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MBMC mayor lands in caste certificate row

The District Caste Committee (Mumbai) heard both the parties on Monday and will pronounce its decision before February...

7 Feb 2018 6:25 AM IST

$\If the saffron party does not implement the recommendations of the Social Justice Committee by February 24, then our path would be separate, and subsequently, we will contest all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state,\ says Arun Rajbhar, general secretary of SBSP. (Photo: SBSP Website)$ India

Lok Sabha polls: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party threatens to join...

Backward classes account for about 44 per cent of the electorate in UP and play a crucial role in making political...

10 Feb 2019 4:20 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

SC declines to hear plea for increasing reservation for Muslims in...

A trust had sought direction to state govt to revise backward community list in accordance with Kerala State Backward...

1 July 2019 6:26 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

SC to hear pleas challenging 10% reservation to general category on...

A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde will decide whether interim order should be passed to stay its implementation.

1 July 2019 3:21 PM IST

Following a disciplined financial approach would not only help inavailing loan, it can also help manage expenses better. (Representational image)

Loans on offer to COVID-19-affected Schedule Castes and Backward Class...

The money will be paid through the NBCFDC and the NSFDC

18 Jun 2021 10:22 AM IST

Students raised slogans at the TISS campus.

TISS protest enters 13th day

P.K. Shahjahan, Dean of Students' Affairs of TISS, confirmed to this newspaper that all the fees of SC, ST and OBC had...

6 March 2018 3:43 AM IST

Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union minister

New twist hits BJP dalit outreach

Minister seeks quotas even for contract staff, outsourced services.

9 May 2018 1:51 AM IST

The bill, passed by Lok Sabha on March 15, was passed by the Rajya Sabha after Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu held a meeting of leaders of Opposition parties, who had been protesting on various issues, resulting in adjournment of the Upper House. (Photo: File)

Lok Sabha passes bill to give OBC panel statutory status

All 406 members present in the House voted in favour after a five-hour debate.

3 Aug 2018 12:46 AM IST

The dropped clause pertains to the insertion of a new article 338B about the constitution and powers of the National Commission for Backward Classes. (Photo: PTI)

Govt faces embarrassment in RS over backward classes bill

Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017, for setting up of National Commission for Backward Classes, was passed after...

1 Aug 2017 9:38 AM IST

The main demand is to get justice for the victim of Kopardi rape case and reservation for the Maratha community.

Maratha Kranti Morcha will be held on August 9

The first rally of the community was held last year after a Maratha girl was raped and brutally killed in Kopardi.

6 Aug 2017 1:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, L K Advani, Amit Shah and Arun Jeitley at partys national executive meet in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: AP)

More inclusiveness is necessary for backward Muslims: Modi

The national executive meeting focused on the government schemes for poor and party should only be working towards the...

16 April 2017 5:04 PM IST