March 18, 2022 2:28 am
The polls are due by over a year in the state. “We are not in the favour of conducting polls if it causes injustice to the OBC communities,'' Karnataka's rural development minister KS Eshwarappa told the state legislative council last week.
March 13, 2022 1:37 pm
The panel will be headed by former chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia. Sources said the report is expected in three months.
February 18, 2022 5:08 am
In its order of Wednesday, uploaded on the HC website on Thursday, the court disallowed 27% reservation for OBC candidates.
January 21, 2022 2:16 am
🔴 Sources said that the meeting on Monday would ensure proper coordination between the government and the MSCBC. “It will ensure that there is no communication gap between the state and the commission,” said an official.
December 24, 2021 3:28 am
🔴 The elections are scheduled to be held in February 2022. The tenure of elected representatives of all rural bodies across the State will end on March 10, 2022.
December 23, 2021 8:14 am
🔴 The government's move comes after the state cabinet recently passed a resolution in this regard after the Supreme Court, which has stayed the OBC quota, questioned the government on the steps taken by it.
December 19, 2021 12:45 am
Hans Raj Hans was in the city on Saturday to address a series of public rallies in favour BJP candidates in the run up to the upcoming Chandigarh civic body polls scheduled to be held on December 24.
December 16, 2021 4:46 am
🔴 Sources said the resolution was passed with regards to future elections in the local bodies and that it will not have any impact on the upcoming local bodies polls in 105 nagar panchayats, two zilla parishads and bypolls.
December 16, 2021 4:24 am
🔴 The state had sought the data to provide reservation for OBCs in the forthcoming local body elections.
December 16, 2021 3:33 am
🔴 On December 6, the SC had stayed the elections to the 27 per cent reserved seats stating that the decision to earmark the quota was done without following the mandatory triple-test laid down by the top court.