NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Scheduled Castes are not a homogenous group and governments can sub-classify them to give more weightage in 15% reservation to those who suffered more discrimination among SCs.The bench of CJI, Justices B R Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish C…
NEW DELHI: As the BJP-led government faces heat from the opposition over the Agnipath scheme, several BJP-governed states have come to its rescue announcing reservation to Agniveers after retirement in state jobs. BJP’s allies, Nitish Kumar’s JDU and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (RV), also requested to review the scheme.Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh announce reservation The…
CHANDIGARH: In a bid to secure the future of youth from Haryana recruited as Agniveers for a period of four years, the state govt on Wednesday announced 10% horizontal reservation for these soldiers in direct recruitment for posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden, and special police officer (SPO).Haryana govt announced that Agniveers…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government’s quota bill to facilitate reservation for locals in private jobs has been put on hold after massive uproar.The decision by the Siddaramaiah government came after stakeholders expressed disappointment and multiple concerns over the outcome which would pan out following the bill’s implementation.Karnataka State Employment of Local Industries Factories Establishment Act…
VIJAYAWADA: TDP general secretary and N Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh on Friday said that his party was committed to the current 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC list. In a stand divergent from ally BJP, Lokesh described the quota as a welfare measure aimed at helping poor Muslims come out of poverty, adding…
NEW DELHI: In yet another sharp retort to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement of feeling “sent by God,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mocked the PM and said, “God sent Modi to help Adani and not the poor.” He also asserted that the INDIA bloc will “jumpstart” the country’s economy once it assumes power at…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the PM wants to end reservation and has rejected the RJD’s call for a caste census.“Name one BJP-ruling state where there is 75% of reservation. In Bihar, people are aware of the politics. You cannot fool the people here. PM…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday accused the central government of attempting to undermine the Constitution and democracy. While speaking to the reported, the RJD supremo expressed his support for reservation for Muslims, stating, “Reservation toh milna chahiye Musalmano ko, pura (Muslims must get reservation).”Lalu Prasad Yadav further claimed…
PATNA: PM Modi on Saturday raked up the Godhra train fire tragedy of 2002 as he accused Congress & RJD of practising Muslim appeasement.In a multi-pronged attack on INDIA bloc at a rally in Darbhanga, Modi accused RJD chief Lalu Prasad of having tried to “save” those responsible for the Godhra train burning in 2002…
SOLAPUR: The responsibility of dispensing social justice to oppressed and backward sections is “atonement for the sins our ancestors may have committed”, PM Modi said Monday in a retort to the opposition’s allegation that BJP aims to do away with reservation over the long term.“Check my record over the last five years. I have the…
