More than two decades after implementation of Mandal commission report, which mandates 27 percent reservation for OBCs in central government jobs, an RTI data shows that less than 12 percent of ...

On August 7, 1990, the then prime minister, VP Singh, made a historic announcement in Parliament. Singh declared before both Houses that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) would get 27% reservation in jobs ...

Murho, around 370 km from Patna, needs no introduction in Madhepura. This is the birthplace of Bihar’s seventh CM Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal, who passed away in 1982. Another close relative of the ...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has formally signed off on the proposal to set up a commission to revisit the quota norms for other backward classes (OBCs) to ensure a more equitable sharing of ...

Reservation is one of the most misconstrued topics discussed in the country. For millenniums, majority of the country was exploited and oppressed by the savarna communities. The backward class of the ...

The announcement of caste census is a victory for the expanding OBC quotas, but it needn’t lead to electoral gains for Mandal parties and Congress. It was always a question of when not whether.

Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 13 (ANI): Targetting Congress over its stand on the reports of the Mandal Commission, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that former Prime ...

Patna: Reflecting controversial policiesof caste-based reservations, Prakash Jha's upcoming filmAarakshan does not take into account the movement afterimplementation of recommendations of the Mandal ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday (April 13, 2025) paid tributes to the late Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal, former Bihar Chief Minister, whose report recommending reservation for Other ...

Students of HCU (Hyderabad Central University) holding a protest demanding justice for Rohit Vemmula who committed suicide, at Tank Bund on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | ...

The debate on the Constitution 127thAmendment Bill in both Houses of Parliament during the just concluded monsoon session saw growing demands by political parties across the board, including NDA ...