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Friday, August 15, 2025
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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

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Yudh Seva Medal for Major General SS Sharda, who led Indian Army’s info war during Op Sindoor

Independence Day honours for ADG Strat Comm team behind Op Sindoor’s strategic messaging, including the logo designer, for real-time narrative control & countering misinfo.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.