Reservation has become a disfigured word: BJP

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 18:09

Dalit people are the most marginalised and untouchable sections and their economic uplift and educational empowerment should get priority, a senior BJP leader said on Wednesday.

Govt striving to table Women`s Bill in next session: Pawar

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 22:29

Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Centre is striving hard to table the women reservation Bill during the next session of Parliament.

Reservation issue: Jat body to oppose Cong in Rajasthan Assembly polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:42

Accusing the Congress of adopting double standards on the Jat reservation issue, a section of the Jat community on Friday announced to oppose the party in the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

Karuna welcomes SC verdict on differently-abled reservation

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 20:31

DMK chief M Karunanidhi welcomed the Supreme Court`s direction to the Centre and state governments to provide three per cent job reservation to differently-abled persons in all their departments, companies and institutions.

Reserve three percent govt jobs for disabled: SC to Centre, states

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 20:29

The Supreme Court directed the Centre and state governments to provide three percent job reservation to disabled persons in their departments, companies and PSUs.

Provide 3% reservation in govt jobs to disabled: SC to govts

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 11:08

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central and all state governments to provide reservation to disabled persons in government jobs.

UP govt restrained from giving reservation to "adequately represented" classes

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 23:10

Allahabad High Court restrained Uttar Pradesh govt from providing reservation facility to "adequately represented" classes in recruitment of close to 40000 constables in civil police and fire service.

Jats threaten to block Delhi`s entry points

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 00:27

The Jat community in Haryana has threatened to block all entry points into Delhi next February.

Tatkal booking to be available for passenger trains

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 20:36

Railways has decided to introduce the Tatkal scheme in many passenger trains to help travellers avail the emergency reservation facility.

No headway in evolving consensus on women`s bill: LS Speaker

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 16:22

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday said her efforts to evolve a consensus on the passage of the long-pending women`s reservation bill had not made `any headway`.

Pro-quota stir: Over 100 held for defying prohibitory orders

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 14:04

More than 100 students were arrested from various parts of the city on Tuesday for defying prohibitory orders clamped in the wake of their bid to hold a "Mahapanchayat" to press the demand for restoring the controversial reservation formula which was scrapped recently.

AIIMS asked to fill posts in line with current quota policy

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 11:36

The Health Ministry has asked AIIMS to go ahead with filling 148 posts of super speciality faculty as per the current quota policy even as the government`s review petition is pending in the Supreme Court which had disfavoured reservation for such posts.