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Children can't fall in non-creamy OBC layer if parents' income in excess: Kerala High Court
July 30, 2026 6:51 pm
Two teenaged students moved court for non-creamy lawyer OBC certificates for NEET UG 2026 and KEAM 2026 admissions but the ruling noted the "excess" income and wealth of their parents working in the private sector.
Can a vacant OBC medical seat be given to general category? Delhi High Court delivers split verdict
May 22, 2026 12:29 pm
The case before the Delhi High Court arose from a plea by a general category doctor seeking de-reservation of a vacant OBC seat for Radio-Diagnosis at a government hospital after no eligible OBC candidate qualified for it.
15 Maharashtra districts lack cabinet representation; three have four ministers each
May 25, 2025 10:37 pm
Maharashtra's recent cabinet expansion highlights regional disparities in power sharing, with seven of Vidarbha's 11 districts lacking ministerial representation.
A report rethinks quotas, 'affirmative action' for Muslims, highlights their 'lost political relevance'
March 04, 2025 4:28 am
Recommendations include continuing with religion-based quota under the OBC category, as it exists in some states, and formulate secular sub-categorisation of OBCs, apart from SC inclusion.
BJD calls for country-wide caste census, inclusion of Odisha’s SEBCs to national OBC list
January 16, 2025 6:46 pm
Accurate data is vital for the formulation of appropriate reservation policies in education and employment, the Naveen Patnaik-led party said
Keep Marathas away from OBC category, don’t give them a blanket quota: minister Chhagan Bhujbal
November 27, 2023 2:32 pm
The OBC leader says the Supreme Court has held that the Maratha community is not a backward one.
EWS quota will not cut into existing quotas, Govt tells Supreme Court
September 28, 2022 8:27 am
The Ministry of Social Justice said this in an affidavit filed before the five-judge Constitution bench, presided by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit, which wrapped up arguments on petitions challenging the Constitution 103rd amendment introducing the 10-per cent EWS quota in jobs and admissions.
State-level OBC groups must be included in central list
August 11, 2022 9:06 am
Pushpendra Singh writes: The SCs and STs are identified as such ‘with respect to any State or Union Territory’ and have only one list and one status at the state and central levels. So, why are the OBCs being identified differently?
Hit by exit of OBC, Dalit leaders, BJP plans outreach campaign
January 13, 2022 1:12 am
100 OBC and SC leaders to visit every seat, try to wean away BSP, SP workers
Narendra Modi Cabinet big Rejig: UP gets lion’s share, seven junior ministers
July 08, 2021 10:42 am
Ahead of 2022 Assembly elections, BJP attempts regional and caste balance with focus on OBCs, SCs
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Shriya Pilgaonkar on Swara Bhaskar’s jauhar remark: Easy to judge context of another time
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Swara Bhaskar’s comments on the climactic jauhar sequence of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2018 blockbuster period war drama Padmaavat has reentered the discourse after the actor justified her objection to the archaic practice. Swara had claimed that as a woman, she felt “reduced to her vagina” while watching the climax, when Deepika Padukone’s character of Rani Padmini leads women into self-immolation.
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