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  Maratha Kranti Morcha rally demanding reservation gets support from Muslim community

  News | August 09, 2017 14:34 IST

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  Maratha community begins Maratha Kranti Morcha rally to demand reservation

  News | August 09, 2017 12:25 IST

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  Haryana Assembly to discuss Jat agitation on Wednesday

  Politics | February 28, 2017 17:46 IST

  The agitation by the Jat community under the aegis of All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti completed 31 days on Tuesday

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  Chunav Manch: Status quo on reservation to continue, says BJP chief Amit Shah

  Politics | February 04, 2017 22:45 IST

  BJP president Amit Shah said today in Chunav Manch that the status quo on reservation will not be touched by the government in any case.

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  Reservation encourages alienation, must be ended: RSS ideologue Manmohan Vaidya

  Politics | January 20, 2017 20:47 IST

  Pitching for equality, Rashtriya Svayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Manmohan Vaidya today called for a reservation-free India. Present at the Jaipur Lit Fest, Vaidya, who is also the Pramukh Pracharak of the right-wing organisation, said that

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  HC grants bail to Hardik Patel in sedition case, asks him to leave Gujarat for six months

  Politics | July 08, 2016 15:29 IST

  The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel who had been lodged in a Surat jail over two cases of sedition registered against him.

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  Curfew in Mehsana as Patel protesters turn violent, internet service suspended

  India | April 17, 2016 18:14 IST

  Mehsana: Curfew was imposed in Gujarat’s Mehsana town after a massive rally of the Patel community demanding reservation and release of their jailed leaders today turned violent. Police had to use lathicharge and fire teargas

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  Nitish Kumar for extending reservation in private sector

  Politics | April 09, 2016 21:54 IST

  Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday stressed on increasing the reservation quota in jobs beyond 50 per cent in view of the increasing population of Schedule Castes and also advocated extending it to

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  No intention to change reservation policy, reiterates government

  Politics | March 14, 2016 13:39 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Monday reiterated in the Rajya Sabha that it does not intend to change the reservation policy in the country. The clarification came as the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party

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  RSS opposes reservation for affluent sections

  India | March 14, 2016 7:46 IST

  Nagaur: In a veiled reference to the recent Jat agitation, RSS on Sunday disapproved of reservation demands by the "affluent" sections and favoured a study to ascertain whether the deserving backward classes are actually getting

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  Mohan Bhagwat moots non-political committee to decide on reservations

  India | February 22, 2016 22:38 IST

  Kolkata: With the Jat agitation in Harayana over quota refusing to die down, RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat today called for the formation of a non-political committee to decide on eligibility for reservation."Many people are demanding

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  Jat Agitation: Randeep Hooda appeals 'Jats' to have peaceful dialogue with govt

  Bollywood | February 21, 2016 18:10 IST

  Mumbai: Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has appealed to the people of the Jat community, who have been agitating for quotas, to maintain peace and engage in peaceful dialogue with the government.Randeep, who himself belongs to

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  Economic status, not caste, should be the basis for reservation: Kumar Vishwas

  Politics | January 25, 2016 11:02 IST

  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

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  Grand alliance plotting to take away 5 % SC, ST, OBC quotas:PM Modi

  Politics | October 26, 2015 21:57 IST

  Buxar/Siwan (Bihar): Under attack over alleged attempts at tinkering with quotas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit back, accusing Bihar's grand alliance of plotting to give away five per cent share in reservations for SCs,

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  Lies being spread that govt will scrap reservation: PM Modi

  Politics | October 11, 2015 19:47 IST

  Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that lies are being spread that the government is out to scrap reservation system.The prime minister who was in Mumbai to lay the foundation stone of a

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  Brahmins in Gujarat demand reservation, salary for priests

  India | October 03, 2015 21:27 IST

  Vadodara: Amid the ongoing agitation by Patels for quota, an organisation of Brahmins in Gujarat has demanded reservation for community members in Government jobs and educational institutes in the State.All Gujarat Brahm Samaj also wants

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  Give reservations to all, take it to 100pc: Gujarat OBC leader

  India | October 02, 2015 23:07 IST

  Ahmedabad: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor, who is heading a movement in Gujarat to counter the agitation of the Patel community for reservations, today said the Centre should provide reservations to every community in proportion with

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  BJP to abolish quota policy, if it wins in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | September 27, 2015 19:40 IST

  Khagaria (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today alleged that the BJP-led coalition at the Centre will abolish reservation for OBCs, SC and STs if it win assembly elections in Bihar as RSS chief Mohan

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  Rajasthan assembly passes bills extending quota limit to 68 %

  India | September 23, 2015 15:54 IST

  Jaipur: The Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday passed separate Bills providing five per cent reservation to Gujjars and other communities under Special Backward Classes (SBC) and 14 per cent to Economically Backward Classes (EBC) of unreserved

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  Lalu takes on Modi over Bhagwat's suggestion for quota review

  Politics | September 21, 2015 16:38 IST

  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