Reservation

Bhubaneswar: In another step moving towards the holding of Panchayat elections in the State, the Panchayati Raj Department of the Odisha government today issued a notification declaring the final list of reservations for the post of Zilla…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution proposing reservation for students of government schools for admission into engineering and medical colleges. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduced the resolution for…

Computerised Reservation Counters (CSCs) of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) opened for booking of Reservation Tickets today.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to give a stay on the Maratha quota and sought a response from the Maharashtra government on a plea challenging the reservation given in jobs and education to Marathas.

The move follows Human Resource Development Ministry instructions in January to all CEIs to increase the intake of students in all branches of study in pursuance of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment to provide 10 percent reservation in…

Tejashwi Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister and the younger son of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, said if his party was voted to power, a helpline for migrant workers from Bihar would be set up to provide them with timely help.

It is notable to mention here that Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has also fielded 17 women candidates out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. Her move came few days after Naveen Patnaik announced that 'BJD will be sending 33 per…

“Few days without women in house, men won’t be able to survive as most of them don’t know how to cook. We are dependent on women, so what is the harm if they take charge,” questioned senior journalist Priya Sahu on Chief Minister Naveen…

In a bid to empower the women of the State further, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made a major announcement at Mission Shakti convention in Kendrapara and said that Odisha will send 33 per cent women to parliament in coming election.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi extended support to Dalit and tribal groups observing a nationwide shutdown. In a tweet, Gandhi blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his "false promises" for putting Dalits and tribals in distress and…