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Hyderabad, Apr 9 (PTI) Director of Census Operations in Telangana, Bharati Hollikeri, on Thursday said Census 2027 would be held in digital mode in contrast to the paper-based exercise conducted until 2011. The first phase of the exercise, involving house listing and housing census, would be conducted from May 11 to June 9, while the second phase would be taken up in February 2027, she said. As many as 88,000 personnel, including enumerators and supervisors, would be involved in the census in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 : Government sources have clarified that the recent FIR lodged with the Delhi Police ... New Delhi [India], April 9 : Government sources have clarified that the recent FIR lodged with the Delhi Police in connection with the leakage of information of an inquiry conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is not aimed at silencing the media, but for identifying those responsible for leaking confidential information from FSSAI. The sources said ...Read More >
Bengaluru, The Karnataka government on Tuesday issued an order mandating an audit of all adolescent pregnancy cases across the state, aiming to systematically track, review and address the underlying causes of pregnancies among girls aged 10 to 18 years. The order makes adolescent pregnancy audit mandatory by the Taluk Health Officer for all pregnancies occurring among girls aged 10 to 18 years across the state. The move is intended to strengthen early identification, counselling and preventiv ...Read More >
The Gujarat high court on Saturday issued a policy regulating the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial and court administration, stating that AI cannot be used for adjudication processes, including judicial decision-making, drafting of judgments or orders and evaluation of evidence, holding judges personally responsible for all orders and judgments issued in their names. The policy titled 'Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial and Court Administration', stated that ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has barred the use of Artificial Intelligence for any form of decision-making, judicial reasoning, order drafting or judgment preparation, bail and sentencing considerations, or any substantive adjudicatory process. According to the high court's AI policy, unveiled on Saturday at a conference of district judiciary judges in Gujarat, AI should be used to enhance the speed and quality of justice delivery, not as a substitute for judicial reasoning, according to ne ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 4 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court has prohibited the use of Artificial Intelligence for any form of decision-making, judicial reasoning, order drafting or judgment preparation, bail sentencing considerations, or any substantive adjudicatory process. According to the high court's AI policy, unveiled on Saturday at a conference of district judiciary judges in Gujarat, AI should be used to improve the speed and quality of justice delivery, rather than as a replacement for judicial reas ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3: Delhi Police has registered an FIR against several social media users including @khurpench, @gemsofbabus for allegedly tampering with and circulating confidential documents linked to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), officials confirmed on Thursday. The case, which raises serious concerns about data privacy and online misinformation, has prompted authorities to seek detailed user information from X. According to police sources, the complaint was filed ...Read More >
Gangtok, Apr 1 (PTI) Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday commenced the self-enumeration exercise under Census 2027, officials said. Mathur and Tamang completed the process here via the newly launched online census portal in the presence of State Census Directorate officials. "Census 2027 will lay a strong foundation for the development journey of the coming decade," the governor said. "Accurate and comprehensive data is the foundation of effecti ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Directorate of Census Operations, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday said the upcoming Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases in a digital backbone with self-enumeration, mobile-based data collection and GIS mapping to ensure accurate and transparent data. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Chief Principal Census Officer, Amit Sharma, per news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the exercise marks a significant shift from traditional methods, with technology ...Read More >
Jammu, April 1 (PTI) Amit Sharma, the Chief Principal Census Officer and Director of Census Operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on Wednesday outlined the roadmap for Census 2027 in the twin Union Territories, where self-enumeration will begin on May 17. This will be India's first census to be conducted entirely through digital mode, he said. Sharma said the massive national exercise will ensure complete confidentiality of individual data in accordance with the provisions of the Census ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) Misselling of the AT-1 bonds, which led to a rap from the regulators, and under-performance of the country's largest private sector lender HDFC Bank were the reasons behind his resignation, said former chairman Atanu Chakraborty on Monday. Personal differences with the management are "overblown" and it was not the issue "by a long distance" for the resignation earlier this month, Chakraborty said, stressing that "incongruence" on values and ethics led him to quit the board. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday barred eight entities from the securities markets and impounded illegal gains of Rs 173.14 crore made by them through insider trading in the shares of Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX)."I am of the prima facie opinion that the noticees (eight entities) had access to the UPSI pertaining to the CERC order, and based on the trading pattern of the noticees, an irresistible inference can be drawn that their trades, being insiders, were influenced by the p ...Read More >
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha also directed that all information gathered, since the survey began on September 15, must remain confidential and not be disclosed to any third party. The court was hearing a petition filed by the Anita Humanitarian Foundation, which sought to quash government notifications authorising the 'Gender Minority Survey'. The foundation argued that the exercise violated the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, as well as Articl ...Read More >
Candidates appearing in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exams can now view their question papers, responses and the correct answers after taking the test, as the Commission has rolled out a series of reforms to make its examinations more transparent and secure. This move would allow the candidates to challenge answer keys with evidence, as well as keep copies for their personal use, officials said on Friday. They said the steps balance exam integrity with candidate welfare, as the Commission ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Candidates appearing in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exams can now view their question papers, responses and the correct answers after taking the test, as the Commission has rolled out a series of reforms to make its examinations more transparent and secure. This move would allow the candidates to challenge answer keys with evidence, as well as keep copies for their personal use, officials said on Friday. They said the steps balance exam integrity with candidate welf ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which recently completed Tier 1 of the computer-based Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) 2025, will allow each of 13.5 lakh aspirants who wrote the exam, to view, store and review their question papers, responses and the correct answers from Oct 15.Thanks to this recent reform, the examinees can challenge the answer keys with evidence, that too at a fee now halved to Rs 50, and keep the copies for their personal use. To further assist as ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: A curtain raiser of the KIIT Centre for International Arbitration and Mediation (KCIAM) was held here on Saturday, in which eminent judges, jurists and legal experts took part. Justice Sandeep Mehta of Supreme Court said it has the potential to act as a catalyst for change by offering world-class facilities, fostering collaboration, training future arbitrators and promoting research in best practices. "KCIAM will not only serve this region, but also contribute meaningfully to the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed late Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur to file the list of his assets in a sealed cover and suggested the parties involved in the property dispute before it, not to share details with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the consequent undertakings from the counsel appearing for all the parties, including Priya, aside from Sunjay's children with former wife and actor Karisma Kapoor. "Mr Rajiv Nayar (counsel for Priya Kapur) su ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Delhi High Court on Friday barred all parties involved in the dispute over late Sunjay Kapur's property not to share details, including those of his personal assets and liabilities, with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions and said, "A copy of the 'will' be supplied to the defendant subject to the undertaking that it will be used discreetly and that the party or advocates would not leak it to public." The court was hearing Priya's plea seeking permission ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed Priya Sachdev Kapur, widow of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, to submit a statement of assets in a sealed cover in the ongoing inheritance dispute, citing the need for confidentiality in handling sensitive financial documentation. The case arises from a partition suit filed by Karisma Kapoor's children, Samaira Kapur and Kiaan Raj Kapur, over their father's estate. The dispute revolves around the distribution of Sunjay Kapur's assets and the righ ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 26 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the technical issues affecting the Social and Educational Survey -- widely referred to as the "caste census" -- have "almost been sorted out", and that the survey will now proceed in a full-fledged manner. He asserted that the survey would be completed within the stipulated period and stressed that there would be no extension. Concerns have been raised over the "slow pace of the survey", with technical glitches and se ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 26 (PTI) Karnataka Minister for Backward Class Development Shivaraj S Tangadagi on Friday said the state government will abide by the High Court's directive regarding the Social and Educational Survey, popularly known as the "caste census", currently underway in the state. The Karnataka High Court on Thursday declined to stay the survey but directed the State Backward Classes Commission to maintain the confidentiality of the collected data and ensure voluntary participation of ci ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has asked the Central government and Directorate General of Civil Aviation to respond to the Air India plane crash incident in Ahmedabad. The court wants a fair and quick investigation by experts. Safety Matters Foundation seeks an independent probe into the accident. They claim the initial report is incomplete and lacks transparency. The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) "for the limited purpose of ens ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday noted that multiple inquiries into the affairs of Vantara, the animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, have led to the finding that there has been no violation of law whatsoever. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale found that there is no merit in the allegations of smuggling of animals or money laundering against the Jamnagar-based facility, owned and operated by the Reliance Foundation. The Court's observa ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court overturned a Central Information Commission order. The order had directed CBSE to release BJP leader Smriti Irani's Class X and XII records. The court stated her educational qualifications weren't statutory requirements for her public office. This decision came as the court allowed CBSE's petition challenging the CIC's previous directive. The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing CBSE to provide copies of the Cla ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday stated that the Right to Information (RTI) Act was enacted to ensure transparency in governance, not to serve as 'fodder for sensationalism.' Justice Sachin Datta observed that even seemingly innocuous disclosures could open the 'floodgates of indiscriminate demands, motivated by idle curiosity or sensationalism, rather than any objective public interest consideration.' Delivering the verdict in a case relating to Prime Ministe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) With the Delhi High Court quashing a CIC order related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor's degree, the Congress on Monday said it is incomprehensible why the educational degree details of the PM be kept a complete secret when such details of everyone else have always been public. The high court on Monday set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing disclosure of details related to Modi's bachelor's degree while holding it to be "personal info ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday stated that the Right to Information (RTI) Act was enacted to ensure transparency in governance, not to serve as fodder for sensationalism. Justice Sachin Datta observed that even seemingly innocuous disclosures could open the floodgates of indiscriminate demands, motivated by idle curiosity or sensationalism, rather than any objective public interest consideration. Delivering the verdict in a case relating to Prime Minister Na ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside a CIC order directing disclosure of details related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor's degree while holding it to be "personal information" and ruling out any "implicit public interest" in it. Justice Sachin Datta, who reserved the verdict on the matter on February 27, was acting on Delhi University's plea challenging the CIC order. The judge said "something which is of interest to the public" was quite different from " ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars ...Read More >
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