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Dhubri: In the minority-dominated Dhubri constituency, BJP has picked 55-year-old Hindu OBC leader Uttam Prasad as its candidate for the assembly poll race.Prasad, also an ardent social worker, had contested the civic body poll in 2017 as an independent candidate from Ward No. 9 and won. He later joined BJP.Though Prasad has been associated with…
NEW DELHI: The income of parents cannot be the sole criterion for exclusion of a candidate from OBC quota on the ground of being part of ‘creamy layer’, the Supreme Court has said, stressing that status and category of parents’ jobs have to be considered, with income/wealth test as an additional criterion for exclusion. At…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the determination whether a candidate falls within the creamy layer or the non-creamy layer of the OBCs cannot be decided solely on the basis of the income.“Determination of creamy layer status solely on the basis of income brackets, without reference to the categories of posts and…
SC has asked Karnataka govt to respond to the appeal within two weeks (AI image) NEW DELHI: To determine whether an OBC woman candidate came within the creamy layer to be disentitled from reservation in govt employment, what should be taken into consideration – income of her husband or that of her parents? Supreme Court…
BENGALURU: The Congress govt has decided to grant Rs 255 crore worth of land in Bengaluru to 22 Dalit and OBC mutts, overruling red flags raised by key departments on giving away gomala land and parcels that are within the city corporation limits.Documents reviewed by TOI show that the departments of finance, and law and…
New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed Telangana govt’s plea challenging a high court order staying implementation of 42% reservation for backward classes in local body polls.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked Telangana HC to decide the main matter on merits.“You may continue with your elections. The order shall not affect the…
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange CHHTATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Friday said the recent mega OBC march in Nagpur was a Congress and Rahul Gandhi-sponsored event, aimed more at political gains than genuine community welfare, reports Mohammed Akhef. He also criticised key OBC netas and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.The march was organised…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) PATNA: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor (PK)-backed Jan Suraaj, on Thursday announced the first list of 51 candidates for Bihar assembly elections, including former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur’s granddaughter but largely from non-political backgrounds.Taking the lead over the two major alliances–NDA and the INDIA bloc, Kishor said he is giving options to…
