New Delhi: In the wake of the Andhra Pradesh High Court order striking down the 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities within OBC reservation, IITs have decided to abide by the ruling, "ignoring" the quota provision till further legal developments. With this, candidates who benefited under the sub-quota and shortlisted for counselling have been advised to register the choice of courses accordingly under the ongoing counselling process, IIT-JEE 2012 organising...
08:32 PM, May 31, 2012
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11:44 PM, May 29, 2012
Law Minister Salman Khurshid has said that minority sub-quotas are not aimed at minority appeasement but the empowerment of all communities. ...
10:14 PM, May 29, 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: Dismissing Law Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that he will take the 4.5 per cent sub-quota issue to the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said religion based reservation was not legally sustainable and Congress had misled the minorities with the politically-motivated step. Asked about the government decision to file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court on the issue, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said...
08:06 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said that the government would move the Supreme Court against a Andhra Pradesh High Court order scrapping 4.5 per cent minorities sub-quota. A division bench of the AP High Court on Monday set aside the Centre's decision to carve out a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for backward classes belonging to notified minorities from the 27 per cent OBC reservation, saying there was...
04:03 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: A recent opinion poll conducted by the market research firm GFK in eight cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow) between May 8-10, 2012 revealed that nearly 66 per cent of the respondents were dissatisfied with the current Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and would want the PM replaced by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi or Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Law Minister Salman Khurshid has...
01:26 PM, May 22, 2012
The Lokpal Bill is expected to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. ...
12:27 PM, May 21, 2012
On the eve of the UPA-II's third anniversary, Law Minister Salman Khurshid admitted that the coalition government has been facing a tough ride. Supporting the Prime Minister, Khurshid defended the criticism for Dr Manmohan Singh by saying that if allies have a problem with a particular direction that the party wants to take, it is not just for the Prime Minister. Here is the full transcript of the interview: Karan...
09:26 PM, May 20, 2012
On the eve of the UPA-II's third anniversary, Law Minister Salman Khurshid admitted that the coalition government has been facing a tough ride. Khurshid said that the Congress was prepared for all options, including being in Opposition, after the 2014 General Elections. The minister was speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate'. Below is an edited transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Across the country... frustration with this government...
08:39 AM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: Willing to bring the Lokpal bill in the present session of Parliament, senior ministers on Thursday met Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley as part of efforts to build a consensus on the bill. Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy met Jaitley on Thursday to discuss the bill, highly placed sources told. According to...
05:54 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that the government was trying to build a consensus on Lokayukta. He also said that Team Anna is against the removal of Lokayukta clause. "We are trying to evolve a consensus. Team Anna is against the removal of Lokayukta clause but some of leaders want it. So we need to evolve a consensus," he said. Earlier, the reports said that the...
11:38 AM, May 10, 2012
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has asked partymen to pull up their socks and work hard for the forthcoming assembly polls in Gujarat, Himachal and Karnataka. ...
12:27 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Terming as a closed chapter the issue of Law Minister Salman Khurshid's remarks during UP polls "challenging" the Election Commission, CEC S Y Quraishi on Monday justified taking up the issue with the President saying the "unprecedented" situation warranted such a step. "Here was a Law Minister who was challenging the authority of a constitutional body, whose powers have also been upheld by the Supreme Court. That amounted...
10:34 PM, May 07, 2012
Jaipur: The Centre's move to carve out 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities will double the job opportunities for Muslim community, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said. "The 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities would increase two fold the job opportunities for Muslims, who must get their rightful share in the fruits of development," Khurshid said. The demand for reservation in employment and education for Muslims was not...
02:29 AM, May 07, 2012
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