Centre has rejected Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's demand for quota for promotions in government jobs for minorities and OBCs. SP had vociferously opposed the SC/ST Quota Bill tabled in the Parliament wanted the inclusion of minorities and OBCs ...
The Union Cabinet today cleared the SC/ST reservations in promotion bill that would give reservations to SC/STs in promotions. Mayawati welcomes it, but the Samajwadi Party which wants OBCs to also be included says it was diversionary tactic to draw attention ...
The UPA has received a huge setback in its bid to push through a separate sub quota for minorities under the 27% quota allotted to OBCs. The Supreme Court which had asked the Solicitor General to file with it material today, on the basis of which it came up wi...
Are you trying to provide reservation on the basis of religion? It was the Centre's inability to answer this question that lead the Supreme Court to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order that had quashed a separate 4.5 % sub quota for minorities under the 2...
R Krishnaiah says the Centre should now ask forgiveness of the OBCs. Krishnaiah, the petitioner who filed the writ petition against the sub quota in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, was reacting to the Supreme Court refusing to stay the HC order that quashed the...
Taking on BJP, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari says that the party leaders are sultans of communalism. He was reacting to Supreme Court's refusal to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court's order quashing 4.5% sub-quota for minorities within 27% OBC quota in educa...
The UPA government that had been hoping for some quick relief over its challenge filed on Saturday, against Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the minority sub quota, instead got pulled up by the Supreme Court. The SC while refusing to stay the High Cour...
Newshour | Is government's move to offer sub-quota for religious minorities ?prompted by political opportunism than genuine concern for the backward classes?
Union law minister has stirred up a controversy by promising sub-quota for Muslims during a poll campaign in UP, while in the UK, mystery continues over Indian student Gurudeep's death.