The Uttar Pradesh govt recently appointed a five-member commission for going into the entire gamut of issues for providing reservation to the OBCs in civic polls...

The department pointed out that even after three decades of the judiciary assuming primacy in judges' appointment, it has not become inclusive and socially diverse...

The commission term would be for a six-month period from the day of taking charge...

The verdict comes on the back of PILs challenging the preparation of the OBC reservation draft without following the triple test formula prescribed by the SC...

Minister of state for social justice Pratima Bhoumikon Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that the government had no such proposal before it at the moment...

Hemant Soren-led alliance also ratifies proposal to use 1932 land records to determine local residency, a longstanding demand of tribals...

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by chief secretary Amir Subhani on Saturday in the light of a 2014 resolution of the general administration department...

Opposition parties tried to corner the ruling JMM-led UPA government demanding 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Class...

The SECC-2011 database can be used to find answers to the questions associated with caste-enumeration...

They accused the central government of 'cunning' in lobbing to the Supreme Court a Madras High Court directive in favour of the reservation...