Throw out Congress, save ‘roti, beti & maati’: PM Modi in Jharkhand | India News – Times of India

PAKUR/DUMKA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up campaigning in Santhal Pargana for the second phase of the Jharkhand assembly election, calling upon voters to unite and bring BJP into govt if they valued their “roti, beti, and maati (employment, daughters, and land)”.Ahead of polling on Nov 20 for the remaining 38 assembly seats in Jharkhand,…

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In a first, IIM-A introduces quotas for PhD admissions | India News – Times of India

AHMEDABAD: IIM Ahmedabad has announced it will implement the govt-mandated reservation policy in its PhD admissions, marking the first time the premier B-school will apply the quota for SCs, STs, OBCs and persons with disabilities in its doctoral programme that started in 1971.The online announcement for the PhD programme subtly notes: “Govt of India guidelines…

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BJP moves to scuttle Congress-NC pledge to revise post-Article 370 quotas in J&K | India News – Times of India

SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&K”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance for the assembly polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation policy for ST/SC and other backward classes (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the…

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