Karnataka reservation roster: SC/ST, OBC quota at 56 per cent, general merit 44 per cent
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka government on Wednesday issued an order prescribing a new reservation roster, which clarifies that the quantum of reservation for SC/STs and OBCs in the state for jobs and education stood at 56 per cent.
While the reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) is 17 percent, it is 7 per cent for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 32 per cent for Other Backward Classes (OBC). The general merit category will have a 44 per cent share.
The new reservation roster under which all government recruitment must happen, has been issued following the Congress government recently deciding on internal reservation, slicing up the 17 per cent reservation matrix given to 101 SCs.
The internal reservation provided among SCs is: Group A (SC Left/Madigas) and Group B (SC Right / Holeya) reservation of 6 per cent each, and Group C (Banjara, Bhovi, Korma, Korcha and most backward communities) 5 per cent.
Though the previous BJP government's decision in 2022-23 to increase SC reservation from 15 to 17 per cent and for ST reservation from 3 to 7 per cent had taken the overall reservation in the state to 56 per cent, breaching the 50 per cent cap, the issue of internal reservation was not settled at that time.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
