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K.T. Rama Rao criticised the Congress government over the revised BC reservation pattern for gram panchayat polls, alleging it reduced the quota to 17 per cent despite promising 42 per cent. He also questioned the Rs 160-crore caste census expenditure and highlighted district-level disparities.

Reservations for sarpanch and ward seats in Khammam and Kothagudem districts have been finalised, with most seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Kothagudem will have 460 ST sarpanches, while Khammam reserved 171 sarpanch seats for STs

A Supreme Court writ petition challenging Telangana’s 42% reservation for BCs has put the State government in a fix. With two related cases pending in the High Court, uncertainty looms over the quota’s implementation and the schedule for local body polls.

A writ petition filed in the Supreme Court challenges Telangana’s order granting 42% reservation for Backward Classes in local body elections, alleging violation of the 50% cap on total quotas. Two related petitions are also pending before the High Court.

Agriculture department complained against District Agriculture Officer R Srinivas Rao, accused of availing reservations by furnishing a fake community certificate to get the job for not just one or two years, but over 28 years

Mudiraj in BCs and Madiga in SCs represent some of the largest sub-castes in the state, yet they struggle to receive benefits proportional to their population sizes. Addressing these disparities through sub-caste-based reservations is crucial for achieving true social justice.

Supreme Court’s judgment declaring domicile-based reservations in PG medical seats as ‘impermissible’ also means that students from Telangana will lose all such reservations within the State

Kavitha convened a meeting with Telangana Jagruthi leaders and key activists at her residence on Friday, in this regard. She reminded that Telangana Jagruthi previously organised round-table meetings across all districts to gather inputs on the caste census and the need to increase reservations for BCs in local bodies.

The leaders from various communities belonging to the erstwhile Nizamabad district, including Kamareddy, participated in the public hearing and submitted their representations to a team headed by BC Commission chairman G Niranjan

The Bench, however, agrees to hear as many as 10 petitions of the Bihar government against the Patna HC verdict

What is the stand of the BRS and Chandrashekhar Rao on the abolition of reservations? the Minister asked at a press conference here on Saturday.

Laxman said despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah clarifying on the issue, the Congress was continuing to target the BJP on the issue.

Addressing a rally in Parigi on Tuesday, Reddy said the BJP had no intention to scrap reservations being provided to weaker sections

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of reaching out to backward Muslims, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is promising to remove their reservation, said Asaduddin Owaisi

Telangana government has enhanced reservations for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) from six per cent to 10 per cent for admissions into BEd, BPEd and UG DPEd courses

T Harish Rao said the Bharatiya Janata Party was against reservations being given to Lambadas in the State

The BJP led Central government was conspiring to scrap the reservation for the Dalits and other communities, alleged Errabelli

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao has demanded the Centre to immediately take measures to conduct the caste census in the country. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here on Wednesday, Hanumantha Rao stated that the lack of data had led to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) not getting their due in reservations […]

Hyderabad: The TRS (BRS) on Monday observed that the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment and paving way for 10 per cent reservations in government jobs and educational institutions to the ‘economically weaker sections, had only strengthened the party’s demand for conducting the Backward Classes Census in […]

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that whatever the government does, will be done constitutionally.