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'If Parents Are IAS Officers, Why Reservation For Their Children?': Supreme Court
Before the case reached the Supreme Court, the authorities noted that both parents were government employees and that their combined income exceeded the prescribed creamy layer threshold
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56% OBCs Stand When Upper Castes Pass: Madhya Pradesh To Court In Quota Case
The Madhya Pradesh government's affidavit in the Supreme Court in the OBC reservation opens with a contradiction
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Daily Hearings In Madhya Pradesh's OBC Quota Case And Its Big Complications
The Supreme Court will begin day-to-day hearings on Madhya Pradesh's move to grant 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes or OBCs. The hearings will begin on October 8.
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Himachal Cabinet Okays OBC Quota In Urban Local Body Elections
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday decided to introduce reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Urban Local Bodies in the upcoming elections and gave nod to operation of lotteries in the state.
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Maharashtra BJP Chief's Big Dare To Opposition Over Maratha Reservations
Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi
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Telangana Plans To Increase Backward Class Quota For Local Body Polls
The Telangana government plans to increase the quota of backward classes in the upcoming local body elections.
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"Resigned As Minister In November, Kept Quiet Because...": Maharashtra MLA Chhagan Bhujbal
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has accused the state government of facilitating the backdoor entry of the Maratha community into the OBC quota, on Saturday disclosed that he had tendered his resignation from the state cabinet last November
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Women's Reservation Bill Incomplete Without OBC Quota: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.
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Very Disappointed There Is No OBC Quota In Women Bill: BJP's Uma Bharti
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Gujarat BJP Cheers Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies
The Gujarat government's decision to provide a 27 per cent reservation to Other Backward Classes in local self-governing bodies evoked a mixed reaction on Tuesday.
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Ashok Gehlot Raises OBC Quota, Says In Favour Of Caste Census In Rajasthan
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday that his government is in favor of conducting a caste census and will be moving towards raising the OBC quota by 6% from 21% to 27%.
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Congress Accuses Gujarat Government Of Sitting On OBC Panel Report
The Congress today sought Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat's intervention alleging the government is purposely sitting on the report of a panel looking into the nature and implications of backwardness in local bodies,
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Opinion: Can Hindutva Replace Old Social Coalitions In Karnataka?
The Karnataka cabinet's decision to remove four per cent reservations in jobs and educational institutions for Muslims under the OBC quota and shifting them to a different pool is seen as a decisive attempt by the BJP.
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Big Relief For Yogi Adityanath Government On Reservation In Local Polls
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.
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'If Parents Are IAS Officers, Why Reservation For Their Children?': Supreme Court
Before the case reached the Supreme Court, the authorities noted that both parents were government employees and that their combined income exceeded the prescribed creamy layer threshold
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56% OBCs Stand When Upper Castes Pass: Madhya Pradesh To Court In Quota Case
The Madhya Pradesh government's affidavit in the Supreme Court in the OBC reservation opens with a contradiction
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Daily Hearings In Madhya Pradesh's OBC Quota Case And Its Big Complications
The Supreme Court will begin day-to-day hearings on Madhya Pradesh's move to grant 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes or OBCs. The hearings will begin on October 8.
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Himachal Cabinet Okays OBC Quota In Urban Local Body Elections
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday decided to introduce reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Urban Local Bodies in the upcoming elections and gave nod to operation of lotteries in the state.
-
Maharashtra BJP Chief's Big Dare To Opposition Over Maratha Reservations
Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi
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Telangana Plans To Increase Backward Class Quota For Local Body Polls
The Telangana government plans to increase the quota of backward classes in the upcoming local body elections.
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"Resigned As Minister In November, Kept Quiet Because...": Maharashtra MLA Chhagan Bhujbal
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has accused the state government of facilitating the backdoor entry of the Maratha community into the OBC quota, on Saturday disclosed that he had tendered his resignation from the state cabinet last November
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Women's Reservation Bill Incomplete Without OBC Quota: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.
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Very Disappointed There Is No OBC Quota In Women Bill: BJP's Uma Bharti
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Gujarat BJP Cheers Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies
The Gujarat government's decision to provide a 27 per cent reservation to Other Backward Classes in local self-governing bodies evoked a mixed reaction on Tuesday.
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Ashok Gehlot Raises OBC Quota, Says In Favour Of Caste Census In Rajasthan
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday that his government is in favor of conducting a caste census and will be moving towards raising the OBC quota by 6% from 21% to 27%.
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Congress Accuses Gujarat Government Of Sitting On OBC Panel Report
The Congress today sought Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat's intervention alleging the government is purposely sitting on the report of a panel looking into the nature and implications of backwardness in local bodies,
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Opinion: Can Hindutva Replace Old Social Coalitions In Karnataka?
The Karnataka cabinet's decision to remove four per cent reservations in jobs and educational institutions for Muslims under the OBC quota and shifting them to a different pool is seen as a decisive attempt by the BJP.
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Big Relief For Yogi Adityanath Government On Reservation In Local Polls
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.
