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ELECTION Q&A: Julie Pickren and Tiffany Perkinz vie for Texas State Board of Education District 7
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (214+ words) The Facts Clute Police Chief James Fitch resigns The two candidates for Texas State Board of Education District 7 disagree on how to improve literacy, hold private schools accountable for taxpayer dollars and address public school funding, with their answers reflecting…...
Judge Zidan: Parliament Bears Historic Responsibility for Reviewing and Amending the Constitution
53+ min ago (308+ words) وكالة الانباء العراقية (واع) Judge Zidan: Parliament Bears Historic Responsibility for Reviewing and Amending the Constitution The President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, affirmed on Thursday that respecting and upholding the Constitution requires addressing its shortcomings and…...
Converted Muslims can’t claim quota benefits for backward class category based on earlier status: SC
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (696+ words) New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that Hindus belonging to backward classes cannot claim quota benefits of that category after converting to Islam, saying backwardness suffered in the antecedent social order can’t be carried forward. A bench…...
Backward Class status cannot be carried forward after conversion to non-Hindu faith: SC
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (443+ words) Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court's decision that people converting from Hinduism to Islam cannot claim Backward Class reservation benefits solely on the basis of their caste status before conversion. The Supreme Court on Thursday (Oct 15) upheld a Madras…...
Hindus converting to Islam & other religions cannot claim backward classes reservation: Supreme Court
5+ hour ago (160+ words) The Indian Awaaz Hindus converting to Islam & other religions cannot claim backward classes reservation: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals converting from Hinduism to Islam or other non-Hindu religions cannot automatically claim reservation benefits under the Backwards…...
Converted Muslims Cannot Claim Backward Class Quota Based on Past Status: Supreme Court
10+ hour, 25+ min ago (618+ words) The Supreme Court on Thursday held that Hindus belonging to backward classes cannot claim quota benefits of that category after converting to Islam, saying backwardness suffered in the antecedent social order can’t be carried forward. The court also said that…...
Stalin urges TVK government to file appeal in Supreme Court over BC reservation for Muslim converts
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (227+ words) Updated - October 15, 2026 06:50 pm IST - CHENNAI DMK president and former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday (October 15, 2026) urged the Tamil Nadu government to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court to protect the reservation rights of members of Backward…...
Protect Muslim converts' quota from SC verdict: DMK
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (192+ words) CHENNAI: After the Supreme Court pronounced a judgment ordering that no reservation be provided to people who convert to Islam, the DMK has urged the State government to immediately file a review petition against the verdict. In a statement, the…...
Stalin Urges TVK Govt To Move SC Over Reservation For Muslim Converts
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (365+ words) The DMK chief said religious conversion does not erase caste-based social backwardness and urged the TVK government to challenge the ruling DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday urged the state’s TVK government to…...
Supreme Court rules reservation benefits end upon religious conversion from Hinduism
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (422+ words) The Supreme Court ruled that individuals converting from Hinduism to another religion lose caste-based reservation benefits, upholding a Madras High Court order. The Supreme Court of India on Thursday dismissed an appeal lodged by the Tamil Nadu government against a…...