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- India
UP: One booked for objectionable social media post on PM
Pilibhit: Police in Pilibhit district have registered a case against a youth for allegedly disturbing communal harmony by posting an allegedly edited, objectionable photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt begins enumeration of Scheduled Castes to collect empirical data
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the enumeration of Scheduled Castes started on Monday, which will go on till May 17. The second phase of the exercise will be held between May…
- India
West Bengal govt seeks SC stay on HC verdict striking down OBC status of several castes
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court of its appeal against the Calcutta High Court verdict striking down the OBC status of several…
- India
Akhilesh Yadav asks party leaders to focus on PDA
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has decided to focus on its ‘PDA’ formula, even if it means ignoring upper caste voters. PDA is an acronym coined by the SP for ‘Pichhde (backward…
- India
Akhilesh faces flak from upper castes, PDA camps
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is caught in a bind. His strategy on OBCs, Dalits and minorities, has backfired badly with both upper castes and the PDA sections of society mounting…
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Backward Castes are on the rise; what would be fate of Rohini Commission report in Bihar?
The biggest challenge with most of the Extremely Backward Castes—whose votes political parties are eying on at the national and state levels—is that the occupations to which they are traditionally linked to…
- India
BJP goes all out to woo sub-castes; SP gives PDA an entirely new spin
Lucknow: With the Lok Sabha elections approaching, the caste cauldron, as always, is on the boil in Uttar Pradesh — the only difference being that from caste it has gone on to…
