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Rahul Gandhi claims he 'never read Dalit history in school', whatever left being removed from books
Maharashtra | Oct 05, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTThe Congress leader has frequently raised the caste issue and has expressed his opposition to the '50 per cent cap on reservation. On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi asserted that education is not possible without understanding the history of India, which is connected to Dalits.
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Rahul Gandhi targets govt again on lateral entry issue, says it is attack on Dalits, OBCs, adivasis
India | Aug 19, 2024, 01:02 PM ISTThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday advertised 45 posts -- 10 of joint secretaries and 35 of directors/deputy secretaries -- to be filled through the lateral entry mode on a contract basis, triggering a political stir.
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'Congress ended SC, ST, OBCs quota in around 9,000 institutions': PM Modi to Rajat Sharma
India | May 24, 2024, 12:03 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive conversation with India TV slammed the 'Khan Market' gang who raise questions on his government over SC, ST, OBCs and slammed the Congress for ending their quota in various institutions.
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Police arrest Arun Reddy, who runs 'Spirit of Congress' handle on X, in Amit Shah's fake video case
India | May 03, 2024, 08:30 PM ISTOn Sunday, Delhi Police registered an FIR in Amit Shah's fake video under Sections 153, 153A, 465, 469, and 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66C of the IT.
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'Congress' intention is to loot reservation, give it to Muslims': PM Modi in Gujarat's Banaskantha
Gujarat | May 02, 2024, 12:18 AM ISTIn his first election rally in Gujarat after the poll announcement, PM Modi said as long as he and the Bharatiya Janata Party were around, reservation in jobs and education granted to SCs/STs/OBCs, and economically weaker sections will be safeguarded.
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Jharkhand Congress' X handle withheld in response to legal demand amid Amit Shah fake video row
India | May 01, 2024, 09:02 PM ISTPolice in BJP-ruled Gujarat arrested a Congress leader and an AAP functionary, and Delhi Police issued notices to 12 more people from different opposition parties as the probe into the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech widened.
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'Congress on verge of losing elections, circulating my fake videos,' says Amit Shah | Exclusive
India | Apr 29, 2024, 09:51 PM ISTThe BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging that it circulated a “deep fake and morphed” video of Home Minister Amit Shah to derail the poll process, and demanded strict action against the party.
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Why is Karnataka government at centre of controversy over Muslim reservation in OBC quota? Know here
Explainers | Apr 25, 2024, 05:56 PM ISTThe NCBC said the blanket categorisation of Muslims as a backward caste undermines the principles of social justice, particularly for the marginalised Muslim castes and communities identified as socially and educationally backward.
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'May create unrest': Union Minister Narayan Rane on Maharashtra government's Maratha quota decision
Maharashtra | Jan 29, 2024, 10:19 AM ISTUnion Minister Narayan Rane voiced his dissatisfaction regarding the Maharashtra government's decision to extend all privileges afforded to the OBCs to the Maratha community until they secure reservation.
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Chhagan Bhujbal announces protest by OBCs against Maharashtra govt’s decision on Maratha quota
Maharashtra | Jan 29, 2024, 09:46 AM ISTThis move comes in response to the Maharashtra government's decision regarding the Maratha quota, highlighting a rift within the government.
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'Taking Kashmir issue to United Nations was historic blunder': Amit Shah targets former PM Nehru
India | Dec 07, 2023, 06:11 AM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking in Lok Sabha during the winter session on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 & The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023.
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Maharashtra govt trying to give Maratha quota at the cost of OBC reservation: Ex-MP Haribhau Rathod
Maharashtra | Nov 05, 2023, 11:52 PM ISTThe former Lok Sabha member said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stressed that the reservation to the OBCs would not be disturbed.
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Who will OBCs vote for if Lok Sabha elections are held today? India TV-CNX survey reveals
India | Sep 23, 2023, 08:05 PM ISTIn India TV-CNX survey which was held in 84 constituencies, people were asked that if Lok Sabha elections are held today, who will the OBC vote bank make the Prime Minister?
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Telangana CM KCR writes to PM Modi, seeks 33% quota for OBCs, passage of Women's Reservation Bill
Telangana | Sep 15, 2023, 06:32 PM ISTTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming special session of Parliament.
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OBCs get only 9-13% reservation in panchayat polls, claims Kamal Nath
India | May 29, 2022, 07:16 AM ISTMP Congress claimed that OBC seats had reduced by 60 per cent (compared to previous polls of 2014-15) this time. The official handle of the party claimed that the district panchayat member posts had come down by 61 per cent and in 13 districts, OBC quota had become nil.
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For first time in independent India, Census 2021 to collect data on OBCs
Politics | Sep 01, 2018, 01:25 PM ISTFor the first time in independent India, Census 2021 will collect data on Other Backwards Castes (OBCs), work for which has begun, the government announced on Friday.
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For first time in independent India, Census 2021 to collect OBC data
India | Sep 01, 2018, 01:17 AM ISTThe ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to highlight the decision to collect OBC data in the 2021 census in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as several OBC groups have been demanding for it for long.
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President Kovind appoints five-member panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
India | Oct 02, 2017, 11:52 PM ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed a five-member panel headed by Delhi High Court’s former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine the sub categorisation of OBCs
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Cong Creating Fissures Between Muslims, OBCs, Says Mayawati
National | Feb 14, 2012, 09:49 PM ISTFatehpur (UP), Feb 14: BSP supremo Mayawati today accused Congress of trying to “create fissures” between Muslims and OBCs by promising nine per cent reservation to the minority community.“Congress is trying to create fissures between
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Non Tax-Paying Upper Castes Are Equal To OBCs: Panel
India | Jul 23, 2010, 09:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: A national commission has said that upper castes who do not pay income tax are akin to other backward castes (OBCs), a policy recommendation which can have far-reaching consequences, reports Times of India.