Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Topic: OBC

Near 20,000 SC, ST, OBC students dropped out of central varsities, IITs, IIMs in 5 years: Data

Near 20,000 students who belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) have terminated their studies in various courses offered by central universities, IITs, and IIMs between 2018 and 2023, according to the Ministry of Education.

Watch | ”We’re inspired by Ambedkar”: Dalit, Adivasi, OBC students on TISS convocation day

Speaking to Begampura Productions, Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai who were awarded their certificates of Masters, M. Phil and PhDs at this year’s convocation, shared the struggles, experience and joy of their journey.

Release caste-census data, implement OBC reservations in local body polls: DMK MP Wilson

In his Rajya Sabha speech on Tuesday, DMK MP P. Wilson drew the Union Government's attention to the 'constitutional deadlock' regarding the issue of OBC reservation in local body elections across India.

MK Stalin; The game changer against the Hindutva regime

Mandal movement was about empowering the OBCs against the fake consolidation put forward by the upper castes in RSS. Now the All India Social Justice Federation is about preserving federalism and ensuring social justice, being both tenets destroyed during the Modi regime.

UP Elections: Why are OBC leaders quitting the saffron party?

Just ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections - three major OBC leaders and ministers in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet - Swami Prasad Maurya, Dara Singh Chauhan, and Dharam Singh Saini resigned from the party this week.

OBC reservation protest: Chandrashekhar Azad sent back at Bhopal airport

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and a dozen other Bhim Army cadres were detained by Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday ahead of their plans to organise a huge rally in Bhopal to seek 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes.