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Rajasthan gives 1% quota to Most Backward Classes

The government in Rajasthan has issued orders for granting 1% reservation to the Most Backward Classes, comprising Gujjars and four other nomadic communities, within the 50% ceiling mandated by the Supreme Court.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 31st Jan 2018

CJI recommends impeachment of Allahabad High Court judge Shri Narayan Shukla

Chief Justice of India (CJI) recommended the impeachment of Justice Shri Narayan Shukla, the eighth senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, following an adverse report about him by an in-house panel set up by the CJI.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 31st Jan 2018

Centre seeks to complete Darjeeling drawdown

The Union government told the Supreme Court that it wants to withdraw the last four companies of Central paramilitary forces from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts in West Bengal for deployment in the three poll-bound northeastern States.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 30th Jan 2018

President for simultaneous LS, Assembly elections

In his hour-long, maiden address to a joint sitting of Parliament President Ram Nath Kovind covered the entire range of issues concerning governance, including pitching for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 30th Jan 2018

‘Climate change may hit farm income’

The Economic Survey 2017-18, said farmer income losses from climate change could be between 15% and 18% on an average, rising to anywhere between 20%-25% in unirrigated areas of the country.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 30th Jan 2018