 | Union Minister Athawale push for census of all castes, not just OBCsThe assertion comes at a time when the BJP’s ally in Bihar, the JD(U), is ready to conduct a caste-based census in the state. |
 | No OBC reservation in Maharashtra local body electionsThe SEC declared reservation of wards for women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the general categories. |
 | Panchayat elections: Karnataka HC directs State to complete delimitation, OBC reservation in 12 weeksA division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S Kinagi passed the order after hearing the petition filed by the SEC in 2021. |
 | OBC reservation: Congress-backed bandh in Madhya Pradesh gets tepid responseNo untoward incident was reported from any part of the state during the bandh, sub-inspector Rahul Katara of the MP Police Situation Room informed media. |
 | What 'miracle' happened in last four days, asks Patole after SC order on OBC quota in MP pollsThe Congress leader slammed the BJP, accusing it of sidestepping on burning issues such as unemployment, inflation and fuel price hike and raising communal tensions. |
 | Will not allow Census till demand on OBC headcount met: TejashwiNotably, Yadav was part of a delegation headed by the Bihar Chief Minister, that met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year to press the demand for caste census. |
 | Social revolution does not come overnight, says Supreme Court on reservation for SC/ST in NDAThe apex court gave time till July to the Centre to study the implication of induction and deployment of ex-NDA women cadets in the IAF. |
 | OBC reservation: Not possible to permit authority to act upon interim report of commission, says SCThe apex court said the report itself mentions that it has been prepared in absence of empirical study and research by the commission. |
 | SC to hear Maharashtra's plea seeking recall of order on OBC seats to be notified as general onesAs the bench could not find the fresh plea, the state government's counsel sought a hearing in the case either on Wednesday or Friday. |
 | BJP seeks Odisha governor Ganeshi Lal, SEC intervention for OBC quota in panchayat pollsA delegation of BJP met the Governor and submitted a memorandum objecting to the State government's move of going ahead with the panchayat polls without reservation for OBCs. |
 | Centre considering moving review petition in SC to allow reservation of OBCs in local body pollsUma Bharti had claimed that panchayat polls in her party-ruled Madhya Pradesh without reservation for the OBCs will be injustice with about 70 percent of the state's population. |
 | 27 per cent OBC quota in Maharashtra civic body elections stayed by SCThe bench ordered that the State Election Commission can’t be permitted to proceed with the poll programme already notified in respect of OBC reservation category. |
 | Channi effect: Ahead of 2022 polls, Punjab parties eyeing votes on caste linesPunjab has the highest share of SC in its population in the country at 32%. However, the politics of the state has always been dominated by the Jat Sikh community. |
 | OBC, EWS quotas: SC asks Centre to put NEET-PG counselling on holdThe Supreme Court was informed that the full schedule for the counselling starting from October 24 and ending on October 29 has been announced. |
 | UP polls: Shah faces challenge of halting OBC drift as SP woos BrahminsParty leaders believe that BJP may have to aggressively woo the likes of Patels, Nishads, Mauryas, Rajbhars and others to boost its prospects. |
