Other Backward Class

Amid quota stir, Jaipur-Agra highway remains blocked for sixth consecutive day

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Amid quota stir, Jaipur-Agra highway remains blocked for sixth consecutive day

Protesters have been camping in tents after blocking a 1-km stretch of NH-21 near Arauda village since April 21. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Jaipur-Agra national highway remained blocked in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, as protesters demanding 12% separate reservation for a group of Other Backward Class (OBC) … Read more

Demand for caste-based census growing: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

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Demand for caste-based census growing: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a votary of caste-based census, on Monday said several political parties in other states have started raising the same demand for caste enumeration of the country’s population and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to make a decision on it. He also dismissed speculations that such a census, in which details … Read more