backward classes

Hyderabad, March 4, Telangana Commission for Backward Classes said that the census in Telangana should only begin after the central government includes 40 castes in the central OBC list.Chairman of the Commission, G. Niranjan, has written a letter to Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao...

Mumbai, March 3 The Maharashtra government has decided to rename 416 hostels run by the Social Justice Department after the eminent social reformers, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Savitribai Phule, officials said on Tuesday.According to a government resolution (GR) issued by the Social Justice and...

Ranchi, February 26 Jharkhand Minister Chamra Linda stated that the state government will enact a law to prevent the diversion of funds from the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), ensuring they are used solely for the benefit of the tribal population.Responding to a question in the Jharkhand Assembly, the...

Chandigarh, February 25 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Wednesday that under the BJP government, jobs have been given based on merit, as opposed to the recruitments done during the previous Congress regime.Responding to an adjournment motion brought by the Congress in the...

Chandigarh, February 25 – The Haryana Congress staged a protest here on Wednesday against the BJP government over the alleged renaming and weakening of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), accusing it of attempting to undermine social security provisions for the...

Lucknow, February 25 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that notices were being issued to voters on a large scale during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and described the exercise as the BJP's "vote suppression" (depriving someone of the right to vote) after...

Hyderabad, February 23 The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes on Monday sought reports from state government officials regarding the death of a baby following alleged assault and caste abuse against her family members in the Nagarkurnool district while visiting a temple fair.In separate...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of backward Muslim communities while hearing a plea seeking quota in jobs and admissions under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category for 'Pasmanda Muslims'."What about the other Muslim OBCs? The OBC is not only a social...

Bengaluru, February 23 Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra accused the ruling Congress of "engaging in divisive politics" against the Banjara community following the arrest of party MLA Chandru Lamani by the Lokayukta police for allegedly accepting a bribe from a contractor.Vijayendra...

Bengaluru, February 22 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted on Sunday that the Congress has a proven track record of elevating leaders from various communities to the post of Chief Minister, and expressed confidence that a Dalit leader would also rise to the top position through the...

Hyderabad, February 19 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao wrote an open letter to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday, requesting allocations in the state budget to implement the promises made by the Congress during the election.He stated that...

Hyderabad, February 18 – Backward Classes have won more than 61 per cent of the seats in the recently held municipal elections in Telangana.Although 28.22 per cent of the wards in municipalities and 35.25 per cent divisions in municipal corporations were reserved for Backward Classes (BCs)...

Mumbai, February 18 The Maharashtra government has cancelled the five per cent reservation for members of the Muslim community in jobs and education.A Government Resolution (GR) was issued on Tuesday, as the previous ordinance regarding the five per cent reservation has expired, and there is...

Patna, February 17 JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar has alleged that RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family members "illegally acquired" the land of poor people belonging to backward classes under the guise of "donations".His comments came after a Delhi court formally framed charges against Prasad and his...

Etawah (UP), February 13 Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Saturday that the Election Commission and the BJP were "working together" in the ongoing process of updating electoral rolls, and that the votes of supporters of PDA (Backward Classes, Dalits, and Other Backward...

Haveri (Karnataka), February 14 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that his government had kept its promises as it completed 1,000 days in office, describing the milestone as significant.He asserted that the government had delivered on its commitments and would continue to...

Chandigarh, February 12 The Haryana government has increased the monthly pension and financial assistance under various social security schemes from Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,200, officials said on Thursday.According to a notification issued by the Department of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of...