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  Haryana's 75 per cent quota for state residents in private jobs declared 'unconstitutional' by court

  India | November 18, 2023 0:15 IST

  The court had admitted multiple petitions against the act that came into effect from January 15, 2022 and provided 75 per cent reservation in jobs in the private sector to candidates from the state. It covered jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary or wages upto Rs 30,000.

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  Mizoram Election: JP Nadda releases BJP's manifesto, promises 33% reservation for women in govt jobs

  Mizoram | October 27, 2023 19:55 IST

  Mizoram will go to Assembly polls in a single phase on November 7 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.

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  Why is govt linking census, delimitation with Women's Reservation Bill implementation? Explained

  Explainers | September 21, 2023 18:23 IST

  Women's Reservation Bill: Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that census and delimitation will begin soon after the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

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  Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin demands states be allowed to decide on quantum of reservation

  September 19, 2023 23:19 IST

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin targeted the Centre saying it is not properly implementing the reservation policy.

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  Maratha reservation row: Manoj Jarange agrees to break hunger strike in CM, Deputy CMs presence

  Maharashtra | September 12, 2023 16:01 IST

  Jarange further said that he would break the hunger strike but not move away from the place of agitation.

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  Why is Maratha reservation demand being raised again? Why did SC overrule Maha govt's 2018 decision?

  Explainers | September 04, 2023 19:30 IST

  A 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court in May 2021 said that the Maratha community was not socially and educationally backward. It also refused a review petition in April 2023 declaring that the law which granted quota was unconstitutional.

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  Congress Working Committee to be announced by end of this month, say sources

  India | June 21, 2023 23:43 IST

  The working committee of Congress is the highest decision-making body of Congress. There will be many new faces who will be inducted into the CWC as the party has decided to give 50% reservations to various categories.  

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  Tharoor raises concern over waitlisted rail tickets, says lopsided focus on Vande Bharat worrying

  India | May 30, 2023 21:59 IST

  Tharoor made the remark while citing a report which quoted an RTI reply to the state that more than 2.7 crore passengers could not travel by train in 2022-23 despite buying tickets because of being waitlisted.

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  SC agrees to hear plea against revoke of 4 per cent Muslim quota in Karnataka

  India | April 13, 2023 13:12 IST

  BJP government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, recently, decided to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in Karnataka.

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  Who will win Karnataka: Factors that will decide fate of 2023 assembly election in state

  Elections | March 29, 2023 18:15 IST

  Assembly poll in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10 and the results are scheduled for May 13, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.

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  OPINION | PM MODI SETS THE TONE FOR 2024 LS POLLS

  India | March 29, 2023 15:42 IST

  It is now clear that Modi government’s offensive against corruption will continue, irrespective of many parties coming together to oppose it. Modi said, anti-corruption campaign has shaken the roots of some corrupt politicians.

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  Karnataka: Massive protest outside Yediyurappa's house over reservation row in Shivamogga

  Karnataka | March 27, 2023 18:48 IST

  Agitating members of the Banjara community targeted Yediyurappa's house and resorted to stone-pelting in which some cops were also injured. The protest was against the internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) announced by the state government.

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  Karnataka cabinet decides to create two new categories of OBC to accommodate Lingayats, Vokkaligas

  India | December 29, 2022 21:16 IST

  Lingayat Reservation Row: At present, the 'Most Backward' class falls in category 1 while those 'Moderately Backward' falls in category 2A and 2B and 'Backward' in 3A and 3B.

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  Jharkhand: State assembly passes bill raising reservations to 77% in jobs to SCs, STs and others

  India | November 11, 2022 13:36 IST

  Jharkhand reservation bill: The bill also proposed that the state will urge the Centre to amend the Constitution's Ninth Schedule. The bill was passed amid protests by MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  OBCs get only 9-13% reservation in panchayat polls, claims Kamal Nath

  India | May 29, 2022 7:16 IST

  MP 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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  Quashing reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees in jobs may lead to unrest: Centre tells SC

  India | April 01, 2022 14:51 IST

  Defending its policy, the government said that representation of SCs/STs in jobs is inadequate and contended that grant of reservation does not in any manner hamper the administration.

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  Supreme Court strikes down 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu

  India | March 31, 2022 11:57 IST

  A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai upheld the Madras High Court order which had quashed the reservation.

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  High Court stays Haryana govt's 75% reservation for locals in private jobs

  India | February 03, 2022 14:01 IST

  The Haryana government had last year enacted the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, to grant 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs.

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  'States to collect data': SC refuses to dilute criteria on reservation in promotion to SCs/STs

  India | January 28, 2022 13:43 IST

  The Supreme Court said that state governments are obligated to collect quantifiable data, on inadequacy of representation, before granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees in government jobs.

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  Now, 75% reservation must in private jobs in Haryana

  January 16, 2022 19:06 IST

  The rule regarding 75 per cent job reservation came into effect on January 15.