Ahmedabad: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas has said that caste-based reservation should gradually be phased out with reservation on the basis of economic status of a person. Vishwas made this remark while speaking
Ahmedabad: Looking to revive the Patel community OBC quota stir that lost steam following the arrest of its leaders, Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel today appointed a new 'core committee' for the
Jaipur: Rajasthan government has issued a notification to provide five per cent quota to Gujjars and other Special Backward Classes (SBC) for which the Assembly has passed a bill last month.The notification, issued last night
Lucknow: Amidst demands for reservation in the country, the NDA government has said these have to be taken "seriously" while striving for a solution to the issue through debate. "Demand for reservation is rising in many states
New Delhi: After its chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments seeking review of the reservation policy sparked sharp reactions, RSS today clarified that he did not speak about existing quota system but said everybody should try to
Patna: Fighting a tough electoral battle in Bihar, RJD president Lalu Prasad today dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap quotas after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat suggested a review of the reservation policy, contending it
Ahmedabad: Hardik Patel, leader of the Patelquota agitation in Gujarat, today said he will start meeting MLAs of his community from tomorrow to know their stand on the reservation issue, which sparked violence across the state claiming ten
New Delhi: Hardik Patel, the face of Patel quota stir in Gujarat, today announced plans for a nation-wide agitation seeking reservation for nearly “27 crore people” of various communities including Gujjars and Kurmis. The 22-year-old
Ahmedabad: An uneasy calm prevailed in Gujarat today after two days of violence during the OBC quota stir of Patel community even as death toll rose to 10 and a defiant Hardik Patel vowed to
Ahmedabad: Hardik Patel, leader of the Patel agitation for OBC quota in Gujarat, today demanded Rs 35 lakh as compensation to the relatives of each of his community members killed in widespread violence in the
Jeddah: Over 136,000 Indians will perform Haj in 2015 with the quota for the country remaining unchanged since last year due to the ongoing expansion work at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.The agreement in this
Lucknow: The BJP Wednesday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh of flouting laid-down norms and provisions of the Indian Constitution in its blind bid to appease its minority vote bank.Soon after Chief
Vaishali (Bihar): Raking up the reservation issue, RJD President Lalu Prasad today demanded 60 per cent reservation in government contracts for people belonging to Extremely Backward Castes (EBC).“We demand 60 per cent reservation for EBC
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the quota of subsidized LPG cylinder from 9 to 12 per household annually.With Lok Sabha polls due in 2014, the Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi who
New Delhi: With Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi making a strong pitch for raising LPG cap, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the quota of subsidised cooking cylinders will be hiked to 12
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has decided to refer to a larger bench for its authoritative pronouncement on the issue whether a Scheduled Caste woman is entitled for reservation benefits after marriage in another state
New Delhi, Dec 7: A group of MPs today demanded reservation for SCs, STs, minorities and women in the institution of Lokpal and the judiciary and said they will be forced to disrupt proceedings in
New Delhi, Mar 23: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today hoped that the Centre would do the "needful" to pacify the agitating Jats who threatened to cut off the capital from the rest of north
New Delhi, Mar 8 : Political parties on International Women's Day, cutting across party line, called for passing the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill to give 33 per cent reservation to women in the legislatures but
Chandigarh/Hissar: Curfew was lifted from Hisar district in Haryana this evening as agitating Jats in the state temporarily suspended their protests demanding quota with the state government conceding three of their demands. The state government
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