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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said the government will consult all political parties to decide the next course of action based on the data. (File Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Caste census: No excuse now for not having data

The survey will also have its reflection on the country's political landscape in the current scenario

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said the government will consult all political parties to decide the next course of action based on the data. (File Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | It's time for a consensus on national caste census

The fear is that there can be no limit on reservation once the ceiling is lifted

9 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act 2019, that came into force from Monday, provides for a 10 per cent additional reservation for those not eligible earlier. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the bill within a week. So compelling were the provisions an inclusive agenda for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and explicit exclusion of the well-off that all parties were agreed a rare but welcome show of national consensus. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others

Home minister Amit Shah backed Karnataka government's decision saying it was scrapped because it was constitutionally...

28 March 2023 12:11 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is playing a wait-and-watch game over the thorny issue of allowing reservation in promotions of government employees.

Uttar Pradesh BJP in dilemma over quota in promotions

The Sarvjan Hitya Sanrakshan Samiti is vehemently opposed to quota in promotion.

28 Aug 2018 6:20 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Reservation needs to continue, says Rajnath Singh

He said that a pilot project of this system had already been started and will also be used in Assam.

25 Sept 2018 5:22 AM IST

Cyber swindlers in police net

Cyber swindlers in police net

The cyber wing of the Mumbai police has arrested two people in two different cases in a fraud case.

22 Feb 2013 1:01 PM IST

The Bombay high court

Maratha reservation: Bombay HC seeks govt's stand

The court was hearing pleas challenging the previous Cong-NCP govt's decision to grant 16% reservation to the Maratha...

3 May 2017 9:03 AM IST

Jat community members stage a protest demanding reservation in OBC quota near Atul Kataria chowk in Gurugram on Sunday.(Photo: PTI)

Haryana: Jats begin protest again for reservations, demonstrations...

Section 144 has already been imposed in sensitive districts including Rohtak, Sonipat, Jhajjar amidst others as a...

29 Jan 2017 7:01 PM IST

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Help those in need, but avoid quotas

The affirmative action required should improve their capabilities as well as respect their self-confidence.

4 July 2017 5:43 AM IST

The counsel added that the state government cannot do so without enacting a law. (Representational image)

Bombay HC nod for unaided medical colleges to conduct admission

70 per cent seats would be reserved for sons of the soil while the remaining could be given to outsiders.

15 May 2017 2:30 AM IST

Jat leader Yashpal Malik addresses the community members agitating for reservation in Hisar on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Jat reservation quota stir reaches Delhi, thousands descend upon...

Community members will submit a memorandum on the quota issue to the President and the Prime Minister and take out a...

2 March 2017 1:17 PM IST

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Seats for all who seek?

As a plus two graduated boy's Facebook post on reservation goes viral, we present a few varying ideas on the issue.

20 July 2017 12:26 AM IST