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Prakash Ambedkar

Ambedkar opposes demand for Maratha quota from OBC category

Mumbai: While Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil is firm on his demand of reservation for Marathas in the Other...

7 Aug 2024 6:20 PM

Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel. (Photo: File)

Hardik Patel may enter a low phase

Ganesha has analysed Hardik's horoscope to know what the future holds for him.

29 Oct 2017 12:32 AM

Devendra Fadnavis

OBC leaders meet CM, seek clarification

They expressed the view that SEBC and OBC carried the same meaning and that would create further confusion.

27 Nov 2018 7:37 PM

Chandrakant Patil

Muslim quota not possible, says Chandrakant Patil

Patil said that the govt is ready to include more Muslim castes if needed.

26 Nov 2018 6:55 PM

Mr Ambedkar claimed that the state does not have the right to provide reservation beyond 50 per cent.

State opposes plea against OBC quota

The state also asked why the petitioner had approached the court 25 years after the reservation was granted to OBCs.

21 Jan 2019 8:43 PM

Mr Patil, one of the petitioners who are in support of Maratha reservation, mentioned the petition on Monday before a division bench headed by Justice B.P. Dharmadhikari and Justice S.V. Kotwal seeking an urgent hearing. (Representational image)

Plea challenging 32 per cent OBC quota filed in court

The petition stated that according to a government survey, 41 per cent of state employees belonged to the OBC community.

20 Dec 2018 7:53 PM

Om Prakash Rajbhar

Village reveres Om Prakash Rajbhar as deity, sings hymns to him

Om Prakash Rajbhar has a religious hymn called 'Om Prakash Chalisa' composed in his honour.

8 Aug 2018 7:55 PM

Seven candidates selected for the fellowship will be PhD students.

OBC scholarship scheme announced

Seven candidates selected for the fellowship will be PhD students while the rest will be degree or diploma students.

21 Aug 2018 9:19 PM

Activists holding photographs of Indian student Rohith Vemula. (Photo: AP)

Rohith Vemula not a Dalit, certificate false, says AP govt

Guntur District Collector has also served a notice to Vemula's mother inquiring how she can prove that she is in fact of...

14 Feb 2017 7:18 AM

The bill, which amends the Enemy Property Act, 1968, was passed by voice vote in the Lok Sabha, incorporating the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha last week.

Centre moves bill in Lok Sabha for new commission for OBCs

Modi govt wants new body on the lines of SC/ST commissions.

5 April 2017 8:55 PM

The five castes were included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list in 1994. After the state cabinets decision they can now seek benefits in educational institutions and job opportunities. (Photo: PTI)

5 castes to get 1 per cent reservation within legal limit in Rajasthan

Gujjar/Gurjar, Banjara/Baldia/Labana, Gadia-Lohar/Gadalia, Raika/Rebari and Gadaria are the communities to be benefited.

22 Dec 2017 8:38 AM

The BJP had romped home to victory in the Assembly elections in Assam, the Saturday bypolls will show peoples mood after demonetisation.

Ahead of polls, 15 new castes on OBCs' list

Out of these 28, 15 were new entries, nine were synonyms or sub-castes of castes already in the list while four were...

30 Nov 2016 7:57 PM