Report will be presented in cabinet meeting during special assembly session called for 20 February. CM Eknath Shinde urges Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil to call off fast.
Shinde govt Friday issued draft order to extend quota benefits associated with Kunbi caste, part of OBCs, to paternal kin of eligible persons and relations forming out of marriage.
Pawar's statement comes days after a purported certificate showing him as belonging to OBC category went viral on social media. NCP MP’s daughter Supriya Sule called it ‘fake.’
Issue of OBC reservation in focus in the midst of ongoing Maratha quota stir. While Marathas have asked to be included among OBCs, the demand has been opposed by OBC community.
With Supreme Court quashing the Maratha quota, the state wants census data 'to enable the State Backward Class Commission to prepare empirical data of the OBC population.'
Udayanraje Bhosale and Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati have traditionally been cold to each other. But both are now demanding political action in the Maratha quota issue.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai said demands and representations have been received from time to time from various individuals and organisations to declare these border areas as a UT.
The apex court has referred the case to a larger constitution bench, adding that the status of those who have already taken benefits of the 2018 law will not be disturbed.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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