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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicReservation bill

Topic: reservation bill

House panel endorses govt-funded quotas for SCs, STs, OBCs in pvt higher education institutions

Parliamentary panel noted in its report that, as per data from Dept of Higher Education, private HEIs reportedly have 40 percent OBC, 14.9 percent SC, and 5 percent ST students.

Monsoon session: Lok Sabha to discuss ST reservation bill in Goa assembly, merchant shipping bill

Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Sarbananda Sonowal to move the bills in the Lower House of Parliament.

18 BJP MLAs suspended from Karnataka Assembly amid ruckus over honey trap row, minority quota bill

Ruckus erupted in the Assembly as BJP MLAs entered the Well of the House and also tore and threw papers at the Speaker UT Khader's chair.

Siddaramaiah govt backtracks, puts Karnataka jobs reservation bill on hold for more ‘deliberations’

The draft bill proposing reservation of private jobs for Kannadigas has drawn flak from the business community & Opposition. Neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh asks companies to 'relocate'.

Women’s Reservation Bill gets President Droupadi Murmu’s nod, becomes law

The Bill was passed in both Houses of Parliament in September with overwhelming support from all parties.

Parliament clears new quota bill but parties set for bitter battle over it before polls

Modi government’s gambit puts opposition parties in a bind, but upper caste quota bill clears Rajya Sabha test with a 165-7 margin. New Delhi: The Rajya...

Lok Sabha passes 10% quota for upper castes, opposition supports it despite reservations

The bill, being viewed as an attempt by the BJP to placate its angry upper-caste voters ahead of the polls, was passed with a 323-3 margin.

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.