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The university has claimed it did not receive any 'qualified' candidates for the posts reserved for OBC teachers.

Kanmani Ray, a lawyer based in Delhi, presented herself as a transwoman when she joined law school at Delhi University in 2018. She would wear a shirt

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the election process on the seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local body elections in Madhya Pradesh.A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and C.T. Ravikumar said: "We direct the ...

Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) has been electorally dominant among the Yadavs while Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) enjoys overwhelming support among the Jatavs.

Former union minister RL Jalappa, 96, breathed his last on Friday evening, drawing curtains on a political career that spanned four decades.  Jalappa died at a hospital named after him in Kolar. He was admitted a month ago and was shifted to the ICU a few weeks ago. Besides age-related ailments, Jalappa suffered kidney and lung problems.  Born on October 19, 1925, at

The Supreme Court issued notice in the plea filed by the State of Tamil Nadu challenging a Madras High Court judgment which struck down the law enacted by Tamil Nadu providing 10.5 percent reservation to Vanniyar caste.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to accept the recommendation of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes extending backward caste status to Kodavas. The court quashed two government orders, in 2015 and in September 2021, rejecting the recommendations of the Commission.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a direction to the Centre and other authorities to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

The top court declined to entertain requests by the Maharashtra government and a few intervenors seeking modification in the December 6 order

In another jolt to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the State Election Commission (SEC) and the state government to convert 27 per cent reserved seats for OBC into general category for zila parishad and ...