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Stop politics of castes!

Before reading this article, answer my simple questions please. From which category you belong? General, SC, ST or OBC? I think I should put different rules and content for different categories. You must get confused by the lines. But if politics of reservation is spreading in all fields of life then this blog should also follow the same. Isn't it? Politics of castes is casting its shadow over Indians since long ago. The ongoing Gujjar agitation is the fresh example of the evil of castisms....
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OBC quotas to stay in IIM Kolkata: SC!

Setting aside the Calcutta High Court order of staying the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in post graduate courses in IIMs, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected the HC verdict and favored the OBC quota for IIM-C. "We cannot allow Calcutta High Court order to operate," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said. "Can Calcutta High Court sit over the order of the Supreme Court," the Bench asked while vacating the stay. Yesterday the Calcutta High Court had stayed...
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AIIMS to introduce OBC quota in 2008: Ramadoss!

The historic verdict of 27% quota to OBCs in higher education would be implemented in prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from the coming academic session. A day after the deliver of this judgment from Supreme Court Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that AIIMS will get quota this year "hopefully" Ramadoss assured that the issue of increase of seats and infrastructure in the institute would be addressed. AIIMS was the epicenter of protests during the...
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SC OKs to 27% OBC quota in higher education!

The Supreme Court on Thursday giving a historic verdict said ‘Yes’ to 27% quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in higher education institutes including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS). The five judge Constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice upheld the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. However judges has excluded creamy layer among the OBCs...
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