reservations

‘Should children of IAS-IPS officers continue to get reservation benefits?’ Justice BR Gavai asks as Supreme Court starts hearing plea on sub-grouping in SC/ST reservation

“A person from the SC/ST community, after getting into central services like IAS and IPS, gets access to the best of facilities. Yet, his children and their children continue to…

Only 2 MPs voted against the Women’s Reservation Bill, Asaduddin Owaisi and Imtiaz Jaleel, this is the reason they gave

Speaking to ANI after the landmark passage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, Owaisi said, "We voted against it so that the country knows that there are two members…

Lok Sabha passes the Women’s Reservation Bill with 454 votes, 2 MPs opposed it

The Women’s Reservation Bill, referred to as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, has been passed by the Lok Sabha

Supreme Court seeks response of central and state governments on plea seeking reservation for transgenders

SC seeks responses from centre, states and union territories on a petition filed seeking reservation for transgenders

After two decades of rule by leaders who promised upliftment for Dalits, Bihar’s Tejashwi Yadav claims reservation in the private sector will bring development

Reservations in private jobs will only discourage the industries to come and settle in Bihar. Tejashwi Yadav is demanding that to happen in the guise of serving Dalits and backward…

AAP govt flouted reservation rules for SC, STs to induct ‘party workers’, run Delhi’s administration. Here is how

AAP Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj filed an additional affidavit before the Supreme Court, justifying the decision of the AAP government to forgo reservation for SC, STs in the appointment of 437…

Manipur: Ethnicity, land, drugs, religion, and identity – the many fault lines that go beyond the Meitei vs Kuki conflict

Illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, illegal villages, poppy cultivation and terrorism pose a direct threat to the demography and resources of Manipur

Supreme Court to hear petitions in July seeking SC status for Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity

The Supreme Court said, "What is the structure of the religions, do they recognise the caste system and what is the effect of it?"

‘No community deserves reservation more than Muslims’: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind to move court against Karnataka govt scrapping 4% OBC Muslim reservation

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Madani to move Court against Karnataka govt scrapping 4% OBC Muslim reservation