The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled......
Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......
The BJP cannot afford to alienate the OBCs, who have explicitly voiced their opposition to the Maratha quota. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde meets Manoj Jarange Patil (wearing a......
It is not much of an issue just now, but it could become one if the idea of a caste census captures the socio-political imagination, going beyond electoral tags and identities, predicts N Sathiya......
Ultimately quotas kill talent and true meritocracy, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We are having the wrong kind of conversations on inclusion and inequity, both in......
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the 77th Amendment to the Constitution providing reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for promotion in......
All eyes will be on Sourav Ganguly. It will be interesting to see if BCCI wants him at the global body. IMAGE: Shashank Manohar stepped down as the ICC's first independent chairman in July.......
Qualifier Paramveer Bajwa from Chandigarh sent Rajasthan's fourth seed Gagan Sharma crashing out in the boys' singles quarter-finals round of the Cricket Club of India (CCI) 6th Ramesh Desai......