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
In a recent moment of either enthusiasm or desperation, Principal of St Stephen's College, Delhi University, Valson Thampu proposed 40% reservation for male students at ...
06:53 PM, May 10, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka government on Monday decided to earmark 50 per cent reservation for women in all urban local bodies in the state. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda. Women already enjoy such a reservation in zilla, gram and taluk panchayats. Briefing reporters, Law and Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar said relevant laws would be amended on the reservation issue. In...
01:19 AM, May 08, 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
New Delhi: An unusual proposal to reserve 40 per cent of the seats for male students was introduced at the staff meeting of the St Stephen's college on Friday, but was met with vehement disapproval from the teachers who said they were "taken aback" by the "absurd" idea. College Principal Valson Thampu introduced the proposal before the college staff at a meeting held on Friday morning. The idea that has...
12:07 AM, May 05, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described as "afflictive for backward classes" the Centre's decision of allotting 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities within the existing 27 per cent OBC reservation. "The Centre's decision of snatching four per cent reservation benefits from the 27 per cent quota of OBC is afflictive for socially and educationally backward class people," Modi said while speaking at an event of Raval...
12:11 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Schools in Delhi, Andhra Pradesh have decided to challenge the Supreme Court order asking them to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for economically weaker students. ...
11:38 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Schools in Delhi are set to file a review petition against the Supreme Court ruling on 25 per cent reservation for children belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society. Delhi schools said that they were waiting for a copy of the order before going ahead. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, saying that there will be 25...
01:09 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, saying that there will be 25 per cent reservation in government, local authority schools and private schools for children from the economically weaker sections of the society. A bench comprising Chief Justice SH Kapadia and justices KS Radhakrishnan and Swantanter Kumar, which had reserved its verdict on August 3, 2011, upheld the validity...
10:54 AM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether it should be mandatory for private schools to provide free education to children from economically weaker sections till class 8 as mentioned in the Right to Education Act. The Act also asks private schools to reserve 25 per cent seats for such children. The court will decide on the validity of this and other key provisions. A bench comprising Chief...
09:30 AM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has reversed Mayawati government's decision of providing reservation to Schedule Caste (SC) officers in promotion in government jobs. Allahabad High Court had earlier set aside Mayawati's decision. Mayawati government had approached the Supreme Court against the High Court order. The UP government on Tuesday issued a statement that it stands with the High Court's order. ...
03:01 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Washington: The United States has hailed the measures taken by India to include women in governance by giving them reservation in local bodies. "I was impressed at the measures taken by the Government of India to include women in governance through requirements for one-third representation of women in the legislature and one-half representation in their local governing bodies, panchayats," said Reta Lewis, Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs. Women's issues,...
09:49 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Nandigram: Announcing sops for minorities ahead of the panchayat elections next year in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her government has ordered a survey for ensuring job reservation for Muslims and would also bring a bill for 50 per cent reservation for women in panchayats. Referring to the 10 per cent quota the previous Left Front government had announced for Other Backward Classes...
08:07 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Jeetu, a Jat leader, said on Sunday that first, a funeral ceremony will be organised for one of the men who was killed during the agitation, and then a core group meet will be held to decide on future strategy. ...
08:53 AM, Mar 11, 2012
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