New Delhi: The confusions over nursery admissions in Delhi schools came to an end with the Education Ministry finally announcing the guidelines for admissions for 2011, on Wednesday. According to the guidelines, 75 per cent seats will be reserved for the general category while, 25 per cent seats will have to be reserved for economically weaker sections (EWS) category. The new guidelines also give schools the room to formulate their...
04:17 PM, Dec 15, 2010
New Delhi: Confusion over nursery admissions in the capital continued, on Monday as a meeting to sort out differences between the government and private schools ended without any decision though a minister said they were expected to come out with the guidelines on Wednesday. Private school managements are insisting that the existing 100-point system devised by the Ashok Ganguly Committee three years ago be retained during the admission process while...
08:30 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Kerala: A fierce battle for women's votes is on in full swing in Kerala. The state has introduced 50 per cent quotas for women in Panchayat bodies. Posters of women candidates line the streets of Kerala like never before. The upcoming Panchayat elections will be the first after the quota for women in local bodies was raised to 50 per cent. Many like R Preetha welcome the move. Preetha herself...
09:22 PM, Oct 20, 2010
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed on Friday at the Andhra Pradesh High Court with police arresting 60 Telangana lawyers after they tried to barge into the court premises and forcibly removing three others, who had been on fast for the last four days. More than 60 Telangana lawyers, who are demanding 42 per cent share for the region in the appointments of law officers, were arrested as they tried to violate the...
05:30 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Hisar (Haryana): Barring a stray incident of road block, life was limping back to normalcy in Hisar on Wednesday, where curfew has been lifted as agitating Jats demanding quota suspended their protests after the state government agreed to some of their demands. Prohibitory orders has been imposed in the region here while educational institutions are closed as a precautionary measure. "The situation in Hisar district is normal. No untoward incident...
03:13 PM, Sep 15, 2010
Hisar: Jat community members in Haryana, who had been protesting since Monday demanding quotas in government jobs, called off their agitation on Tuesday evening. The decision to call off the agitation was taken after talks with the state government. Curfew was imposed in several parts of Haryana's Hisar district on Tuesday after Jat community members went on the rampage, targeting government and private property. The district administration sought the help...
07:54 PM, Sep 14, 2010
Hisar: Thousands of Jats have blocked the Chandigarh-Hisar Highway for the second consecutive day on Tuesday demanding reservation in government jobs for their community. Haryana Roadways has cancelled its services in all Jat-dominated areas of the state as a precautionary measure. Curfew has been imposed in Hisar and Army called out to help the district administration in maintaining peace in the area. On Monday, protestors had torched a bus and...
12:14 PM, Sep 14, 2010
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls later this year, the Congress-led UPA has played an upper cast card. ...
09:36 AM, Jul 23, 2010
Do women politicians who hurl flower pots in Assemblies need 33% reservation to enter politics? ...
08:33 AM, Jul 23, 2010
![SC okays Tamil Nadu 69 per cent quota law]( "SC okays Tamil Nadu 69 per cent quota law")
The apex court directed the state backward class commission to revisit the reservation issue afresh. ...
03:12 PM, Jul 13, 2010
The Calcutta High Court says there is no provision for reservation on religious grounds in the Constitution. ...
06:48 PM, Jul 02, 2010
Efforts to provide more government jobs to minorities by the Centre is Islamisation of India, says Shiv Sena. ...
02:56 PM, Jun 23, 2010
A Jat delegation will meet the Social Justice Department Additional Secretary on the reservation issue. ...
12:18 PM, Jun 14, 2010
Digambar Kamat had earlier said that women joining politics will have negative impact on society. ...
05:47 PM, May 24, 2010
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee says 10 per cent of state government jobs will be reserved for poor Muslims. ...
05:44 PM, May 24, 2010
In this week's episode of Devil's Advocate, Karan Thapar speaks to senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee. ...
11:22 PM, May 23, 2010
Kamat advises women not to join politics, tells them to take care of home. ...
01:45 PM, May 23, 2010
The BJP leader has supported the demand for quota within quota for OBC women in the bill. ...
06:15 PM, Apr 11, 2010
Parties opposing the bill want quotas for minorities, Dalits and backward classes within the 33 per cent seats. ...
04:00 PM, Apr 06, 2010
Other than the Yadav trio, the women's bill now faces opposition from allies like Trinamool Congress. ...
09:40 PM, Apr 05, 2010
