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
Hisar: The Jat stir was called off on Sunday after the protesters reached a compromise with the Haryana government late on Saturday night, with the latter assuring the release of its leaders arrested during the three-week agitation in Hisar over their demand for reservation in government jobs under the OBC quota. The compromise was reached following marathon talks late on Saturday night between the two sides. Dharamveer, along with Chief...
08:18 AM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi government on Monday increased reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions to 27 per cent from current 21 per cent from academic year 2012-13 but also decided to enhance the total number of seats by 12 per cent so that general category students do not suffer. The decision to comply with central law of reserving 27 per cent seats for OBCs is seen as an effort by...
07:19 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Action against Khurshid as demanded by the Election Commission for his defiance on the subquota issue appears unlikely. ...
11:33 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Bhiwani: Demanding reservation in government jobs, members of Brahmin community in Haryana on Sunday threatened to launch an agitation if their demand was not met. "The Brahmins of the state have been demanding reservation for the past several years but the government has not paid heed to it," the state convenor of Brahmin Aarkshan Sangharsh Samiti, Umesh Sharma, said addressing 'Brahmin Ekta Rally' in Bhiwani. Twenty-two per cent Brahmins in...
09:38 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Patna: The Centre should make separate provision for Most Backward Castes under 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes if it is "really serious" about the betterment of MBCs, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday. Kumar, who was speaking at a function to observe the 88th birth anniversary of late Bihar Chief Minister Karpuri Thakur, opposed four per cent reservation for backward Muslims under 27 per cent...
08:10 PM, Jan 24, 2012
As a gloomy New Year for investors starts off, here are some home truths about risk and returns. Satyajit Das Profile: He is an expert on financial derivatives and risk management Known for: His book 'Traders, Guns and Money' was almost prescient in the way it foresaw the troubles of corporate India with derivatives in 2007 Investors approach investment in the same way that Woody Allen approached the subject of...
01:36 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka has become the first Indian state to set up a special commando unit for protecting tigers in its dense forests from poachers and hunters, a senior official said on Tuesday. "The 54-strong trained commando unit will be deployed from Wednesday in the two major tiger reserves located in Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border to protect the wild cats from poachers and hunters," state's...
12:36 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Saharanpur: Hoping to woo Muslims voters in Uttar Pradesh,Rahul Gandhi on Friday was out to hard sell Center's decision on sub-quota for minorities and attacked the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party for "doing nothing" for the community when they were in power in the state. The Congress promised that the quota could also increase in future and that minorities could be given 6 to 8 per cent reservation in...
11:45 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that the Congress was trying to make a place for itself in the Uttar Pradesh polls through reservation. "Congress is trying to give people the opium of reservation to hijack votes. Today, they are remembering Muslim and Jat reservation. Tomorrow, they will remember some other reservation," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told in the national capital. Speaking to a TV...
09:07 PM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: It's not just the Lokpal Bill that the government is coming under fire for, but the minority issue is also creating difficulties for the government. Sachar Committee member Abu Saleh Shariff has claimed that the condition of the Muslim community has actually worsened under the UPA regime. This came even as the UPA introduced a quota for Muslim OBCs ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls. The Opposition parties...
07:46 AM, Dec 24, 2011
Patna: Congress' decision of carving out a sub-quota for minorities withing the OBCs' 27 per cent quota will "bolster" Hindutva forces and break the social cohesion between OBCs and minorities, the JD(U) claimed on Friday. National spokesman of JD(U), a key NDA ally, Shivanand Tiwari on Friday termed the Congress' proposed move as "unfortunate". He was reacting to the Centre's decision to carve out a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent...
02:52 PM, Dec 23, 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: In her first address to the party MPs since she returned from the US after having a surgery in August, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday criticised the Opposition and Team Anna over the Lokpal and other Bills. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, Sonia Gandhi said, "We are ready for the fight over the Lokpal and Women's Reservation Bill." Taking a strong stand on the Lokpal Bill,...
10:49 AM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday took a dig at JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, saying he has no confidence on a woman minister apparently due to his reservations on the Women's Reservation Bill. Replying to a debate on the state of river Ganga in the Lok Sabha, Natarajan referred to certain comparisons made by Yadav between her predecessor Jairam Ramesh and herself while participating in the discussion. She...
03:04 AM, Dec 20, 2011
The clamour for inclusion of quota in the Lokpal Bill is becoming louder as the Government agrees to introduce the Bill. ...
10:39 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: The clamour for inclusion of quota in the Lokpal Bill is becoming louder as the Government agrees to introduce the Bill in Parliament in the winter session itself. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan have reiterated their demand for reservation in Lokpal - while the BJP has called it a political stunt. Team Anna meanwhile has been silent on the issue...
09:48 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: The clamour for inclusion of quota in the Lokpal Bill is becoming louder as the Government agrees to introduce the Bill in Parliament in the winter session itself. "Don't think the Government is dangling carrot, but how can demand of 165 MPs on reservation be ignored? We will carry on our agitation, even as Anna used a Dalit girl to break his fast," said Ram Vilas Paswan. "Reservation...
01:31 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday held a grand rally in Lucknow and slammed the Congress for betraying the minorities. The grand rally which was attended by thousands of people saw Mayawati using that opportunity to hit out at the Congress. "Many communal riots at Muradabad, Meerut occurred during the Congress rule," commented Mayawati. The UP Chief Minister also added, "Muslims have not been empowered during the...
02:36 PM, Dec 18, 2011
New Delhi: Railways have suspended a senior railway officer of Danapur division under East Central Railway after some MPs from Bihar could not get AC first class coupe in Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express on Tuesday. Senior divisional operating manager (DOM) Adhar Raj was suspended "for dereliction of duty" after Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi promised strong action against the seniormost official involved in the episode. "DOM of Danapur Division has been suspended...
02:54 PM, Dec 08, 2011
