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Topic: OBC

30 OBCs who cleared 2017 UPSC exam not given services for ‘hiding their high income’

‘Creamy layer’ OBC candidates are not entitled to reservation, according to a 1990 SC ruling.

Why Modi govt wants quota for upper castes — their state is as pathetic as OBCs

Cabinet note cites 2010 report which found very little difference in economic conditions of upper castes and OBCs at the lower levels.

In IAS exam age limit debate, focus should be on delaying retirement for Dalits, OBCs

The service tenure of all officers should be the same.

Congress can replicate the Chhattisgarh model of defeating the BJP

Chhattisgarh shows the way.

Congress calls out PM Modi for latest gaffe—Sitaram Kesri was OBC, not Dalit

Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh, PM Modi said former Congress chief Sitaram Kesri was a Dalit who was ‘thrown out of office’ to make way for Sonia Gandhi.

From Congress to BJP, everybody is afraid of OBC data

Without fresh OBC data, caste issues are resolved through muscle power.

BJP govt doesn’t want my books because I talk of caste equality: OBC writer Kancha Ilaiah

Four of Kancha Ilaiah’s books were recommended to be dropped from DU’s political science syllabus, but the department decided to continue teaching them.

What did OBC Narendra Modi do for the OBCs?

The OBCs are almost absent in higher judiciary and secretary-level positions in the bureaucracy.

Rajasthan OBCs angry as they need more marks than general category to enter civil service

OBC candidates call it a ‘blatant’ violation of reservation policy, allege they’re being restricted to 26% quota despite good performance.

Census 2021 must ask every Indian their caste, not just OBCs

Let’s see how many say ‘no caste’.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.