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‘Positive act’ needed to show conversion to Hinduism—SC denies Christian woman’s caste certificate plea

Petitioner had applied for UD clerk job in Puducherry under Scheduled Caste quota. Upholding Madras HC ruling, SC says her claim to be practising Hinduism is merely for quota benefits.

An aspiring armyman, a science prodigy, a Messi fan—untold stories of student ‘murders’ in Bangladesh

Families navigate a long road to justice for their children killed in student protests that led to Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.

‘Try and beat me in UPSC’ — IAS mentor to Telangana officer whose disability quota remark sparked uproar

Differently abled former civil servant Bala Latha Mallavarapu threatens indefinite fast if IAS Smita Sabharwal fails to retract her comments and apologise within 24 hours.

Bangladesh shuts universities, colleges indefinitely after anti-quota student protests kill 6

Amid high unemployment, students are rallying against 30% reservation in govt jobs for freedom fighters of the 1971 war.

No sincere effort by Centre to give SC/STs reservation in AIIMS super-specialty courses — House panel

Policy ‘adversely affecting interests of SCs and STs’, says Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in a report tabled Tuesday.

Bihar Assembly passes bill to increase quota for SCs, STs and OBCs from 50% to 65%

Earlier this week, state govt had tabled socio-economic data about the state’s population as part of caste survey. CM Nitish said quota hiked in accordance with their population.

Nitish Kumar proposes to raise reservation from 50% to 65% after Bihar caste survey findings

Revised quota is apparently over and above Centre's 10% EWS reservation. Under this plan, reservation in Bihar could go up to 20% for SCs, 43% for OBCs and EBCs & 2% for STs.

SubscriberWrites: India does not need caste-based quota. Economic status should be the only criteria for reservation

Usage of reservation should be limited to maximum of two generations so that the base shift can be visible, writes Varun Chaturvedi.

Panchamasali Lingayats ramp up quota stir with padayatra to Belagavi — ‘Bommai didn’t keep word’

The community, which gets 5% reservation, wants to be included in category of OBC communities getting 15%. Panchamasalis are the biggest sub-sect within Lingayats who back BJP.

Change in Rajasthan military veteran quota will open caste cauldron. Consequences won’t be good

Instead of veterans being taken as a united whole, they are likely to be divided into caste categories if the Rajasthan government accepts the demands of OBC groups.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.