New Delhi: The Centre is likely to move Supreme Court on the minority sub-quota issue on Monday challenging Andhra Pradesh High Court order annulling its decision to carve out 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities from within the OBC quota. Minority Affairs Ministry has moved a reference to the Law Ministry on the issue. "Attorney General GE Vahanvati will look at it on Monday," Union Minister for Law and Minority...
08:26 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: It's a blow which the government was quick to recover from. Less than 24 hours after Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the sub-quota for minorities, the government is adamant to pursue it. The government has proposed creation of a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for notified minority groups out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for OBCs - a move which the Opposition says smacks of votebank...
09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Maintaining that its stand has been vindicated on the Muslim quota issue, BJP on Monday welcomed the Andhra Pradesh High Court's decision to quash 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the OBC reservations. "When these reservations were announced we had clearly said it is against the Constitution," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters in reply to a question. A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High...
09:08 PM, May 28, 2012
Hyderabad: A Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on Monday struck down the office memorandum issued by the Central government creating a sub-quota for religious minorities out of the existing 27 per cent reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs). The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, declared that this action of the Central government was based upon religious lines and...
04:41 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Making a conscious effort to shed his pro-Hindutva image, yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday shared the dais with Muslim leaders and announced he would launch a struggle to support their demand for amending article 341 that excludes Muslim and Christian Dalits from the ambit of reservation. Ramdev also announced that he would launch protests against the government demanding bringing back black money stashed away in foreign countries and...
03:40 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna made a statement at the Lok Sabha on Wednesday throwing light on three separate incidents in Sindh where Hindu girls were allegedly abducted and married to Muslim men. The question is how safe are the Hindus in Pakistan. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose took up the question with a distinguished panel on her show Face The Nation. Following is the transcript of the...
11:33 AM, May 10, 2012
Voicing concern over problems faced by minority Hindus in Pakistan, India reminded Islamabad of its responsibility to discharge its Constitutional obligations towards its citizens. ...
11:57 PM, May 09, 2012
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says the rights of the Hindus must be protected in Pakistan. Tonight at 10, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the minorities are safe in Pakistan.
02:14 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Voicing concern over problems faced by minority Hindus in Pakistan, India on Wednesday reminded Islamabad of its responsibility to discharge its Constitutional obligations towards its citizens. "It is the responsibility of the Government of Pakistan to discharge its constitutional obligations towards its citizens, including those from the minority community," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in the Lok Sabha. He was responding to the issue of treatment of...
02:07 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: With a Karnataka government-appointed panel unearthing an alleged scam with regard to Wakf land, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said it is a state level issue and they would have to take a decision on it. However, if the state government wanted, it could refer the matter to the Union Government, he said. Khurshid said, "This (wakf scam) is actually a state level issue, state level entitlement,...
01:40 PM, Mar 27, 2012
The State Minorities Commission has found that over 22 thousand properties owned by the Wakf Board was illegally encroached and sold over the last decade. ...
10:36 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: A scam that reportedly threatens to be bigger than the 2G scam has emerged from Karnataka, promising to bring more trouble for the Congress. The State Minorities Commission has reportedly found that over 22 thousand properties owned by the Wakf Board was illegally encroached and sold over the last decade. The estimated loss to the exchequer is said to be around Rs 2 lakh crore. The Chairperson of...
08:00 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma was on Tuesday granted personal hearing by the Election Commission to explain his minorities sub-quota remarks for which the poll body slapped a notice and he is likely to appear on Friday. The Commission, which met in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, decided to grant personal hearing to the minister following his request in this regard. "The Minister had sought a personal hearing...
08:40 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday directed the government to put on hold the decision on 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in five poll-bound states till election process ends there, taking cognisance of objections to the step. "It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the Central Government has carved out 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities from within 27 per cent quota for OBCs...
08:47 PM, Jan 11, 2012
The BJP and the Left have slammed the UPA government over reservation for Muslim OBCs ahead of UP polls. ...
10:55 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Just ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections, Congress has played its minority card with the Union Cabinet on Thursday approving 4.5 per cent quota for minorities within the larger 27 per cent quota for the Other backward Classes (OBC) in central government jobs and educational institutions. The Constitution bars reservations on religious lines; however, the government in this case is relying on Justice Sachar Committee and Ranganath Misra Commission....
06:32 AM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: The cabinet on Thursday approved 4.5 percent quota for minorities within the larger 27 percent quota for the Other backward Classes (OBC) in central government jobs and educational institutions, informed sources said. The cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared the proposal ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and four other states. "The cabinet has approved the carving out of a sub-quota of 4.5 percent for...
08:38 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: Several small parties led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday registered their protests with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the exclusion of minorities from the quota in the Lokpal. Lalu was supported by Janata Dal (United), Samajwadi Party, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Lok Janshakti Party and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders who have been opposing the Lokpal Bill in its present form....
01:11 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad raised tempers in Parliament on Wednesday as he read out from a copy of the Lokpal Bill even before it was tabled in Parliament. Lalu was protesting against the exclusion of minorities from the proposed anti-corruption legislation. Speaker Meira Kumar repeatedly requested the RJD leader not to read out from the document before it was tabled in the House. Lalu, waving...
11:56 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The government is learnt to have deleted the term 'minorities' from the Lokpal Bill with regard to the provision of having 50 per cent quota in the Lokpal bench and the Search Committee. Sources said the term was deleted after it was pointed out that there is no provision of reservation for minorities in the Constitution and such a provision in the Bill would create complications. Legal experts...
10:07 PM, Dec 21, 2011
