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JDU changed stand on CAB after backlash over opposing 370Some senior leaders such as Prashant Kishor, KC Tyagi and Pavan Verma seem to be unhappy over the party announcing support to the CAB in th...11 Dec, 2019, 08.15 AM IST- Government may issue Ordinance to restore SC/ST faculty quota in UniversitiesOrdinance is set to be taken up on March 6, when the Union Cabinet meets possibly for the last time to clear projects04 Mar, 2019, 11.30 PM IST
- Why a quota on economic grounds never took offThe 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...08 Jan, 2019, 10.20 AM 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
- It’s all lies, says Modi on opposition charges against governmentDelivering the valedictory address at the BJP National Executive Meeting here, Modi also referred to the SC/ST Act amendment issue and the ...10 Sep, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
- Aspirations, as Dalits martial memoriesAn East Indian Company force comprising, among others, ‘untouchable’ Mahars, who had forced a division of the Peshwa’s army to retreat.04 Jan, 2018, 07.30 AM IST
- Congress to woo Brahmins in UP election gambitCongress' outreach indicates that Brahmin grievance can go mainstream, akin to the surprising demand for OBC status from socially dominant ...05 Sep, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
- 9-day ritual to purify temple 'corrupted' by DalitsAlmost 100 villagers converged at Doon hospital on Sunday where their leader Daulat Kunwar is admitted and said they will not return to the...23 May, 2016, 08.25 AM IST
- Can Nitish Kumar's 'sushasan' be squared with Lalu Prasad's 'Mandal bomb'?Underlying the Lalu-Nitish marriage of convenience is BJP's unexpected ascendancy in a state where it had been a junior partner for nearly ...06 Sep, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
- Socio-economic caste census: Numbers not being revealed to hide upper caste dominance in governance?Upper castes have been running govts for so long that they don’t want the data to finally proclaim that the Indian democracy is not represe...12 Jul, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
- BJP’s new poll calculus in UP will upset its upper caste baseNarendra Modi may still strike gold, but not necessarily because he got his caste-based poll arithmetic right.31 Mar, 2014, 11.53 AM IST
- BJP section unhappy over party’s support to Promotions Quota BillMurli Manohar Joshi said the bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha under pressure from Mayawati, is a source of concern among upper castes and OB...19 Dec, 2012, 03.22 AM IST
- Debate on upper caste quota takes offThe UPA is set to face a contentious demand for reservations for poor among upper castes, as it assesses impact of the OBC quota verdict fo...12 Apr, 2008, 03.48 AM IST
- Cong, BJP back quota for upper castesThe Congress and the BJP, which were routed in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh polls on account of aggressive wooing of the upper castes b...18 May, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
- Dalit killings continue to haunt Congress, NCPThe gory killings of four members of a Dalit family in Khairlanji of Bhandara district in Vidarbha in September do not augur well for the C...13 Nov, 2006, 01.47 AM IST
- Quota champions to girdle up for fresh battle over Moily reportWith the Oversight Committee headed by Veerappa Moily suggesting a staggered implementation of the OBC quota, the stage is set for a fresh ...31 Jul, 2006, 02.38 AM IST
- Quota may backfire on Cong in PunjabOrdinarily, the quota debate in the BJP and divergent perceptions in the saffron camp over the issue, should have been a cause of relief fo...03 Jun, 2006, 12.14 AM IST
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