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India will, on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), begin the first phase of its Census 2027, marking the start of what is set to be the world's largest population exercise and the first to be conducted digitally. The exercise signals a major shift in how data will be collected, with officials using mobile apps and citizens also getting a chance to fill in their own details online. It is the country's 16th Census and the eighth since independence, but the scale and method this time make it markedly diffe ...Read More >
Nandigram Constituency 2026: A Prestige Seat At The Heart of Bengal Politics West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: The Nandigram assembly seat is seen as a prestige battle between the BJP and TMC, with implications beyond the constituency. Nandigram Constituency 2026: Nandigram remains one of the most closely watched assembly seats in West Bengal, known for shaping wider political narratives in the state. Located in Purba Medinipur district, it is a general constituency (No. 210) under the Tamlu ...Read More >
Bhopal, Mar 29 (PTI) As many as 63 MLAs will participate in a two-day conference of young legislators, which will begin at the Madhya Pradesh assembly here on Monday. According to officials, legislators from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will be part of the conference organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (India Region Zone-6). Madhya Pradesh Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar reviewed preparations for the conference and issued directions to officials to ensure the eve ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The first phase of Census 2027 will begin today in what will be the largest such exercise in the world and it will be conducted digitally for the first time. It is India's 16th Census and eighth after Independence. For the first time, the option of self-enumeration will also be available. Also Read | Jammu and Kashmir: Gunfight Starts in Ganderbal, 2 Terrorists Likely To Be Trapped. The reference date of Census 2027 is 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027, (for UT of ...Read More >
SHILLONG, March 31: The next round of India's population census will commence in phases from April 2026, with Meghalaya set to begin its part of the exercise from mid-May, officials informed on Tuesday. Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said Census 2027 will mark a transition to a fully digital process, alongside the introduction of self-enumeration for the first time. As per the schedule for Meghalaya, residents will be given an opportunity to fill in their hou ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The first phase of Census 2027 will begin today in what will be the largest such exercise in the world and it will be conducted digitally for the first time. It is India's 16th Census and eighth after Independence. For the first time, the option of self-enumeration will also be available. The reference date of Census 2027 is 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027, (for UT of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and States of Uttarakhand ...Read More >
March 31 (Reuters) - More than 3 million Indian officials are to spend a year counting every single person in the world's most populous nation, a mammoth task delayed in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. The once-in-a-decade population survey, originally due in 2021, will start on April 1 with a short window for citizens who wish to register themselves online, the government said on Monday. There will then be two phases of physical door-to-door surveys. The first will list houses and housing con ...Read More >
New Delhi, India - Over three million Indian officials will spend about a year collecting data on the country's population - the largest in the world - in a massive door-to-door survey. This round of census was meant to take place in 2021 but was delayed party due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last census was conducted between 2010-11. The survey's data is crucial to the democracy which forms policy and social interventions based on the results. The once-in-a-decade exercise will begin on Apri ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (Maxim News): The country is all set for the census. The first phase of the process will begin from April 1. The first phase will include a household census. The Center said that 33 questions will be asked on this occasion. The second phase will collect the population data. It will begin in February next year. The Center has revealed that citizens do not need to submit any documents for the census. Registrar General of India (RGI) and Census Commissioner Mrityunjaya Kumar Naray ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday (March 30) put up a united front as Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Former BJP State president Dilip Ghosh accompanied the Leader of Opposition as he filed his nomination for his candidature in Nandigram. For these high-stakes polls, the BJP has fielded him from two seats, one in Nandigram, from where he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2021. He is also contesting from Bhawanipur, the home const ...Read More >
New Delhi, India: India will launch the world's largest census on Wednesday, with more than three million officials to take part in a vast counting exercise over the next year. The South Asian nation, home to an estimated 1.4 billion people, faces mounting challenges in providing electricity, food and housing to its growing population. India's government calls the $1.24 billion count a "gigantic exercise of national importance" that could support "inclusive governance and evidence-based policy ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India will launch the world's largest census on Wednesday, with more than three million officials to take part in a vast counting exercise over the next year. The South Asian nation, home to an estimated 1.4 billion people, faces mounting challenges in providing electricity, food and housing to its growing population. Many of its sprawling megacities are already grappling with water shortages, air and water pollution, and overcrowded slums. India's government calls the $1.24 billio ...Read More >
Assembly Elections 2026: Why Tamil Nadu Polls Is Crucial For National Politics Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: A BJP breakthrough in Tamil Nadu could weaken the INDIA bloc, of which the ruling DMK is a part, ahead of the 2029 general election. Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: Tamil Nadu's 2026 Assembly election, scheduled for April 23, is seen as crucial for national politics. With 39 Lok Sabha seats and a large voter base, the state is a key battleground testing the BJP's push into the ...Read More >
The Congress government, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, introduced the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, in the Legislative Assembly on Sunday. As per the Bill, hate crimes can be punished with a minimum jail term of one year and a maximum of seven years with a fine of Rs 50,000. For a repeat offender, the minimum term of imprisonment will be two years, and it can go up to a maximum of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. Courts may also award adequate compensa ...Read More >
The Supreme Court ruled on March 24 in Chinthada Anand vs State of Andhra Pradesh that a pastor from the Madiga community in Andhra Pradesh could not claim to be a member of a Scheduled Caste (SC) as he had converted to Christianity. The Court upheld the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which had reached the same conclusion in an alleged atrocity matter. Can a person of Christian faith be SC? A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan laid down that the Constitution (Sche ...Read More >
Speaking during Zero Hour, Laxman said OBC reservation was being misused in the name of religion. He added that states such as Telangana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala contravened the reservation policy, which does not provide for quotas based on religion, and demanded a review. Laxman cited Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu high court judgments questioning the practice of extending the OBC quota to all Muslims. "There should be a comprehensive review of such religion-based reservations," Lax ...Read More >
As soon as the house gathered, BJD's Sasmit Patra said, "We want to place on record our serious protest against the disparaging, false and concocted statements by Nishikant Dubey against Biju Patnaik". "This is the level that the ruling party has fallen to... this is utterly shameful," he said, announcing that the party was walking out. On Sunday, Patra resigned from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT in which is headed by Dubey, in protest against the disparaging rema ...Read More >
If a couple considers their relationship as a stable union, they should be recorded as a married couple, whether during self-enumeration or when an enumerator visits the household. For Census 2027, couples in live-in relationships who see themselves as being in a "stable union" will be treated as married during the counting process. The clarification has been shared in the FAQs on the self-enumeration portal. What the rules say? According to the official response, if a couple considers their ...Read More >
New Delhi: Census 2027 will roll out in 11 states from April 1. Caste census will be recorded in the second phase, registrar general and census commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said on Monday while insisting on self-enumeration by the respondents. A total of 34 questions has been compiled for respondents. "For the first time, the census will be conducted digitally," he said during a press meet. "The reference date of Census 2027 is 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027 (for UT of Ladakh and ...Read More >
New Delhi: Opposition staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha when BJP leader K Laxman stated in the House that non-NDA ruled states are giving reservation to Muslims under the Other Backward Classes quota against the provisions of the Constitution, thus eating into the share of the backward community which deserves this affirmative action. Raising the issue when Special Mentions were taken up, Laxman- who is also the BJP OBC Morcha Chief- alleged that Congress ruled states like Karnataka and Telan ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said it is a must for elected representatives to be sensitive, avid readers, experts in stress management and dedicated to public welfare. Humbleness and discipline are also essential in politics, he added. When anyone enters politics for vested interests, democratic values and the system are adversely affected, Yadav said while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day convention of young legislators at the Vidhan Sabha here on Monday. S ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) If a live-in couple considers their relationship as a "stable union", they should be treated as "married" for the 16th Census, according to the FAQ section on the self-enumeration portal. The portal, opened for people opting for self-enumeration, will be available for both phases of the Census -- 'Houselisting and Housing Census' and 'Population Enumeration'. It has an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section to help people answer the queries in the Census. One such FA ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 30: The Census in AP Telangana will be conducted in two phases, according to Census Registrar General Mrityunjaya. He announced detailed timelines and procedures for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, including self enumeration and household surveys. Speaking to the media on Monday, Mrityunjaya said that Andhra Pradesh will begin its household survey from May 1 to May 30. Meanwhile, self enumeration will be allowed earlier, from April 16 to April 30. Similarly, in Telangana, th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Amid a political row, BJP's Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey on Monday defended his statements regarding former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik, asserting that he never disrespected the late leader and that his comments were targeted at the actions of the Nehru-Gandhi family. 'Biju Patnaik was a great freedom fighter. The Bharatiya Janata Party has always shown him respect. When Congress did Biju Babu an injustice, it was the Jan Sangh and the BJP that stoo ...Read More >
Bhopal, Mar 30 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday said that only those with a spirit of service can succeed in politics, while "personal ambitions" adversely impact the democratic system. Yadav was addressing the inaugural session of the two-day conference of young MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan held in the state assembly here. Stressing the need for humility, dignity, and discipline in politics, he said, "Public representatives need to be sensitive ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The BJP's Nishikant Dubey on Monday refuted allegations that he disrespected Biju Patnaik, asserting that he always held the former Odisha chief minister in high regard, as political leaders from the state hit back at the MP. Dubey, in a statement on March 27, had claimed that Patnaik was the link between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the (US spy agency) CIA during the war against China in the 1960s. "There has never been any lack of respect for Biju Patnai ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday refuted allegations that he disrespected Biju Patnaik, asserting that he always held the former Odisha chief minister in high regard. "There has never been any lack of respect for Biju Patnaik. When the Congress treated Biju Babu unjustly, it was the Jana Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party that stood by him. What I said that day, and what I repeat again today, is that I am running a continuous series exposing the deeds of the Nehru-Gand ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP of creating rift between communities in the name of religion and caste and never talking about development. Addressing an election meeting in support of the party candidate at Jhalda in West Bengal's Purulia district, the TMC national general secretary said the BJP MP from Purulia, Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, and party MLAs from Jhalda, Purulia, Kashipur, and Para (SC) should explain to voters what they have done fo ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30: Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner has assured that all individual data collected during the upcoming 2027 Census will remain strictly confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to claim benefits under any government scheme. Addressing a press conference on Monday ahead of the first phase of the country's 16th Census, Registrar General Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan said the exercise is set to begin in April in select states. Emphasising data privacy, he said ...Read More >
Patna: Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) national president Nitish Kumar's resignation as an MLC (Member of Legislative Council) on Monday made it clear that Bihar was in for a tectonic shift in governance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the path to have its first chief minister in the state. The resignation was due as Article 101(2) of the Constitution of India mandates that no person can simultaneously remain a member of the Parliament and a House of the state legislature. Besid ...Read More >
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