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Kangra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Total Seats, Schedule, Candidates List, Date of Voting, Result, Main Parties | India News

May 29, 2024 by Adam Smith

NEW DELHI: Kangra constituency is one of the 4 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Himachal Pradesh and comprises seventeen legislative assembly segments. It is a General category parliamentary seat comprising parts of Chamba district and Kangra district. The literacy rate in the Lok Sabha constituency is 73.05%. In 2019, the Kangra parliamentary constituency … Read more

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Sub-Classification Of SCs, STs For Reservations

February 8, 2024 by Adam Smith

Home News Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Sub-Classification Of SCs, STs For Reservations The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on whether a state government can create subclassifications within scheduled castes and scheduled tribes to provide reservations for admissions and public jobs. Supreme Court of India New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its … Read more

Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah govt puts ball in Centre’s court on sub-quotas for Scheduled Castes. What is the issue & politics behind it

January 21, 2024 by Marie Kyle

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has decided to approach the Centre to bring a constitutional amendment to enable states to provide internal reservations to Scheduled Castes (SC); that is, carving out sub-quotas for specific groups within the SC quota. The demand for such sub-quotas is rooted in the fact the SC category is not homogeneous … Read more

State Records 68.15 PC Voter Turnout In 2nd Phase Polling

November 18, 2023 by Adam Smith

Polling in 70 constituencies began at 8 am and concluded at 5 pm, except in nine polling booths in the Naxal-affected Bindranawagarh seat in Gariaband district, where voting was held from 7 am till 3 pm for security reasons, a poll official said. Chhatarpur, Nov 17 (ANI): Voters queue up to cast their votes for … Read more