OBCs
- India
New UGC regulations explained: Why some students cry ‘reverse discrimination’
On January 13, the Union government notified new University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations mandating all higher education institutions to form equity committees, centres and squads to look into discrimination complaints and promote…
- Hyderabad
Telangana govt to urge Centre to include 40 castes in OBC list
Hyderabad: The Telangana Backward Classes Commission has decided to urge the Centre to take swift action regarding the inclusion of 40 castes in the central Other Backward Classes (OBC) list. The chairman…
- India
OBCs should be alert, Maha parties didn’t back Mandal Commission report: Ambedkar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday urged Other Backward Class communities to be alert ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra polls, saying the political parties in the state didn’t support the…
- India
How many OBCs in Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: Nadda amid caste census demand
New Delhi: Hitting back at the Congress over the OBC issue, BJP chief J P Nadda on Tuesday asked the opposition party as to how many members from OBC, SC and ST…
- India
BJP won’t allow Muslim reservation in Haryana: Amit Shah
Mahendragarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of being anti-backward classes and said if the party comes to power in Haryana, it will snatch the reservation for them…
- India
Akhilesh Yadav to focus on non-Yadav OBCs for 2027 polls
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav will make a conscious attempt to consolidate his votes among non-Yadav OBCs as part of his strategy for the 2027 UP assembly elections. The Samajwadi…
- Politics
BJP prepares to hard-sell its track record with OBCs
New Delhi: In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019, the role played by voters belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the BJP’s victory has now become a focal…
- India
OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of Bihar’s population: Caste survey
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total…
