Senior Congress leader and three-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor has been appointed the chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology again on Saturday, despite BJP MPs demand for his removal.
Tamil Nadu government will bear the tuition fees among others of students enrolling in professional courses in the State under the 7.5 per cent quota.
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not reopen its decision on granting reservation in promotions to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as it was for the states to decide how they implement it.
Earlier in the Lok Sabha, several opposition members demanded the caste-based census.
An order issued by the Madhya Pradesh Government's General Administration Department on the clarification regarding stay orders granted by the High Court in the cases relating to OBC reservation.
Rahul Gandhi's attack came after the government came out with the national asset monetisation pipeline to garner Rs 6 lakh crore in the coming years.
The government has exempted certain establishments from the purview of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 section which provides for reservation in employment for persons with benchmark disabilities, according to gazette notifications.
Over 4.5 crore new households have received piped water supply within 2-years of 'Jal Jeevan Mission', PM Modi said.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions.
He was speaking at an event organised by the India Foundation for the launch of a book, titled "Makers Of Modern Dalit History".
Union government's decision to provide reservation to OBC and EWS in medical education seats will help the party in the Assembly polls, claimed BJP leaders.
The government on Thursday decided to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and 10 per cent for the Economically Weaker Section under the All India Quota Scheme for UG and PG medical/dental courses from current academic year 2021-22.
PM Modi reviewed the issue of OBC and EWS reservation in the all-India quota of medical education.
In a party coup last month, Paswan was removed as LJP President by some rebel MPs, including Paras. He retaliated by expelling his uncle and four other MPs.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to provide the 2011 census data to enable the State Backward Class Commission to prepare an empirical data of the OBC population.
The Supreme Court earlier this year quashed quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies after observing that the total number of seats earmarked for various communities.
Over 1,000 members of various Maratha outfits gathered in Maharashtra's Solapur city on Sunday, despite no permission from police, to take part in a protest march.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed by the Centre in the Maratha reservation case, saying the petition do not fall within the limited ground on which review can be considered.
The Supreme Court Monday reiterated that persons with disabilities (PwD) cannot be denied reservation in promotions in government jobs as it upheld a Kerala High Court order granting the benefit to a woman last year.
Addressing BJP workers during a protest held at Variety Square chowk as part of the party's 'chakka jam' (block the traffic) agitation for the restoration of OBC quota, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly alleged the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was misleading the people by saying that it will raise this issue in Parliament.
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