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		The Reservation Issue Slide Show • A lot of rage, a little Rang De • At Ground Zero of the quota protests • Doctors in arms Columns • The skimming of the creamy layer • The anti-quota stir is misguided • The death of meritocracy • How far will the student revolt go? • Prime Minister, I've a question • The Next Partition of India • Are Brahmins the Dalits of today? • The middle class deserves what it is getting • Do our institutes connect with the real India? • Reservations: The Economic Factor • Maintain the integrity of Indian education • Caste shouldn't overwrite merit • Quota: A cure worse than the disease • How reservations fracture Hindu society • The dangers of reservation in IITs/IIMs • Job reservation: What India Inc should do • Education quotas are unfair • Just how many OBCs are there? Images • Anti-reservation fire rages across India • Quota protestors are cannon fodder • Student fury at quotas Interviews • 'We can't build the nation with 19th century mindset' • 'Middle class only bothers about itself' • 'What more do the upper castes want?' Specials • Cost of new quotas: Rs 165 billion and counting • What the quota panel told the government • Evaluating Tamil Nadu's 69% quota system • Terms of reference for Quota Committee • Can this committee end the quota deadlock? • 'No one wants to hear us' • Leaders of anti-quota stir speak • 'No need for quota at postgraduate level' • Did Arjun Singh's quota gamble backfire? October 15, 2008 Unfilled quota seats for general candidates by October 31, says SC October 03, 2008 Centre raises OBC creamy layer criteria to Rs 4.5 lakhs September 29, 2008 OBC quota: SC says vacant seats cannot be carried forward September 23, 2008 Government proposes expanding SC reservation list September 19, 2008 Poor Marathas should get reservation: Shiv Sena September 15, 2008 Vacant quota seats will go to general category: SC Change in law on SC status for children proposed June 25, 2008 Report on income limit of creamy layer on Thursday June 02, 2008 Let states fix quotas, TN tells Centre May 23, 2008 Ficci opposes job quota in pvt sector May 22, 2008 Anti-quota protestors fast in Delhi May 16, 2008 Centre plans caveats in HCs to ensure quota Quota: SC stays Calcutta HC order May 15, 2008 IIM-C holds interview for OBC candidates Will do everything to provide quota to OBCs: Centre Calcutta HC stay on OBC quota in IIM: Centre moves SC May 14, 2008 Calcutta HC stays post-grad OBC quota May 13, 2008 Create extra seats in colleges, SC tells TN May 12, 2008 Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on OBC quotas April 25, 2008 Anti-quota students protest inside SC IIMs begin to sift creamy layers among OBC April 22, 2008 OBC lawmakers reject SC's quota verdict April 20, 2008 Implement OBC quota from this year: Govt tells IITs, IIMs April 18, 2008 SC verdict on creamy layer not acceptable: DMK April 17, 2008 Centre gives nod to 27 per cent OBC quota AIIMS to implement OBC quota this year April 16, 2008 7 IITs to implement OBC quota April 15, 2008 Quota issue: IIT directors to meet on Wednesday DMK demands review of parameters of OBC reservation Voices rise for a flexible creamy layer April 13, 2008 Govt won't seek review of quota verdict: Arjun April 12, 2008 General category will fill vacant OBC seats: SC Last word on quota verdict is yet to be heard April 11, 2008 OBC quota to be implemented in IITs, IIMs: Arjun Singh IITs will fulfill SC directives on quota Confusion prevails over SC's OBC quota verdict Quota to be introduced in AIIMS this year: Ramadoss Supreme Court questions effectiveness of quota policy IIM-B defers announcement of names of shortlisted candidates April 10, 2008 'OBC verdict is loss of face for government' Supreme Court has accepted our argument: Salve OBC quota: Text of Supreme Court verdict 'SC's OBC quota verdict better than Mandal' SC order: IIMs may defer admission list BJP hails OBC verdict, slams Arjun Singh Left welcomes quota verdict; seeks action Historic ruling, say Arjun Singh, Congress Deve Gowda welcomes Supreme Court verdict on quotas No OBC quota in IIMs, AIIMS: Top lawyer The Reservation Issue: A Timeline SC gives nod to 27 per cent quota for OBCs February 25, 2008 Quota for SC/ST in medical, dental courses January 16, 2008 No reservations based on religion: Arjun January 10, 2008 TN justifies 69 per cent quota policy in SC November 26, 2007 Advani against quota for converted Muslims, Christians October 31, 2007 SC questions quota benefits for creamy layer Merit is based on genetic accident: RJD to SC October 22, 2007 TN passes Bill providing quota to minorities September 28, 2007 No more admissions under Muslim quota, SC to AP govt September 14, 2007 Quota for Muslims: SC to hear petition September 13, 2007 Centre has identified list for quota, SC told TN to indroduce quota for minorities August 23, 2007 Caste can't form basis for quota: Petitioner to SC August 10, 2007 Mayawati declares 30% reservation in pvt sector August 08, 2007 SC refuses to lift stay on OBC quotas August 07, 2007 Quota: Centre willing to keep creamy layer out July 26, 2007 SC Bench to start hearings into quota law on Aug 7 July 18, 2007 Law needed to compel private firms to have job quota July 17, 2007 SC to hear quota case on July 31 July 16, 2007 Centre approaches SC for vacating quota stay July 06, 2007 Job quota: Industry seeks sops June 26, 2007 Quota dogs Indian girl... in the US June 16, 2007 Reservations? Here's an alternative May 28, 2007 TN may follow Karnataka and Kerala quota policy May 23, 2007 Govt highlights law for quota for OBCs May 17, 2007 SC refers OBC quota issue to larger bench Will quota row be moved to larger bench? May 09, 2007 Referring quota to larger bench: SC reserves verdict May 08, 2007 Centre wants Constitution bench to hear OBC row May 03, 2007 Quota: TN govt files petition in apex court April 27, 2007 IIM-Indore offers admission letters Govt tells IIMs, IITs to admit general, SC/ST students April 26, 2007 LS raps Centre on quota, wants it implemented April 24, 2007 TN parties seek OBC quota implementation SC to hear quota issue on May 8 SC on quota: Anti-quota students celebrate April 23, 2007 Centre exploring legal options after SC ruling on quota SC declines to vacate stay on OBC quota April 22, 2007 Quota plea: Acid test for Centre on Monday April 18, 2007 SC posts govt quota petition for April 23 April 16, 2007 Centre moves SC seeking vacation of stay on quota April 12, 2007 Govt to move SC over quota order: Arjun Singh April 10, 2007 Govt examining all options to resolve quota issue April 09, 2007 PM should convene all party meet on quota: Nitish April 05, 2007 TN to provide separate reservation for Muslims, Christians April 04, 2007 Quota row: Bandh paralyses life in AP April 03, 2007 Quota issue: AP supports shutdown on Wednesday April 02, 2007 Quota: Govt may approach SC after SAARC summit April 01, 2007 Govt continues discussion on SC stay on quotas March 31, 2007 Govt will take all measures to get SC stay vacated: Arjun Singh Quota row: Hostile welcome for Arjun in JNU TN Bandh total, normal life affected March 30, 2007 Top Congress leaders meet over quota ruling AP Assembly adopts resolution on OBC quota TN CM wants Parliament convened over quota ruling March 29, 2007 Quota ruling: DPA calls for bandh on Mar 31 in TN Quota: IIM-A puts ball in Centre's court Pro-quota parties attack SC order OBC quota ruling: 'It's a brilliant judgment' Court order an interim arrangement: Cong Stay on quota law not a setback: Arjun Singh BJP blames UPA for stay on quota law Stay on quota law is retrograde: CPI AIIMS director cannot hold 2 posts: HC Supreme Court stays OBC quota in IITs, IIMs March 27, 2007 We need more time to implement OBC quota: DU March 06, 2007 SC to decide fate of quota policy on Wednesday February 11, 2007 4 AIIMS doctors move HC against reservation policy February 01, 2007 Prospectus modified after SC verdict over quota January 31, 2007 27pc OBC quota: SC issues notice to Centre January 21, 2007 Delhi University gearing up to implement OBC reservation January 15, 2007 SC asks Govt to respond to quota plea December 29, 2006 Manipur grants 4% quota for Muslims in govt jobs December 27, 2006 No decision on quota for Muslims: Congress December 21, 2006 Varanasi: Anti-quota activists intensify stir December 19, 2006 No point sacrificing lives for politicians: Striking docs December 18, 2006 Quota bill gets Parliament nod Quota: Kanpur varsity students join strike December 17, 2006 Anti-quota strike picks up; 3 AIIMS doctors ill Sachar report highlights social reality: V P Singh December 15, 2006 Quota Bill: AIIMS docs on hunger strike December 14, 2006 Reservation bill passed in Lok Sabha All parties support reservation bill December 06, 2006 UP adopts resolution on quota for Muslim, Christian Dalits November 24, 2006 Creamy layer in OBC quotas to stay: SC November 20, 2006 Quota: SC to hear PIL on exempting creamy layer rule November 13, 2006 Congress opposed to religion-based reservation November 08, 2006 Job quota: GoM to meet on Nov 14 November 07, 2006 HC continues stay on Venugopal dismissal November 01, 2006 OBCs make up 41% of population: Survey Archieves: August-October 2006 | July 2006 | June 2006 | May 2006 | April 2006		Get news updates: What's this? 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