Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 28 (IANS) The Telangana Cabinet on Monday decided to meet President Droupadi Murmu next month to urge her to give assent to two Bills passed by the State Assembly to increase reservation for Backward Classes to 42 per cent in education, employment and local bodies. MPs of Congress … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 28 (IANS) Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Govind Karjol, who is also a prominent Dalit leader, on Monday, warned the Congress-led state government that if it does not implement internal reservation soon, the BJP will not allow Ministers to move freely across the state. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused the BJP of stalling 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) by using Muslim community as an excuse. He alleged that the leaders of saffron party were playing politics of sentiment by stating that they would … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) The Madiga organisations in Karnataka have decided to stage protests in front of the Deputy Commissioners’ offices across Karnataka on August 1 to draw the state government’s attention to the issue of internal reservation, said former Union Minister and senior BJP leader A. Narayanaswamy. Addressing a … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday demanded the resignation of BJP MPs from Telangana to pressurise the Centre to include the state’s 42 per cent BC reservation laws in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. Stating that increasing 42 per cent quota for … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 20 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday led a protest in Villupuram, demanding that the Tamil Nadu government implement internal reservation for the Vanniyar community, as directed by the Supreme Court. The protest, held at the municipal ground near the new bus stand, witnessed … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the state Assembly on Friday that action will be taken against those who convert to other religions in violation of the Supreme Court’s verdict and take the benefit of reservation. In his reply to a calling attention motion moved … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kohima, July 9 (IANS) Defying government appeal, thousands of tribal people belonging to five Naga organisations on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Nagaland Civil Secretariat here demanding a review of the state’s job reservation policy. Under the banner of the 5-Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP), the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Patna, July 8 (IANS) In a significant move towards women’s empowerment, the Bihar government on Tuesday approved 35 per cent reservation exclusively for native women candidates in all categories of direct recruitment across all levels of government services in the state. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired … Read more
