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Additional 6% Quota For Most Backward Castes Among OBCs In Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government will provide six per cent reservation to Most Backward Castes among the OBCs, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday.
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Top Court Dismisses Plea Against 5% Quota To Gujjars, Others In Rajasthan
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the grant of 5 per cent quota to Gujjars and four other castes in jobs and educational institutions in Rajasthan through a law amendment in February.
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Maoists Want Urban, Savvy Intellectuals To Fill Its Second-Rung: Report
The CPI (Maoist) is looking for urban and intellectual youths to overcome its leadership crisis and educate their ground-level cadres, including tribals and Scheduled Castes, a politburo member of the banned outfit has said.
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In Supreme Court, Centre's Strong Pitch For SC/ST Quota In Promotions
Affirmative action will be illusory if government employees from most backward communities - scheduled caste and scheduled tribes - are not given reservations in promotions, the centre's top law officer KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Friday. Mr Venugopal said SC/ST employees were presumed to be backward due to more than thousand years of de...
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In His "Last Election", Siddaramaiah's Biggest Beneficiaries Ditch Him
The free fall of the Congress in Karnataka - it slid yesterday from 122 to 78 seats - was caused largely because it failed to improve its standing among the state's most backward castes despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah focusing on them through schemes that provided free milk to students and free grain to the poorest families.
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50 IIT Alumni Quit Jobs To Form Bahujan Azad Party, Declare Mission Statement
A group of 50 alumni from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country have quit their jobs to form a political party to fight for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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5 Supreme Court Judges To Revisit An Important Verdict On Reservation
Five judges of the Supreme Court will decide whether the most backward of castes -- scheduled caste and tribes (SC/ST), should be guaranteed a share of promotions in government jobs
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: The BJP's Strategy For 102 Seats In Eastern UP
UP's most backward castes could decide the election results in the eastern part of the state
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Congress Promises Quota For Uttar Pradesh's Most Backward Classes
Congress today announced that if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will implement reservation for the most backward classes from the existing 27 per cent quota for other backward castes (OBCs).
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In Mirzapur, 21 Families Rescued From Bondage
Twenty-one families working as bonded labourers in a brick kiln of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, barely 100 km from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, were rescued today by activists and the labour department. The families - all of them from Bihar's Gaya, are Mushahars, one of the most backward castes, to which Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram M...
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Lalu Prasad's party releases Lok Sabha Poll manifesto; tries to woo minorities
In an attempt to woo its traditional vote bank including the minority community and people belonging to backward and most backward castes, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today went all out in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto promising a plethora of initiatives for them.
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Supreme Court says OBC eligibility can be at most 10 per cent less than general category
The Supreme Court today held that the minimum eligibility percentage for admission in central universities for OBC category should be at most 10 per cent less than that of general category students.
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Additional 6% Quota For Most Backward Castes Among OBCs In Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government will provide six per cent reservation to Most Backward Castes among the OBCs, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday.
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Top Court Dismisses Plea Against 5% Quota To Gujjars, Others In Rajasthan
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the grant of 5 per cent quota to Gujjars and four other castes in jobs and educational institutions in Rajasthan through a law amendment in February.
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Maoists Want Urban, Savvy Intellectuals To Fill Its Second-Rung: Report
The CPI (Maoist) is looking for urban and intellectual youths to overcome its leadership crisis and educate their ground-level cadres, including tribals and Scheduled Castes, a politburo member of the banned outfit has said.
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In Supreme Court, Centre's Strong Pitch For SC/ST Quota In Promotions
Affirmative action will be illusory if government employees from most backward communities - scheduled caste and scheduled tribes - are not given reservations in promotions, the centre's top law officer KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Friday. Mr Venugopal said SC/ST employees were presumed to be backward due to more than thousand years of de...
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In His "Last Election", Siddaramaiah's Biggest Beneficiaries Ditch Him
The free fall of the Congress in Karnataka - it slid yesterday from 122 to 78 seats - was caused largely because it failed to improve its standing among the state's most backward castes despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah focusing on them through schemes that provided free milk to students and free grain to the poorest families.
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50 IIT Alumni Quit Jobs To Form Bahujan Azad Party, Declare Mission Statement
A group of 50 alumni from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country have quit their jobs to form a political party to fight for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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5 Supreme Court Judges To Revisit An Important Verdict On Reservation
Five judges of the Supreme Court will decide whether the most backward of castes -- scheduled caste and tribes (SC/ST), should be guaranteed a share of promotions in government jobs
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: The BJP's Strategy For 102 Seats In Eastern UP
UP's most backward castes could decide the election results in the eastern part of the state
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Congress Promises Quota For Uttar Pradesh's Most Backward Classes
Congress today announced that if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will implement reservation for the most backward classes from the existing 27 per cent quota for other backward castes (OBCs).
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In Mirzapur, 21 Families Rescued From Bondage
Twenty-one families working as bonded labourers in a brick kiln of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, barely 100 km from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, were rescued today by activists and the labour department. The families - all of them from Bihar's Gaya, are Mushahars, one of the most backward castes, to which Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram M...
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Lalu Prasad's party releases Lok Sabha Poll manifesto; tries to woo minorities
In an attempt to woo its traditional vote bank including the minority community and people belonging to backward and most backward castes, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today went all out in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto promising a plethora of initiatives for them.
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Supreme Court says OBC eligibility can be at most 10 per cent less than general category
The Supreme Court today held that the minimum eligibility percentage for admission in central universities for OBC category should be at most 10 per cent less than that of general category students.
