Nashik: People in Nasik trooped out on Sunday on the streets to welcome and offer chilled soft drinks to over 1,000 Muslims who embarked on a 300-km Gandhian march to Mumbai demanding reservations in job, an official said. The protestors started from the sensitive power-loom town of Malegaon after the Friday prayers for Mumbai's Azad Maidan as their destination, which they hope to cover by May 26, according to Muslim Reservation Federation (MRF) spokesperson and social activist Aleem Faizi.
"As we pass through small towns and villages, more and more Muslims are joining the 'padyatra' to express support for the cause of 20 per cent job and other reservations for the community people," Faizi told IANS.
The protestors are carrying the national flag, banners and placards espousing the cause and march briskly, braving the rising mercury in the hinterland from dawn to dusk.
Faizi said the MRF is an umbrella organisation of over a dozen major Muslim organisations from the state, all working towards a common goal of reservations for Muslims....
more
06:01 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to widen the ambit of beneficiaries getting reservation under the OBC quota, the Central government on Thursday enhanced the ceiling for applying the 'creamy layer' restriction on "socially advanced persons". While the income criteria so far was Rs 4.5 lakh per annum, the Union Cabinet today increased it to Rs 6 lakh per annum. The increase in the income limit to exclude the creamy layer...
09:36 PM, May 16, 2013
Shimla: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the Jat community should get reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. The Congress leader was unanimously appointed president of the All India Jat Maha Sabha at its executive meeting in Shimla. After his appointment, he told reporters that the Jat Maha Sabha has been demanding reservation only for those who need it and not those who fall under...
05:30 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The advance booking period for train tickets will be reduced from existing four months to two months from Wednesday as part of the Railways' efforts to prevent touts to corner bulk tickets. "The reduction of advance reservation period to 60 days will be a deterrent for touts who book bulk tickets in advance. We hope the reduction of booking period will help genuine travellers," a senior Railway Ministry...
08:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Accusing the government of being "apathetic" towards dalit issues, Lok Janshakti Party and Dalit Sena will hold a nationwide agitation in August 2013 to demand reservation for scheduled castes and OBCs in private jobs, judiciary and promotions. "We have decided to hold a nationwide agitation on August 9. We have been demanding reservation for dalits in private sector, judiciary and promotion but the government is completely apathetic to...
01:57 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Berhampur: Opposition Congress on Monday said the newly-launched Odisha State Youth Policy would have no impact on the electorate and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was trying to fool the people of the state. The policy was launched by Patnaik on Sunday. "It is too late. The central government has already announced the policy. The state government should have launched this policy two years back had it been serious about development...
01:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Jammu: The government was on Friday directed by the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council to look into the matter of issuance of Reserved Backward Areas (RBA) certificates to women who get married and move to the state's backward areas. The issuance of certificates under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act in favour of RBA and Line of Control (LoC) candidates was a matter of serious nature, LC chairman Amrit Malhotra...
02:30 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress put 40 SC and ST MLAs of the ruling BJD in a fix in the state Assembly by suddenly demanding division of vote at the introduction stage of a bill for reservation to SC and ST in government jobs. The opposition Congress raised objection to the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for SC and ST) Amendment Bill, 2013, by claiming that it lacked provision...
11:20 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Travelling in trains will become costlier from Monday as the hike in reservation, tatkal, cancellation fees and some other charges announced in the rail budget will come into effect. ...
03:55 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said he will continue efforts to get reservation for Jat community in the Central Government jobs. Speaking at the Akhil Bharatiya Jat Maha Sammelan, Hooda said he along with former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi a number of times on the reservation issue and such efforts will continue. ...
12:59 AM, Mar 31, 2013
As the world observed Women's Day, Rajya Sabha members on Friday transcended party lines to demand passage of a bill providing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Parliament and state assemblies. As soon as the House met for the day, Chairman Hamid Ansari mentioned that Friday was International Women's Day to celebrate and honour the untiring commitment and persistent efforts of women. ...
01:00 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Is breaking stereotypes the way forward for today's women? Author Madhuri Banerjee joined IBNLive readers shared her perspective on this matter with IBNLive readers. ...
06:01 PM, Feb 14, 2013
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the five per cent quota for special backward classes including Gujjars observing that it would mean that the quota limit exceeded 50 per cent mark, which was unconstitutional. The Gujjar community has been for a long time now demanding quota and has held large-scale protests to push for its demand. ...
01:34 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Congress will set up a legal cell for redressal of women's grievances, and will reserve 30 per cent positions at all levels for them, said the declaration adopted by the party in Jaipur on Sunday. ...
12:20 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Upset with the UPA government for not being able to pass the SC/ST promotion quota bill in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session, BSP chief Mayawati said that though she has warned the government, she isn't planning to withdraw her support. ...
02:30 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Parliament is debating reservation in promotion for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. ...
10:24 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Dalit historian Kancha Ilaiah joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on whether the Quota Bill on promotions is necessary. ...
01:36 PM, Dec 14, 2012
ith Parliament set to take up Amendment Bill to restore quota in promotion for SC/STs, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he favoured the legislation. "I and my party JD(U) is in favour of the Bill for restoration of quota in promotion for SC/STs," Kumar told reporters emerging from his favourite "Janata ke darbar me mukhya mantri" programme. ...
04:49 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Finally, the Rajasthan government has given five per cent reservation to Gujjars. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gahlot's government gave the reservation to Gujjars under the Special Backward Classes (SBC) category without tampering with the quota for any other caste. ...
02:21 PM, Nov 29, 2012
The Rajasthan government on Wednesday accepted the state OBC commission report, paving way for five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes to five communities, including Gujjars, under Specially Backward Category. ...
11:59 PM, Nov 28, 2012
