OBC

The demand for the enumeration of people belonging to other backward classes (OBCs) is becoming a political hot potato for the ruling BJP. The party is committed to doing it, but states ought to do it first, says K Laxman, national…

Traditional rivals BJP and Congress are relying on "borrowed" players in the battle for Amethi, the bastion of the Gandhi family which the saffron party has demolished now. The BJP has fielded veteran Congress leader Sanjay Sinh, who…

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that merit should be socially contextualized and reconceptualized as an instrument that advances social goods that society values like equality. In a detailed order issued on Thursday, a bench of…

The BJP leadership is not worried of the recent defections of leaders from the OBC community in Uttar Pradesh and it is confident of winning more than 300 seats in the upcoming assembly elections. Party insiders said those who have defected…

Following the ban on public rallies, the BJP in UP will send LED raths to all the 403 assembly constituencies starting January 15. "The LED raths will make people aware about the work done by the state and central governments and appeal to…

CHENNAI: The AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court upholding the 27 per cent reservation in all India Quota (AIQ) seats for medical admissions, and claimed this was a victory for its sustained struggle on the quota…

The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the decks for postgraduate medical counselling and admissions, including the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and economically weaker…

NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Doctors (FORDA) has filed an intervention plea in the Supreme Court, which is currently hearing petitions challenging validity of EWS quota in postgraduate medical courses. FORDA has been protesting…

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Rs 8 lakh income criterion for determining the Economical Weaker Section (EWS) is much more stringent than the one for the OBC creamy layer. The government, which has accepted the report of a…

Criticising the delay in arresting the killers of a BJP OBC Morcha leader in Kerala, the BJP on Thursday alleged that the state Home Department has "completely surrendered to the extremists" and urged the state government to refer the case…