OBC
- 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…
- India
OBC quota in UP urban local body polls: Allahabad HC to deliver verdict on Dec 27
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Saturday completed its hearing on the issue of urban local body elections that has been stayed for a fortnight. The bench said it…
- India
Ensure OBC representation in top management of AAI, BSNL, GAIL, Canara Bank: Par Panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to ensure representation of other backward classes (OBCs) in the board of directors of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Bharat Sanchar Nigam…
- India
OBC Mahasabha activists show black flags to MP CM, demand 27 per cent quota
Shivpuri: Activists of the Other Backward Class (OBC) Mahasabha staged a protest and showed black flags to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Friday to press their demand of…
- India
OBCs representation in local bodies: SC gives Karnataka govt time till March 31
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Karnataka government time till March 31, to complete the finalisation of OBCs political representation in local bodies. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the…
- Hyderabad
OBC oppressed even after 75 years of Independence: BC leader
Hyderabad: BC Rajyadhikara Samiti president Suresh Dasu on Saturday said that people of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community are being “oppressed” even after 75 years of the country’s independence. After unveiling…
