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Jat community should get reservation under OBC, says Amarinder Singh
Fp Archives •Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the Jat community should get reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
Minorities sub-quota: Muslim leaders say govt was callous
Danish •Muslim community leaders believe that the Centre did not do enough research and did not defend the creation of a sub-quota for minorities properly.
No 4.5% sub-quota for minorities this yr, SC admits govt plea
Fp Staff •The Supreme Court admitted the government's plea but questioned how the sub-quota had been created on the basis of religious grounds.
Centre submits relevant documents before SC on sub-quota issue
Fp Archives •The Centre today placed before the Supreme Court the "relevant" material and documents on the basis of which it carved out 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities in the central educational institutions such as IITs.
SC refuses to stay HC order quashing sub-quota for minorities
Fp Staff •The Supreme Court also criticised the government for the manner in which it had handled the issue and asked it to place all data related to why the sub-quota was created before it by Wednesday.
On Monday, SC to hear Centre's appeal on sub-quota for minorities
Fp Archives •The Union government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities.
HC quashes Centre's 4.5 percent minorities sub-quota
Fp Archives •In a setback to the Centre over the sub-quota issue, the Court said the Office Memorandum(OM) creating the sub-quota was based on religious grounds and not on any other intelligible consideration.
Mamata says no to religion-based reservation
Fp Archives •West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as it is not permitted by the Indian Constitution.
Nothing wrong in Khurshid's sub-quota promise for UP: Congress
Fp Archives •Congress today saw nothing wrong in Union Minister Salman Khurshid's assertion that the party would provide nine per cent sub-quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.
Does corruption have a caste? Lokpal quotas are a lunacy
Vembu •The Lokpal panel will likely have quotas on caste and communal basis. Ironically, corruption itself has no caste or religious bias. It is the ultimate equal-opportunity enterprise.