Patel Quota Stir

Cong demands additional 15-20% quota for EBC beyond 50% cap

Amid the Patel community quota stir, the Congress on Thursday demanded an additional 15 to 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Category (EBC) among the upper caste, over and above the Supreme Court cap of 50 per cent to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled tribes and OBCs.

Media not allowed inside Gujarat HC during Hardik Patel's hearing

The media was on Tuesday not allowed to go inside the Gujarat High Court during the hearing of habeas corpus petition which alleges that Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel had been abducted.

HC ticks off Hardik over his 'abduction claim', warns of contempt for 'misuse' of court proceedings

Expressing doubts about his abduction claim, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday came down heavily on Patel quota spearhead Hardik Patel and warned him and his lawyer of contempt of court stating that they "misused" the court proceedings.

I was abducted by people with weapons, claims Hardik Patel

Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, who went 'missing' after giving a slip to police on Tuesday, surfaced under mysterious circumstances at a highway passing from Dhrangadhra town in Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Wednesday, claiming that he was abducted.

Gujarat HC upholds mobile internet ban decision during Patel quota stir

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the state government's decision to put a ban on mobile internet during the Patel quota agitation violence in August, as it rejected a PIL seeking that the move be declared as illegal.