determine OBC creamy layer?"Creamy layer" is the section of backward castes which is considered economically advanced and ineligible for reservations.
Uttar Pradesh panel suggests just 7% quota for Yadavs, KurmisThe committee in its report submitted with the UP government has given maximum mileage to More Backward Caste including Lodh, Kushwaha and ...
Parliamentary panel on welfare of OBCs to examine concept of creamy layer in employment for SC/STsThe Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes headed by Lok Sabha member Ganesh Singh is currently examining the subject.
Parliamentary panel urges health ministry to ensure 27% OBC reservations in Central Medical InstitutesCommittee also said that the Health Ministry should explore the possibility and feasibility of providing free coaching and other incentives...
Parliamentary forum seeks separate ministry for OBC welfareA parliamentary forum has sought a separate ministry for the welfare of OBCs and constitutional powers for the National Commission for Back...
Constitutional status to NCBC under consideration: GovernmentIn reply to a question, Krishan Pal Gurjar said the proposal to give constitutional status to NCBC is in process in the ministry.
- Khurshid to first focus on empowerment of Muslims
The minister of state for minority affairs Salman Khurshid would rather concentrate on measures that would lead to 'first-generation empowe...