OBC
- 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 —…
- India
MP High Court takes suo motu cognizance over caste humiliation case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the public humiliation incident that took place in Damoh’s Sataria village, where an Other Backward Class (OBC) man was forced to…
- India
Man forced to wash Brahmin’s feet, drink the water in Madhya Pradesh
A man from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly forced to wash the feet of a Brahmin and drink the water for sharing an AI-generated image showing…
- India
Bombay HC bench recuses from hearing pleas against Maratha quota
Mumbai: A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday recused from hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates to the Maratha community…
- India
Maratha quota: Govt starts Hyderabad gazette implementation process
Mumbai: Amid opposition from OBC groups, the Maharashtra government has started the process to implement the Hyderabad gazette in accordance with a GR issued earlier on issuing Kunbi caste certificates to eligible…
- India
If betrayed over Maratha quota, we will make them bite the dust in polls: Jarange
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday warned that if Marathas face betrayal over quota, then the ruling parties in Maharashtra will be made to bite the dust in polls, and asserted…
- Mumbai
Maratha quota fast continues as Mumbai protesters lack food, water
Mumbai: Protesters gathered for the Manoj Jarange-led Maratha quota agitation at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan complained about lack of basic amenities, and non-availability of water and food at the venue, while the civic…
- India
Maratha quota protest: Over 1,500 cops deployed at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan
Mumbai: Over 1,500 Mumbai police personnel have been deployed at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai to maintain law and order in view of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange’s agitation, officials said…
- India
Plea in SC challenges Gujarat’s 27 pc OBC quota in local bodies
New Delhi: A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2023, which increased the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies…
