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New Delhi, March 17 – Leaders from across the political spectrum voiced differing views on the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act on Tuesday, with several demanding its early rollout while others criticised the Union government for alleged delays in bringing it into effect.Union...

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, stated today that the upcoming 2027 Census will provide a historic opportunity to recognize all 21 categories of disabilities through trained enumerators and significantly improved data collection. Speaking at the launch of...

New Delhi, March 17 The 2027 Census will be conducted in two phases, with the first phase focusing on house listing and housing census, and the second phase dealing with population enumeration, which would include disability data, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.In a written reply...

New Delhi, March 17 Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that the upcoming 2027 Census presents a "historic opportunity" to accurately collect data on all 21 recognized categories of disabilities and enable targeted policymaking for persons with disabilities.Speaking at the launch of a handbook...

New Delhi, March 17 – Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, said on Tuesday that the upcoming 2027 Census is a significant opportunity to recognize all 21 categories of disabilities through trained enumerators and vastly improved data collection.Speaking...

Jammu, March 17: The Jammu & Kashmir unit of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) strongly opposed the proposed panchayat elections in the region on Tuesday, urging the administration to first conduct a fresh census and carry out transparent delimitation before proceeding with the polls.At a...

JAMMU, March 16: A three-day district-level training program for Census officials began in Jammu, organized by the District Administration in collaboration with the Directorate of Census Operations, J&K.The training, scheduled for March 16, 18, and 23, aims to prepare field officials for the...

New Delhi, March 16 Representatives of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes announced the formation of a national federation on Monday, and demanded a separate column for these communities in the 2027 Census, according to an official statement.Community representatives also stated that...

Kolkata, March 16 Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, strongly criticized the Election Commission for transferring top state bureaucrats and police officers shortly after announcing the assembly elections, calling them "anti-women and anti-Bengal."Speaking at a rally in central...

New Delhi, March 16 Aiming to implement the Women's Reservation Act before the delimitation exercise is completed, the government is likely to introduce a bill to amend the law, most probably during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament.Government sources said that feelers have been sent to...

March 13, Kohima: Members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly have expressed concerns over security and development challenges in the disputed area belt, DAB, along the state's border with Assam.Raising the issue on Thursday, MLA Achumbemo Kikon said the border areas remain vulnerable, with...

Kohima, March 12 – The first phase of the 2027 Census, focusing on house listing and housing, will begin in Nagaland in July 2026, officials said on Thursday.Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, during a meeting in Kohima, said that the 2027 Census would be a significant and important exercise...

Kohima, March 12 – The prevailing situation in the disputed area along the 512-km Assam-Nagaland border was a major topic of discussion in the Nagaland Assembly on Thursday, with legislators expressing concerns about security issues, alleged encroachments, and the administrative difficulties...

New Delhi, March 12 Rajya Sabha Samajwadi Party MP Javed Ali Khan said on Thursday that teaching in primary schools in Uttar Pradesh has been severely affected as teachers have been assigned to carry out "Shiksha Mitra" activities and other non-academic tasks.Raising the issue during Zero Hour...

Imphal, March 11 Congress Legislature Party leader Keisham Meghachandra Singh urged the Manipur Assembly on Wednesday to pass a resolution to postpone the census in the troubled state until normalcy is restored.Singh told the House that conducting a headcount "without the resettlement and...

New Delhi, March 11 The upcoming census will collect data on the sex of the household head – Male, Female, and Transgender, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written response, said the 2027 census will be conducted in two phases...

Imphal, March 11 Hundreds of people, mostly women, staged a demonstration here on Wednesday, demanding that illegal immigrants be identified through the National Register of Citizens (NRC) or any other exercise before the census in Manipur, police said.A scuffle broke out between demonstrators...

Amaravati, March 11 Andhra Pradesh Census Operations and Citizen Registrations Director J Nivas met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and informed him that the house listing and house census exercise, as part of the 2027 Census, will begin from May 1.Nivas met Naidu at his office and...

March 10, Kohima: Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has emphasized the importance of an accurate census to support effective planning and policy in Nagaland.Speaking in the ongoing Nagaland Legislative Assembly session on Tuesday, he highlighted the upcoming 2026-27 census, and cautioned that...

New Delhi, March 10 The office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has appealed to the Divisional Commissioner to exempt around 7,500 school teachers, who are deployed as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) program, from Census-related work, officials said...