NewsRack: caste/Reservation/Protests

300 court arrest protesting various anti-people policies - The New Indian Express - Tamil Nadu - http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

UTAA pats government, wants schemes implemented soon - TOI: Goa

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

UTAA pats government, wants schemes implemented soon

Khanduri lashes out at Uttarakhand govt for reducing rations - India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Khanduri lashes out at Uttarakhand govt for reducing rations

Gehlot attacks Raje for firing on protesters - PTI: All news

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Gehlot attacks Raje for firing on protesters

ATSUM stir - Manipur: E-Pao

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

ATSUM stir

Ashok Gehlot attacks Vasundhara Raje for firing on protesters - Zee News : States

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday alleged that several innocent people fell to the bullets of police in protests during the previous BJP regime.

KSO calls 24 hr general strike - Kangla Online

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO calls 24 hr general strike

KSO bandh hits Manipur - The Assam Tribune

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO bandh hits Manipur

KSO calls off proposed NH blockade - Manipur: E-Pao

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO calls off proposed NH blockade

KSO suspends strike, blockade - Manipur: E-Pao

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO suspends strike, blockade

Congressmen Disgruntled Over 2nd Nominee for RS Polls - Outlook Wires

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Even as Prime Minister and Congress candidate Manmohan Singh's victory is certain in the May 30 Rajya Sabha elections in Assam, the selection of the second contestant for the other seat has drawn flak within the ruling party.

Congressmen disgruntled over second nominee for RS polls - Zee News : States

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Even as Prime Minister and Congress candidate Manmohan Singh`s victory is certain in the May 30 RS elections in Assam, the selection of the second contestant for the other seat has drawn flak within the ruling party.

Hill students call general strike in Manipur - Oneindia.in: News

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Imphal, May 21: A hill-based students' union today called 24-hour general strike in Manipur to press its demand for filling up of the quota, reserved for scheduled tribe candidates in Manipur police department, union sources said. Vice-president of Kuki Students

Hill students call general strike in Manipur - Zee News : States

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A hill-based students` union Tuesday called 24-hour general strike in Manipur to press its demand for filling up of the quota, reserved for scheduled tribe candidates in Manipur police department.

KSO to go ahead with bandh - Manipur: E-Pao

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO to go ahead with bandh

Strong demand from FIIs for government debt quotas - Latest News

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Foreign investors bid heavily in an auction for quotas to buy government bonds on Monday, even after Standard & Poor's reiterated its "negative" outlook for the country, as a cut in a key debt investment tax has contributed to ...

Muslims renew their demand for reservations - TOI: All Headlines

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Muslims renew their demand for reservations

Press Release – North-East Forum For International Solidarity - Kangla Online

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Press Release – North-East Forum For International Solidarity

Jo Swinson: new voice in the old system - The Guardian -- World Latest

Eva Wiseman — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The ageing denizens of Westminster are choking on the causes Jo Swinson champions, from the fight against airbrushing to parents sharing maternity leave. Eva Wiseman heads for the House to meet a woman working from the inside It was the weekend following my meeting with Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that she went into anaphylactic shock at the Bishopbriggs Colossal Cake sale in Scotland. She had a severe reaction to a nutty cake. After a night in hospital, where she credits doctors with "saving her life", she was back at work in the morning. Meeting her, you get the sense she doesn't really believe in time off. Her energy is infectious – it's partly the speed she talks at and the fact that you believe her when she insists she chose this job, this life, purely because she wanted to change the world. We first met when she was chairing a body-image inquiry, but I've followed her career for a while, the way you do sometimes – a face you look out for in the paper, a voice you trust on Question ...

March from Malegaon to Mumbai for quota - TOI: All Headlines

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

March from Malegaon to Mumbai for quota

KSO calls strike on May 21 - Manipur: E-Pao

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

KSO calls strike on May 21

5 free things in South Dakota's Black Hills - Deccan Chronicle: Lifestyle

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Mount Rushmore National Memorial may be the most famous landmark in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but it's not the only one.Covering approximately 8,000 miles (nearly 13,000 kilometers), the Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range with a big Native American influence. The Lakota took

Muslims to march for reservation - New Kerala: India News

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Nashik, May 16 : Members of Muslim community will take out a padyatra tomorrow from Malegaon in Nashik district to Azad Maidan in Mumbai demanding 20 per cent reservation for the community.

Cabinet revises income criterion for OBC quota - deccanherald.com

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

To exclude socially advanced persons/sections or the "creamy layer" from getting reservation under the other backward classes (OBC) quota, the cabinet Thursday increased the income criterion from Rs.4.5 lakh per annum to Rs.6 lakh per annum.

"The increase in the income limit to exclude the creamy layer is in keeping with the increase in the Consumer Price Index and would enable more persons to take advantage of reservation benefits extended to OBCs in government services and admission to central educational institutions," an official statement said.

"This would bring about equity and greater inclusiveness in society," it added.

Kapus' to intensify stir for BC status - New Kerala: India News

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Kakinada, May 15: The East Godavari district unit of the Andhra Pradesh Kapu sadbhavana sangham today decided to intensify its stir for achieving the long pending demand of according BCs status to the Kapu, Balija, Telaga communities reviving the pattern prior to 1961.