April 16, 2025 8:39 pm
According to sources, Thaawarchand Gehlot marked the Bill as reserved for Presidential assent and sent it to the Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department.
March 22, 2025 3:28 am
The Cabinet last Friday had approved an amendment to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act, reserving for Muslims 4% of contracts in (civil) works valued up to `2 crore, and goods/services procurement contracts up to Rs 1 crore.
March 18, 2025 10:14 pm
“It is imperative to cleanse our electoral system and voter lists of any irregularities.... the EC must take all parties into confidence and ensure necessary correctives without coming under any pressure,” writes Siasat
November 30, 2023 9:08 am
Appealing to the people to vote for the BJP in Telangana, Adityanath said the saffron party, if elected, would abolish the "unconstitutional" religion-based reservation and provide the benefit to OBCs, SCs and STs.
September 24, 2023 5:14 pm
A conclave will be held in Mumbai on October 22 with the aim of consolidating Muslims across Maharashtra to unite and raise the demand for reservation. Maulana Azad Vichar Manch president Hussain Dalwai explains why the demand is justified.
May 10, 2023 4:09 am
Taking strong exception to the submission, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged the bench not to make any comment without knowing the content of the statement and the context in which it was made.
April 13, 2023 12:50 pm
The Karnataka government announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and scrapped the four per cent quota for Other Backward Classes Muslims.
March 31, 2023 7:22 am
BJP govt scrapped 4% reservation for Muslims saying religious minorities cannot be a reservation category, but Jains and Christians classified under 2D quota category as per March 27 order.
March 28, 2023 2:49 pm
‘Rather than taking affirmative action to ensure safeguards for Muslims by strengthening the legal regime, governments now appear to be targeting whatever little opportunities granted to them,’ writes Siasat
March 26, 2023 2:52 pm
The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918






