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HYDERABAD: The state government has appealed to all residents of Telangana to extend complete cooperation to the officials during the forthcoming census. Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao issued orders notifying the responsibilities and duties of the public during the census under the Census Act, 1948. As per the orders, every person occupying any house, enclosure, vessel or other place should allow officers "access thereto for the purpose of the census". Residents should also allow officials to paint on, or affix to, the place such letters, marks or numbers as may be necessary for the purposes of the census. Every person to whom any question is asked by the census officer will be legally bound to answer such questions to the best of his knowledge or belief. The orders further stated that no person has the right to inspect any book, register or record made by a census officer. The orders added: "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the BNS, 2023, no entry in any such book, register, record or schedule will be admissible as evidence in any civil proceeding or criminal proceeding." Meanwhile, the period for houselisting and house census 2027 will begin in Telangana from May 11 to June 9. Residents can register their details online from April 26 to May 10.
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is the first person to register his marriage on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) portal in Uttarakhand. It is mandatory under UCC provision to register the marriage solemnized after march 2010. CM Dhami, who married Geeta Dhami on February 5, 2011, received the certificate of registration from Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Radha Ratudi. This moment marked the launch of the UCC, making Uttarakhand the first state in India to implement such a law. All marriages solemnized after March 2010 must be registered The UCC mandates that all marriages ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre has asked the states and union territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative jurisdictions before December 31, 2025, when they will freeze for the Census-2027 exercise and the first phase of the decadal population count will begin on April 1 next year, according to a communication sent by the registrar general and census commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, on June 27. The freezing means the states/UTs won't be able to change the boundaries of districts, towns, villages and tehsils post December 31. The Census can be conducted on ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 4 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel urged newly elected sarpanchs and gram panchayat members to ensure visible cleanliness in villages. He announced that under PM Narendra Modi's vision of "Swachhta Tya Prabhuta (Cleanliness is next to Godliness)," a mass movement for cleanliness has been launched across villages, towns, and cities. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Conferred With 'The Order of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago' During Ceremonial Event at President's House in Port of Spain (See Pics and Videos). In this context, the Chief Minister made a s ...Read More >
Patna: In a major policy shift ahead of the upcoming Bihar elections, the state government has implemented a domicile-based reservation system in government jobs, with the 35 per cent quota for women. This means only women who are native to Bihar or those who hold valid domicile certificates will be eligible to claim this quota. Women from other states, who were eligible earlier for the reservation, will now be placed under the general category and will not be given the same reservation. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday in Patna, chaired by Chief Minister Nitis ...Read More >
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss urged the central government to postpone the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies across the country based on population by 25 years. In a statement, Anbumani said that the central government has announced that a caste based population census will be started from March 1, 2027. "PMK has been demanding the government to conduct the census before the end of 2025 to end controversies in delimitation and to safeguard social justice. The announcement has caused confusion, " he said. He added that the stand of PMK is to conduct a delimitation exercise b ...Read More >
As many as nine people are still missing in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries' pharma plant in Pashamylaram that claimed at least 38 lives and left 35 injured, and efforts are on to trace the missing people, Superintendent of Police (SP) of this district, Paritosh Pankaj, said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the expert committee appointed by the state government to ascertain the causes and establish the sequence of events that led to the explosion is expected to visit the site on Thursday. The pa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore, Jul 14 (PTI) As the health condition of the 20-year-old college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor continued to remain critical, the Odisha Police on Monday arrested the principal of the institute. President Droupadi Murmu, who was at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar to attend its 5th Convocation ceremony, paid an unscheduled visit to the burn and plastic surgery department where the student is admitted, and enquired about her condition. Alleging that women are not safe in BJP-ruled Odisha, opposition parties held demonstrations in Bh ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jan 31 (PTI) The Gauhati High Court has issued notices to the Assam government and its various departments over rampant rat-hole coal mining and asked them to furnish what steps they have taken to stop the unlawful activity. Taking suo motu cognizance of the Dima Hasao coal mining tragedy, the high court registered a public interest litigation on Monday and issued notices the next day to seven government departments, including the office of the chief secretary. "The court has taken note of various reports which suggest that around more than 200 rat-hole mines are in operation in Um ...Read More >
The CM's reaction came to the DCP (Vidhana Soudha security) letter written before the event warning against holding felicitations at Vidhana Soudha 'hastily', surfaced now Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday defended the decision to go ahead with the RCB victory celebration in front of Vidhana Soudha, saying no untoward incident happened there. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, "The police department did not give comprehensive information about the police security arrangements at the ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. The dramatic scene unfolded a day after Abdullah and several leaders of the National Conference and opposition parties were put under house arrest to prevent them from going to the graveyard to mark Martyrs' Day. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah took an autorickshaw from the Khanyar crossing to the martyrs memorial while Minister for Education Sakina Ittoo surprised everyone by r ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reacting to the controversy after the Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad boycotted the state-level celebrations on the World Environment Day at the Raj Bhavan -- the official residence of the state Governor, Rajendra V. Arlekar, the latter expressed his displeasure. Speaking at the event as the state Governor, Arlekar expressed his displeasure by saying that the Agriculture Minister should also have been present here. "The State Education Minister informed that he could not come. Then the Agriculture Minister also did not come. I do not know wha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state government made significant transfers of IAS officers on Sunday. Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Rajesh Rajora has been transferred from the Chief Minister's Secretariat. In his place, Neeraj Mandloi has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary in the CM Secretariat. Mandloi will also continue to hold charge of the Energy Department and Public Service Management Department. Rajora will retain his position as ACS in the Narmada Valley Development and Water Resources Department. ACS Sanjay Dubey has been posted to the Urban Development and Housing Depart ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The government received 8 million applications for Indiramma houses and the acceptance of these applications should be completed by December 31, said the revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy. On Wednesday, December 12 the minister held a video conference at the secretariat with Telangana chief minister's advisor Vem Narender Reddy and chief secretary Shanti Kumari. They discussed the examination of Indiramma house applications, the conduct of Group-II examinations, a social survey, and other related issues. Instructing officials to involve members of the Indiramm ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a key development regarding the Census 2027, the government of India has asked states and Union Territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative units before December 31, when they will be considered final for the census exercise. In a letter to all states and Union Territories, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan has said that for the Census, all villages and towns are divided into uniform enumeration blocks and for each block, an enumerator is assigned to avoid any miss or repetition during the population count ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved 43 schemes and projects, including the formation of the Bihar Youth Commission, 35 per cent reservation for women native to the State and Rs 100 diesel subsidy for farmers. Bihar Chief Secretary S Siddharth said, 'Today, 43 agendas have been stamped in the Council of Ministers, in which the most important agenda is the formation of the Youth Commission. This commission is related to the youth of 18-45 years, which will have one chairman, two vice-chairmen and seven members.' 'The beneficiary group related to this includes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A day after the Cabinet approved 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies, the panchayat raj department initiated the process to amend the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 on Friday, to pave the way for an ordinance to implement the enhanced quota. The state government plans to issue the prdinance within a week and conduct zilla parishad and mandal parishad elections in August, followed by gram panchayat and municipal elections in September. The Telangana High Court has set a deadline of September 30 for the government to conduct the local body elections ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: Indian Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh Friday claimed China used the four-day Pakistan-India conflict in May like a "live lab" to test various weapon systems and was providing all possible support to Islamabad in line with its ancient military strategy of killing the adversary with a "borrowed knife". The senior Indian military officer claimed while Pakistan was the "front face", with China extending all possible support to its all-weather ally, Turkiye was also playing a major role by supplying military hardware to Islamabad, adding that India was actually dealing w ...Read More >
Stocktwits - The death toll in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries (NSE:SIGC)' pharma plant in Pashamylaram, Telangana, rose to 34. "Several bodies have been found under the debris while removing it. As many as 31 bodies have been extricated from the debris while three died in hospital while undergoing treatment. The last leg of the rescue operation is still going on," district Superintendent of Police Paritosh Pankaj told PTI. Health Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha told the media that around 90 people were working in the plant when the accident happened, reportedly due to a suspected c ...Read More >
Agartala, July 11 (UNI) Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha today allocated Panchayat, Higher Education, and General Administration (Political) to newly inducted minister Kishore Barman, who has been in charge of these departments with the CM since the government was formed in 2023. Chief Secretary J. K. Sinha, in a notification, said that the Governor of Tripura, on the advice of the Chief Minister, has allocated these portfolios to Barman with immediate effect under Rule-5 of the Rules of Executive Business of the State Government. This decision is seen as a significant move, especially w ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has directed all states and union territories to form internal complaints committees in all government departments and undertakings by specific deadlines. This directive aims to ensure uniform compliance with the POSH Act across the country, highlighting lapses in its enforcement and mandating surveys and reports on adherence.With a view to ensure a nationwide compliance of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to constitute an internal complaints co ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The death toll in the deadly explosion at Sigachi Industries' chemical unit at Pashamylaram reached 36 on Tuesday. Police said a case was registered against the factory management. The explosion at the chemical manufacturing facility in Pashamylaram industrial estate in Sangareddy district on Monday continues to send shockwaves across the state. On Monday, officials declared the death toll 15 in the reactor blast and continued the rescue operations. However, on the next day, the toll rose to 36. According to Sangareddy District Collector P Pravinya, 36 workers died and currently, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta called upon all political parties to rise above partisan lines and formulate a common minimum program to collectively address the issue of illegal immigrants in the national capital. His remarks came in response to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recent directive to the Chief Secretary, seeking stricter regulations for the issuance of Aadhaar cards in Delhi. The directive followed reports of a large number of Aadhaar cards being fraudulently obtained by illegal immigrants. Speaking to ANI, the Delhi Assembly Speaker ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: 1991-batch IAS officer Ashok Khemka, known for his uprightness during his 33-year-long career in which he was transferred 57 times, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Transport. Khemka, who will retire on April 30 next year, has replaced 1994-batch IPS officer Navdeep Virk. Khemka has returned to the transport department, overseen by Anil Vij, transport minister of the state; ten years ago, he had been posted as transport commissioner during the first term of the then BJP government with Manohar Lal Khattar as Chief Minister. When Khemka was the state transport comm ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 1 (PTI) An association of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers has decided to put their 'mass leave' protest on hold after they got an assurance from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi that strong action will be taken against all culprits involved in the alleged assault of their senior colleague, an official said on Tuesday. The Odisha Administrative Service Association has called for its members to go on a 'mass leave' from Tuesday to protest against the alleged assault of a senior OAS officer on Monday. According to a statement issued by OAS Association president Jy ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Twelve workers of pharma company, Sigachi Industries Ltd, have been discharged from the hospital and provided an interim relief of Rs 1 lakh. The workers sustained burn injuries after a powerful explosion rocked the chemical plant located in Sangareddy's Pashamylaram area on June 30, claiming the lives of 38 employees. In a new statement released on Thursday, July 3, the pharma company informed that out of the 33 injured, 12 have been discharged. "Team members from Sigachi Industries are available around the clock at hospitals to provide emotional and logistical support to the aff ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka High Court, while granting temporary relief to Chief Whip and BJP MLC N. Ravikumar in the case related to alleged objectionable remarks against Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, expressed concern over the deteriorating standard of language used by politicians. Hearing the petition challenging the FIR, the High Court bench headed by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar on Friday issued an interim order directing that no coercive action be taken against Ravikumar until July 8. The court also issued a stern directive to Ravikumar to cooperate with the inve ...Read More >