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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.

The State Election Commission has rejected the Maha Vikas Aghadi government's demand for deferring the upcoming local body election until the compilation of empirical data of the OBC community.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Wednesday received a major jolt after the Supreme Court rejected its plea to stay local body elections, in the absence of the OBC quota, to 105 nagar panchayats, Bhandara and Gondia zilla parishads and panchayat samitis in their jurisdiction, and 4,554 gram panchayats.

In a bid to woo the Maratha community which is pressing for the restoration of the 12 per cent quota in education and the 13 per cent quota in jobs that was cancelled by the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra government will provide Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the 34 people who died in the agitation for Maratha reservation.

People’s voice for a complete Caste-based Census is gaining momentum in various corners of the country.

BJP leader Pankaja Munde, sulking over neglect by the party in her nomination to the state council elections, on Tuesday attacked the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government over the politically sensitive issue of restoration of OBC reservation in local bodies.

PMK founder leader Dr S. Ramadoss has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to appeal in Supreme Court against the Madras High Courts decision to quash 10.5 per cent internal reservation for Vanniyar community within the Most Backward Classes ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, accused the Samajwadi Party of lodging fake criminal cases against Hindus and Lord Ram devotees during its government’s tenure while felicitating terrorists. Adityanath also targeted Congress, accusing it of sowing seeds of terrorism. “The root of terrorism was planted in Jammu and Kashmir by the Congress in the form of

Yogi also questioned the previous governments on their failure in according constitutional status as to the Backward Classes Commission.

It's been a little over four years since journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was gunned down in front of her home in Bengaluru. Even though 18 of the accused in the case continue to remain behind bars, convictions are yet to take place. The Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the then Congress government, said in court that Lankesh was targeted for opposing the