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- Telangana
Telangana local body elections: Govt passes order for 42 PC BC reservation
Hyderabad: Nearly a month after the Telangana cabinet deciding to implement 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BC), the state government on Friday, September 26, passed an order to implement it in…
- Telangana
Telangana BC quota: KTR challenges Revanth Reddy to sit on hunger strike
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday challenged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to sit on hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to…
- Telangana
Telangana govt invites applications under BC overseas scholarship program
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday, August 20, invited applications under the Mahatma Jyothiba Phule BC Overseas Vidya Nidhi program, which provides financial assistance for backward and economically backward students to pursue…
- Telangana
BC reservations: Telangana BJP leaders protest quota for minorities
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday, August 2, lashed out at the Congress party, accusing it of “hypocrisy and playing politics” over the 42 percent reservation promise for Backwards Classes…
- Hyderabad
Will establish Phule Knowledge Centre in Hyderabad: Dy CM
Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka has announced that efforts will be made to establish a Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Knowledge Centre in Hyderabad. He also reiterated the state government’s commitment to…
- Telangana
Telangana govt sincere about BC reservations: Ponnam Prabhakar
Hyderabad: Telangana BC Welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar has reiterated that the Congress government remains “sincere and committed” regarding reservations for Backward Classes (BCs). Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday, June…
- Telangana
Telangana: Kavitha seeks 42 pc BC reservation, Rail Roko on July 17
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Sunday, June 22, sought a 42 percent reservation of Backward Classes (BC) in Telangana and announced to go on a rail roko protest…
- India
Backwardness only benchmark to decide OBC status, not religion: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday told the state Assembly that backwardness is the only benchmark to decide the OBC status of people. Maintaining that a disinformation campaign is…
- Telangana
Rahul to join protest in Delhi seeking Telangana BC quota bill
Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend a protest organised by the Backward Classes (BC) associations from Telangana at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday, party sources said. The protest is in…
- Telangana
Communities appeal to Telangana BC Panel for new caste names
Hyderabad: The Dommari and Pichakuntla communities have appealed to the Telangana Backward Classes (BC) Commission to consider changing their caste names, citing discomfort and negative societal perceptions associated with their current identities.…
- Telangana
Telangana HC seeks details on SC guidelines for BC quota in local bodies
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday, March 5 sought details regarding Supreme Court guidelines for Backward Classes (BC) quota in local bodies. A bench comprising chief justice Sujoy Paul and justice…
- Telangana
29 minority communities getting BC quota in BJP ruled states: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, February 24 said that 29 Muslim communities are getting reservations under Backward Classes in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states. He stated that…