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End of BJP has come: Akhilesh Yadav renews PDA pitch
4 Feb 2024 12:45 PM ISTLucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said it has come to the fore in a survey that 91 per cent of the backward people, Dalits and...
Those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
11 April 2023 11:12 AM IST India is home to the second largest Muslim population in the world and those blaming the country on minority issues have no clue about the...
Supreme Court to hear on Monday batch of pleas on identification of minorities at state level
9 April 2023 8:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas seeking the identification of minorities at the state level. A bench of...
BJP fuelling fire of hatred, targeting minorities, Dalits, tribals, women: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi
25 Feb 2023 1:52 PM ISTFormer Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launched an all-out attack on the BJP government on Saturday, accusing it of "fuelling the fire of hatred" and...
Khurshid hopeful of SC relief to Centre’s quota for minorities
24 Jun 2013 5:01 AM ISTUnion minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday expressed hope that the Supreme Court would uphold the Centre’s decision to provide 4.5 per cent reservation...
Govt targets minority candidates for new EC
27 Jun 2012 4:15 PM ISTFollowing the vacancy created by the retirement of S Y Quraishi as the chief election commissioner, the government is likely to appoint another...
Centre fails to move SC on sub-quota
14 Jun 2012 1:21 PM ISTThe Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities carved out of...
SC refuses to stay minority quota order
12 Jun 2012 6:46 AM ISTThe Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to stay the order of the Andhra Pradesh high court, which had quashed 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities...
Centre to challenge HC sub-quota order
30 May 2012 8:19 AM ISTThe Centre will challenge in the Supreme Court the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court striking down its 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities...
HC says no to OBC sub-quota for minorities
29 May 2012 8:39 AM ISTHolding that the Centre acted in a 'casual manner', the Andhra Pradesh high court quashed the 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities carved out of 27...
Police to get lessons on dealing with minorities
21 May 2012 9:40 AM ISTNational Commission for Minorities (NCM) has prepared a special module and an experimental programme for National Police Academy (NPA) to give few...
PM calls all-party meet over job quota
19 May 2012 12:18 PM ISTWith quota politics hotting up, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting 23 May to discuss the way forward on giving...