OBC
- India
Muslim quota reservation unconstitutional: Karnataka govt to SC
The government of Karnataka has told the Supreme Court that reservation for Muslims solely on the basis of religion is unconstitutional as it goes against the mandate of Articles 14, 15 and…
- Hyderabad
‘Khattey dialog’aan..’: Owaisi slams HM Shah over promise to scrap Muslim quota
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his promise that if the BJP is voted to power in Telangana, it will scrap reservations for Muslims in…
- India
BJP govt weakening Constitution, paying lip service to Ambedkar: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress accused the BJP-led Centre on Friday of attacking and weakening the Constitution and paying only lip service to its architect, BR Ambedkar. On Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, senior Congress…
- India
OBCs form 37-41% of urban population in UP: Govt report
Lucknow: The report submitted by the UP State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission for providing OBC quota for upcoming local body elections, shows that OBCs in the urban parts of the…
- India
Allahabad HC asks UP govt to upload OBC panel report on website
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to upload the OBC Commission’s report on OBC reservation in urban local bodies’ polls on the state…
- India
BJP playing OBC card to hide failure, claims Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the Centre of playing the “OBC card” to hide its failures and demanded from it the formation of a separate department, reservation, for other backward…
- Politics
Nadda to chair meeting of BJP’s OBC MPs
New Delhi: BJP National President J.P. Nadda will chair a meeting of all the OBC MPs of the party at party headquarters in the national capital on Wednesday. According to a source,…
- India
Modi surname row: BJP to seek Rahul’s apology during OBC outreach programme
New Delhi: The BJP has decided that the party, during its new outreach programme at village chaupals across the country, will seek an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “insulting OBCs”.…
- India
CM Yogi welcomes SC order on holding UP local body polls with OBC quota
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court allowing the State Election Commission to issue a notification regarding the urban local body polls in the state. In…
- India
BJP attacking Rahul Gandhi to hide their skeletons: Digvijaya Singh
Gwalior: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday claimed Rahul Gandhi rightly called the “absconders” associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi “thieves” but the BJP is projecting his remarks as anti-OBC. He…
- India
No proposal to hike OBC non-creamy layer income ceiling: Centre
New Delhi: The existing annual income ceiling of Rs 8 lakh is “sufficient” to determine the OBC non-creamy layer status of community members, the Centre told Lok Sabha on Tuesday, clarifying that…
- India
Commission for sub-categorisation of OBCs get six-month extension
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has extended the tenure of the commission for sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by another six month, sources said. The Rohini Commission had told the government…
- India
SC stays HC order asking UP govt to hold urban local body polls without OBC quota
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing it to hold urban local body polls without reservation…
- India
UP govt appoints five-member panel on OBC reservation in urban local body elections
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed a five-member commission for providing reservation to Other Backward Classes in urban local body elections. The panel will be headed by Justice (Retd) Ram…
- India
Urban body elections in UP only after ensuring OBC quota, says Yogi after HC order
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that urban civic body elections will be held in the state only after reservation is provided to Other Backward Classes for which…
