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  Mahakaleshwar Bhasm Arti online reservation launched

  India | January 15, 2013 15:18 IST

  Bhopal, Jan 15: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Bhasm Arti Online Reservation for the convenience of visitors to Mahakaleshwar Mandir in Ujjain on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.Online booking one month in

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  Anglo-Indians demand reservation in higher education

  India | December 18, 2012 21:46 IST

  Jamshedpur, Dec 18: A delegation of Anglo-Indian leaders from across the country has submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee demanding reservation of seats for deserving students of the community in different fields of higher

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  AG 'cautions' govt on reservation in promotion for SCs, STs

  India | August 25, 2012 21:45 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 25: The Attorney General is learnt to have cautioned the government on reservation in promotion for SCs and STs saying that any law on the issue should be framed cautiously so that

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  Govt defers plan to bring Bill for job promotion reservation

  Politics | September 23, 2012 16:28 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22: Government's plan to bring an amended Bill today to provide for reservation in job promotions to SCs/STs has been put off with most political parties on Tuesday favouring a legally-sustainable legislation

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  Swamy condemns move to challenge HC order on minority quotas

  Politics | May 29, 2012 18:41 IST

  New Delhi, May 29 : Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today condemned the government's decision to challenge the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the proposed 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities within the OBC

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  BJP Not Against Muslims, But Reservation, Says Swaraj

  Politics | February 16, 2012 19:35 IST

  Banda (UP), Feb 16: Claiming that her party was not against Muslims, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today said it was against reservation to the community as it was an attempt to divide the country.“Our party

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  Uma Bharti Opposes 9 PC Reservation Move For Backward Muslims

  India | January 23, 2012 17:53 IST

  Dehra Dun, Jan 23: BJP leader Uma Bharti today termed Congress' promise of providing nine per cent reservation to backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh as “anti-constitutional”, saying she would oppose the decision “tooth and nail”. 

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  Rahul Hard Sells Reservation For Minorities In UP

  Politics | December 30, 2011 21:32 IST

  Saharanpur, Dec 30: Hoping to woo Muslims voters in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi was today out to hard sell Centre's decision on sub-quota for minorities and attacked the BSP and SP for “doing nothing” for

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  Mayawati Favours Reservation For Muslims

  India | December 18, 2011 21:36 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 18: Favouring reservation for Muslims, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said that 27 per cent OBC quota should be increased by making constitutional amendment to include backward muslims in it.“BSP government favours

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  Reservation Is Against Islam : Muslim Group

  Politics | December 10, 2011 21:53 IST

  Bhopal, Dec 10: The demand to provide reservation to Dalit Muslims on the lines of Dalits is against the basic principles of Islam, a Muslim organisation said today. All-India Muslim Backward Classes Federation (AIMBCF), in

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  Tatkal Reservation Period Reduced To 24 Hrs

  India | November 11, 2011 22:16 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 11: Plagued by increasing number of complaints in Tatkal booking scheme, the Railways today decided to reduce the advance reservation period of the scheme from two days to one day as part

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  Paswan Demands Reservation To Dalits In Lokpal Selection Panel

  India | September 03, 2011 22:10 IST

  Allahabad, Sep 3: Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today demanded adequate representation for dalits, minorities and backward classes in the selection committee that would appoint the Lokpal.  “I will raise the matter at

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  SC To Examine 10 PC Quota For Poor Among Forward Caste

  India | August 12, 2011 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 12: Kerala government's decision to extend 10 per cent reservation for economically backward class students of the forward community has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court which today agreed to

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  'Aarakshan' Gets U/A From Censor Board

  Bollywood | July 19, 2011 16:29 IST

  Mumbai/New Delhi, July 19: Filmmaker Prakash Jha's upcoming Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Aarakshan', which deals with the sensitive issue of reservation, has been passed by the Censor Board with a U/A certificate.The film was embroiled in

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  Learning Shudh Hindi Was Tough, Says Deepika

  Bollywood | May 17, 2011 17:32 IST

  Mumbai, May 17: Actress Deepika Padukone, who is charged up for Prakash Jha's ‘Aarakshan', which is based on the issue of reservation, says that learning ‘shud' (chaste) Hindi was a difficult task.“Considering the desi touch

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  Jat Stir: Dikshit Hopes Centre Will 'Do The Needful'

  Politics | March 24, 2011 7:21 IST

  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

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  MPs Demand Women's Reservation, Yadavs Demand Poor Women Quota

  India | March 08, 2011 17:01 IST

  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

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  Govt Considering Reservation For Muslims Through OBC Route

  Politics | July 28, 2010 13:23 IST

  New Delhi: Government is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes (OBC) route, minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said. "We are actively looking at the reservation issue. We have a commitment