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Rahul admits Congress failed to respond to OBC aspirations, ‘it opened space for BJP’

Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was addressing party’s Lok Sabha MPs and Telangana leadership at party HQ in New Delhi.

Party loyalist with RSS background, PVN Madhav is Andhra’s new BJP chief, like his father 40 yrs ago

Madhav replaces Daggubati Purandeswari as BJP eyes growth in the state where it remains a junior partner. The OBC leader has risen through the ranks.

An ex-MLC & Brahmin leader with ABVP roots, Ramchander Rao is new chief of faction-ridden Telangana BJP

Since Telangana's formation in 2014, the post has been held by 2 OBCs. Rao now faces the daunting task of taking everyone along on his shoulders as party prepares for 2028 polls.

Haryana govt ‘Veer Banda Bairagi’ ad on his martyrdom day invites backlash from SGPC, Akal Takht

SGPC & Akal Takht slam Haryana govt advertisement for 'mislabelling' Baba Banda Singh Bahadur as 'Bairagi', alleging a conspiracy to distort the Sikh warrior’s identity and legacy.

Chhagan Bhujbal is a Maharashtra minister, again. The 3 reasons behind his comeback

OBC leader Bhujbal was dropped from the Mahayuti 2.0 cabinet back in December. On Tuesday, he was sworn in as a minister.

‘Count OBCs or face our anger’: Gopinath Munde’s caste census demand in 2010 Lok Sabha

On 6 May 2010, BJP leader Gopinath Munde warned that not counting OBCs in the caste census would mean denying social justice to more than half the country for another decade.

Removed as Congress OBC cell chief, Haryana’s Ajay Yadav says ‘conspiracy by coterie to humiliate me’

Could have been asked to resign gracefully instead of being humiliated, asserts senior Haryana Congress leader. Yadav has been a six-time MLA from Rewari.

40,000 scholarships pending: Haryana SC/ST & OBCs panel flags gross lapses in welfare & fund use

Report presented in Haryana assembly highlights serious concerns over the backlog of reserved category vacancies in govt jobs and underutilisation of funds for state programmes.

BJP member who ‘slapped’ party MLA in UP suspended as controversy takes Thakur-vs-OBC turn

BJP’s move seen as damage control attempt to pacify Kurmi community, which accounts for 15 percent of the population of Tarai belt. SP backs MLA, says he was 'insulted' because of caste.

OBC representation in central govt employment is rising, but remains below Mandal Commission norms

SC & ST representation, on the other hand, largely remained above Mandal Commission's reservation benchmarks between 2012 & 2023, although the figure for STs did dip a few times.

On Camera

New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.