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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...

New Delhi, March 10 The government is reportedly exploring the possibility of implementing the Women's Reservation Act even before the completion of the post-census delimitation exercise for Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.Sources aware of the development told

New Delhi, March 10 Enumerators will "record the religion as stated by respondents" during the 2027 Census, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said, "In the Census, the enumerator records all religions/sects/beliefs as stated...

On Monday, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of the Government of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, reviewed preparations for the upcoming 2027 Census during his exclusive visit to the Directorate of Census Operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, located in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu...

Jammu, March 9 Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan on Monday reviewed preparations for the upcoming 2027 Census in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, urging officers and field functionaries to exercise utmost diligence while collecting information.He said that...

Itanagar, March 8 The Arunachal Pradesh government has announced that the house listing operations (HLO) for the 2027 Census will begin across the state on April 16, an official said.The HLO, to be conducted in the first phase, is an important part of the Census process, said Census Operations...

Today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially launched four digital tools and formally unveiled the mascots, Pragati and Vikas, which symbolize women and men for the 2027 Census in New Delhi. The tools include the House Listing Block Creator Web Application, the HLO Mobile Application, the...

Hyderabad, March 4 The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes urged the state Chief Secretary on Wednesday to take measures to include the 40 backward castes in the state on the Centre's OBC list before the census exercise begins in the state.In a letter to the Chief Secretary, the...