OBC
- India
UP: Father, son held for shaving, parading OBC man in Unnao
Lucknow: A father-son duo was apprehended in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, for publicly humiliating an Other Backward Class (OBC) man, shaving his head and parading him through the village over suspicion of stealing…
- Telangana
Telangana urges inclusion of 40 communities in Central OBC List
Hyderabad: Telangana Backward Classes Commission Chairman G Niranjan on Tuesday, August 11, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take expeditious steps to include 40 communities in the Central Other Backward Classes (OBC)…
- Bangalore
Ex-Mangalore University’s Waheeda Sultana dies from heart attack
Mangaluru: Dr Waheeda Sultana, a former professor of mass communication and journalism at Mangalore University and an eminent media academic, died due to a cardiac arrest in Mysuru on Thursday, August 6.…
- Hyderabad
Pass BC Bill before Budget Session or face Chalo Delhi: Kavitha
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief K Kavitha on Thursday, August 6, warned that her party would organise a “Chalo Delhi” rally with a thousand cars if the central government failed to pass…
- India
SP to bring bill seeking quota for OBC, Muslim women: Dharmendra Yadav
Budaun: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief whip and Azamgarh MP Dharmendra Yadav on Monday, April 20, said his party will introduce a private member’s bill in Parliament demanding separate reservation for OBC and…
- India
EWS can’t seek age relaxation, enhanced attempts: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that aspirants belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS) cannot claim parity with the SC/ST/OBC categories for seeking age relaxation or enhanced attempts in…
- Hyderabad
ACB books Alwal MeeSeva management after finding blank attested documents
Hyderabad: A case has been registered against the management of a MeeSeva Centre at Telangana’s Alwal city after the Anti-Corruption Bureau, during surprise inspections, found empty attested documents and certificates with notary…
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
- Telangana
50 pc of Telangana candidates who qualified UPSC are from OBC category
Hyderabad: The Telangana BC Commission, on Saturday, March 7, said 10 out of the 20 candidates from the state who emerged successful in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination…
- Telangana
Add 40 BC castes to central OBC list before Census: Telangana BC Commission
Hyderabad: The Telangana Backwards Classes (BC) Commission has written to the state Chief Secretary Rama Krishna Rao requesting to initiate action to include the list 40 BC caste communities that in the…
- Telangana
Nagarkurnool baby death: KTR demands murder charges against perpetrators
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday, February 25, strongly condemned the killing of a two-month-old infant during Kummera Mallanna Jatara in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district and demanded…
- India
What about other Muslim OBCs: SC on PIL seeking quota for Pasmanda
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, February 23, sought details of backward communities among Muslims while hearing a plea seeking quota in jobs and admissions under the Other Backward Classes (OBC)…
- India
JNUSU seeks VC’s resignation over ‘casteist’ remarks on UGC rules
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union on Friday, February 20, condemned what it described as “blatantly casteist statements” made allegedly by Vice Chancellor Shantisree Dhulipudi Pandit during a podcast about…
- India
SC sets aside HC order staying decision to shift HP OBC Commission from Shimla
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, February 9, set aside an interim order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court staying the decision of the state government to shift the OBC commission…
- India
Bengal SIR: OBC certificates issued after 2010 invalid for hearings, says ECI
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates issued by the West Bengal government after 2010 — earlier scrapped by the Calcutta High Court —…
