reservation
- India
Uttarakhand HC stays panchayat elections over reservation dispute
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday stayed the upcoming panchayat elections in the state over disputes in reservation. Acting on petitions against the reservation rotation process for the three-tier panchayat polls…
- Bangalore
Karnataka housing schemes: Cabinet to increase reservation for minorities
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday decided to enhance the reservation for minorities under various housing schemes in the state from 10 to 15 per cent. According to the government, this enhanced…
- Kashmir
J-K cabinet to discuss report on reservations in government jobs
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss the cabinet sub-committee (CSC) report on reservations in government jobs. The CSC finalised its…
- Telangana
Telangana become national model with caste survey, 42 pc BC reservation: Minister
Hyderabad: Telangana BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Sunday that the state has become a national model by conducting a transparent Backward Classes (BC) caste survey and passing a…
- Telangana
Group-1 ST quota hike: HC asks Telangana govt to file counter
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the state government to file a counter on the issue of increasing Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservations from 6 percent to 10 percent in Group-1 appointments.…
- Kashmir
Reservation system disadvantageous to Kashmiris, says Sajad Lone
Srinagar: In his address to the Assembly on Thursday, Sajad Lone, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (PC) President and MLA from Handwara, highlighted the growing marginalization of Kashmiri-speaking residents due to…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM announces reservation for Muslims in supply of goods and services to govt
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced reservation for Muslims in supplying goods and services up to a value of Rs 1 crore to various government departments, corporations and institutions. The…
- Telangana
Telangana govt removes reservation for AP students in UG, PG courses
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has announced the removal of reservation for students from Andhra Pradesh in undergraduate and postgraduate professional courses, including engineering, starting from the upcoming academic year. This decision marks…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to table key reservation bills in Assembly’s special session
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is planning to hold a special Assembly session in the first week of March. The session, expected to last five days, will focus on passing laws related to…
- Telangana
Telangana to reserve 95 pc of higher education seats for locals
Hyderabad: From the next academic year, local students in Telangana will secure the majority of seats in higher education institutions, including engineering, medical, and pharmacy colleges. A high-level committee appointed by the…
- India
SC protects sacked IAS officer Pooja Khedkar from arrest till Feb 14
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday protected former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination, from arrest till…
- Kashmir
Anti-reservation protests rocks Kashmir, unites right & left parties
Several senior leaders in Kashmir including National Conference (NC) MP, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi led a huge protest on Monday, December 23, against the Jammu and Kashmir government’s reservation policy. The protesters…
- Business
More than 4 lakh jobs backlog for SC, ST, OBC filled since 2016: Centre
New Delhi: More than four lakh backlog vacancies in government jobs reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates have been filled since 2016, the Parliament…
- India
SC declares religious conversion for reservation benefits unconstitutional
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a “fraud on the Constitution”. Justices Pankaj Mithal…
- Telangana
Telangana BC Commission receives 58 representations
Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes, chaired by G Niranjan, received 58 representations from various backward class (BC) sub-caste associations during a public hearing held on Monday, November 25. Many of…
