New Delhi, April 5 Two months after the first phase of the Census comes to an end, local government officials will collect detailed data on civic amenities across 784 districts to create the country's District Census Handbook (DCH), which will contain a comprehensive record of civic...
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New Delhi, April 3 – Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla participated in the self-enumeration process for the 2027 Census at his residence in Delhi on Friday, urging citizens to submit their household details online and contribute to building a strong and prosperous India.In a post on X, Birla said...
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Shimla, April 1 BJP legislators on Wednesday protested against a recent notification from the Himachal Pradesh government, which authorized district commissioners to make changes to the reservation roster for up to 5 percent of village councils, viewing it as an attempt to delay local body...
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New Delhi, March 30 The Congress on Monday cited remarks by Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan that many Census data sets will be published in 2027 itself to claim that the grounds on which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to be "bulldozed" through Parliament are "false"...
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Jammu, March 29 The State Election Commission is making the necessary arrangements to hold panchayat and urban local body (ULB) elections as soon as possible, the Jammu and Kashmir government has said.The terms of municipalities ended in October-November 2023, while panchayats and block...
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New Delhi, March 25 The questions related to caste that enumerators will be asked will be announced before the start of the second phase of the 2027 Census, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the questions will be...
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Chennai, March 24 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to convene a special session of Parliament in June to pass constitutional amendments for delimitation, increasing the number of seats, and ensuring that the current representation of states continues for the...
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New Delhi, March 24 The government's plan to implement the women's reservation law by increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 from the present 543 may require creating new constituencies from the existing ones, sources said on Tuesday.To implement the women's quota law even before the...
New Delhi, March 21 – A group of 275 intellectuals and academics, including retired Supreme Court judges, former bureaucrats, and military veterans, criticised the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its "misleading" report on India on Saturday."We, the...
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Washington, February 23 – An Indian American civic data initiative was launched on Monday ahead of the midterm elections later this fall.The platform aims to map and understand the community's political landscape.It describes itself as the first open, non-partisan effort of its kind focused...
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Chandigarh, February 19 Large-scale preparations have begun in Haryana for the 2027 Census, which will be the sixth census for the state since its formation in 1966, officials said.To ensure the successful and time-bound conduct of the census, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi virtually addressed...
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