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At JNU, Arjun faces anti-quota protests

Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh said the Supreme Court stay on 27 per cent quota for OBC in higher learning is now a legal matter...

State-sponsored bandh shuts TN

Sunday , 1 April '07

Normal life was disrupted in Tamil Nadu today following a state-wide bandh to protest the Supreme Court stay on implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions.
Where’s the justice?

Saturday , 31 March '07

Ruling politicians can’t abdicate their law and order responsibility, however ‘right’ their cause
‘Cong not honest about quota issue’

Saturday , 31 March '07

BSP chief and former UP chief minister, Mayawati, on Friday targeted the Congress for not being honest in providing reservation in admissions to students belonging to backward castes.
Sharad tells Centre to ignore SC order

Saturday , 31 March '07

Seeking to push the UPA regime towards a head-on confrontation with the judiciary, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav today called upon the Government not to implement the Supreme Court order staying reservations for OBCs in higher education.
Parties put pressure to get past quota stay

Saturday , 31 March '07

As political parties stepped up pressure for implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher education institutions, stayed yesterday by the Supreme Court
Quota politics heats up, Centre says no compromise, will look at legal options

Saturday , 31 March '07

Ally DMK calls TN bandh to protest SC stay order; Andhra passes resolution, Paswan calls protest
Fresh caste census? Thrice, Govt refused citing Sardar Patel

Saturday , 31 March '07

Key to the Supreme Court’s decision to put a stay on the controversial OBC quota law is the 1931 Census to calculate the OBC population in the country.
The Q word

Friday , 30 March '07

Predictable fights are beginning after SC quota ruling. No one’s fighting licence raj in education
Restive alliance may corner Cong on stay

Friday , 30 March '07

Constituents of the ruling UPA are up in arms against the Supreme Court interim stay on OBC reservation in higher educational institutions and a meeting of alliance leaders is likely to take stock of the situation.
Left seeks House intervention

Friday , 30 March '07

The CPI(M) today said the Supreme Court judgment staying the implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in centrally-run educational institutions ignores the fact that “there are clear-cut lists of OBCs in all states.”
Govt slipped on homework: BJP

Friday , 30 March '07

In a guarded response ahead of the UP polls where the backward caste vote will play a definitive role
SC: Creamy layer a necessary bargain

Friday , 30 March '07

The Supreme Court on Thursday while observing that the concept of creamy layer cannot prima facie be considered to be irrelevant went on to affirm
TN bandh tomorrow

Friday , 30 March '07

The DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance today announced a dawn-to-dusk bandh on March 31 to protest against the Supreme Court verdict staying the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs.
Avoid clash between House, Judiciary: VP

Friday , 30 March '07

Terming the Supreme Court decision on reservation for backward classes in educational institutions as unfortunate
Quota What Next
Judges keep SC/ST quotas untouched, call for updated definition of OBCs

Friday , 30 March '07

Questioning the relevance of the 1931 census as the basis for identifying backward classes, in a major rebuff to the UPA and setting the stage for another round of confrontation between the House and the Bench
Arjun Singh
Govt will work to vacate stay, keep capacity upgrade plans on track

Friday , 30 March '07

Exactly a year ago, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh had forced the issue in his party and the government by floating the proposal of OBC quotas in higher educational institutions at the sidelines of an NCERT function.
Court cites landmark US case to make the point: Govt should look beyond quota

Friday , 30 March '07

The Act for 27% OBC quotas will unleash a “social catastrophe,” divide the country on caste basis, cause “anarchy,” “seriously affect social and communal harmony.”
Can the Quota Bill be stayed? SC likely to rule today

Thursday , 29 March '07

The Supreme Court on Thursday will pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions, which challenged the constitutional validity of the recently enacted Central Educational Institutions
Universities told: more funds if you are inclusive, send minority, SC/ST data

Thursday , 29 March '07

The University Grants Commission, at the behest of the Human Resource Development Ministry
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