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Private school associations have said they are waiting for a formal government order. (Representational) Jaipur: Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar has said that all private and government schools in the state will now have the same uniform, and ties will no longer be a part of it because, he said, it's a Western concept. "In Indian dressing, there is no place for the tie," said Dilawar. "The pant shirt too is not strictly Indian, but it has been accepted now," he added. Speaking exc ...Read More >
In a significant move to streamline voter registration, the Election Commission has expanded its list of valid documents. Bihar's freshly revised voter rolls now incorporate Aadhaar cards, enhancing the process across twelve states and union territories. The Election Commission has included the voters' list of Bihar published after the special intensive revision and Aadhaar card in the list of indicative documents people will have to submit in the 12 states and union territories where the elect ...Read More >
Pan-India SIR NEW DELHI: In a departure from norms followed during Bihar SIR, EC has dispensed with the need for electors to submit documents at enumeration stage of pan-India SIR exercise. No document is to be collected from electors during enumeration phase. An elector who could not be linked with previous SIR will be served a notice by electoral registration officer (ERO) to ascertain eligibility as per criteria laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution. The elector will be required to sub ...Read More >
Gyanesh Kumar further added that Aadhaar Card is not a proof of date of birth or domicile.Source : jorono/Pixabay Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday announced that the Election Commission will undertake a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in 12 states and union territories. "...The voter lists in all states undergoing SIR will be frozen at 12 am tonight. BLOs will distribute Unique Enumeration Forms to all voters on these lists. These forms will contain ...Read More >
The voter list of all those states where SIR will be done will be frozen at 12 am tonight. All voters on that list will be given Unique Enumeration Forms by the BLOs. These forms will have all the necessary details from the current voter list, says Kumar. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced to carry out pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list, with 12 states and union territories to be covered in phase one. While addressing a press conference, Chief El ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha on Saturday launched the "Jagruthi Janambaata" programme at the Telangana Jagruthi office in Nizamabad and delivered an emotionally charged speech questioning her political isolation and the circumstances behind her electoral defeat. Addressing a large gathering of supporters, Kavitha wondered aloud, "Was my defeat in Nizamabad a result of a conspiracy or not?" and urged BRS workers to introspect. "I worked for 20 years for KCR, for Telangana, ...Read More >
In an exciting move to enhance watersports in Goa, Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte is rolling out uniform pricing and standardized kiosks for vendors. This initiative aims to eliminate unfair package deals and aggressive selling tactics that often frustrate visitors. Official watersports operators will receive prominent exposure on the Goa Tourism website, ensuring tourists can easily find legitimate services. Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has said the government will implement uniform rate ...Read More >
Kolkata: The alleged molestation of a teenage OPD patient at SSKM Hospital has exposed how easily rogue elements enter the hospital premises. Insiders at govt hospitals in the city said the unchecked presence of unauthorised persons, including touts, leaves patients and their families vulnerable.The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon in the ground-floor washroom of the Trauma Care Centre, attached to a PPP-run MRI and CT scan centre. SSKM officials called the incident unfortunate but insis ...Read More >
The government said the changes are meant to introduce "flexibility". Nainital: The Uttarakhand government has filed a 78-page affidavit in the high court saying that a few provisions of rules under the Uniform Civil Code are being amended. The affidavit submitted by Advocate General SN Babulkar before a division bench of Chief Justice G Narendra and Justice Subhash Upadhyay on October 15 states that the amendments relate to Rule 380 of the Registrar's Office, which lists the conditions under ...Read More >
Kerala Lottery Result: Apart from weekly lotteries, the state of Kerala, also brings opportunity to their citizens for participating in its seasonal lotteries, which are periodical but offer hefty winning amount greater than Rs 1 crore. This month, Kerala declared Onam Thiruvonam Bumper results which offered Rs 25 crore as first prize. The next seasonal lottery is Pooja Bumper which will be announced after Diwali in November. The state department has given key updates for of the Pooja Bumper Lot ...Read More >
Uttarakhand UCC: The Uttarakhand government has submitted a 78-page affidavit in the High Court, stating that certain provisions related to live-in relationships under the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) are being amended. The affidavit submitted by Advocate General SN Babulkar on October 15 specifies that the changes relate to Rule 380 of the Registrar's Office, which outlines the conditions under which a live-in relationship cannot be registered, news agency PTI reported. The affidavit was submitted ...Read More >
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media during a press conference at One Lodha Place, in Mumbai | Reuters Indian politicians like to claim that their governance innovations -- particularly digital public infrastructure that's shared between the state and the private sector -- are widely admired. They can even point to the occasional testimonial from the leader of another developing nation. But last week they bagged an unusual prize: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that ...Read More >
The accused are from Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Gujarat. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * 16 people have been arrested in Bengaluru for running a fake call centre * Suspects operated as Cybits Solutions Pvt Ltd, targeting US citizens through cyber fraud * Victims were threatened with false charges and coerced into paying money digitally Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Bengaluru: 16 people have b ...Read More >
Shillong: Meghalaya has been recognised as the best performing state in the verification of 'Adult Aadhaar Enrolment' at the national level by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).Commissioner & secretary and state Aadhaar nodal officer Joram Beda made the announcement on Tuesday.The award was formally received on behalf of the state by Shai Kupar War, Aadhaar nodal officer, General Administration Department (B), during the Aadhaar Samvaad event held to mark the inaugural Aadhaar ...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 >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday restrained the state government and those conducting a survey of transgenders from conducting any identification by using the 'strip and search' method. The court also ordered that information collected during the survey, which commenced on September 15, be kept strictly confidential. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha passed the interim order after hearing the petition filed by Anita Humanitarian Foundation, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) The Supreme Court, while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) SIR process in Bihar, said, "The question of probing so much will arise when there are genuine people". A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that there appeared to be "some confusion" over whether the voters added to Bihar's final electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were among those previously deleted from ...Read More >
Bihar's assembly elections are introducing a new mobile deposit facility outside polling booths to streamline voting and prevent overcrowding. This is part of 17 digital initiatives, including 100% webcasting and enhanced EVM features, aimed at making the election process more convenient, safe, and transparent for citizens. These reforms will eventually be replicated nationwide. Bihar's assembly elections are going digital, with a new mobile deposit facility outside polling booths aimed at maki ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission has shared several details regarding the Bihar Assembly elections. This time, no polling booth will have more than 1,200 voters. A colour photograph will be placed alongside the voter's name on the list, meaning no black and white photographs will be used. The Election Commission is expected to announce the dates soon. The Assembly's term ends on November 22, 2025. The Election Commission stated in a press conference that it has completed seven special intensi ...Read More >
New Delhi: About 68 lakh deletions and 21.53 lakh additions have been recorded in Bihar's electoral roll as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), leaving the state with about 7.42 crore registered voters. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said the revision, which ran from June 24 to September 30, involved systematic scrutiny of the rolls that began with 7.89 crore names. Around 65 lakh electors were removed by the time the draft roll was published on August 1, and furthe ...Read More >
Chandigarh JBT Admit Card 2025: The Department of Education, Chandigarh Administration, has released the admit cards for the Chandigarh JBT Teacher Recruitment Examination. The examination is scheduled to be held on October 5, 2025. Recruitment will be conducted for 218 positions. Candidates can download the admit card online through the official website, chdeducation.gov.in. The admit card can be downloaded by entering your roll number or application number. According to the details shared on t ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A large-scale drive of mandatory biometric update (MBU) across schools in the UT has been undertaken by UIDAI's regional office here. The mission-mode campaign ensures that students, both in urban and rural schools of Chandigarh, can update their biometrics easily without it affecting their academic schedules.This biometric update is vital for children in the 0-5 and 15-17 age brackets. Updated biometrics keep Aadhaar accurate, ensuring smooth participation in exams like JEE, Neet, U ...Read More >
THE Election Commission has rolled out a new 'e-sign' feature on its ECINet portal and app, which requires those seeking to register as voters, or applying for deletion and corrections, to verify their identity using their Aadhaar-linked phone numbers. The EC move comes less than a week after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged the misuse of online voter deletion forms in Karnataka's Aland constituency, ahead of the 2023 state Assembly polls, as part of his press conference on "electo ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 23 (ANI): Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh announced on Tuesday that the state's cashless health insurance scheme, covering Rs 10 lakh for citizens, will be implemented, with individual cards to be created for all family members. Balbir Singh noted that there are no criteria for income or any other benefit for the scheme; the individual just needs to have an Aadhaar card from Punjab and a voter ID card. "Every family will receive cas ...Read More >
Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) A Sreenivas on Monday said that, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines, a new voter list will be prepared and all booth level officers (BLOs) will be tasked with matching the current voter list of Haryana with that of the year 2002 by October 20 this year. If a voter's name appears in both lists, no additional documents will be required. Sreenivas said that both the 2002 and 2024 voter lists are available on the department's website for p ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would cancel the entire Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar if any illegality was found in the methodology adopted by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Hearing the matter against the survey, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it was presuming that the top election body, being a constitutional authority, was following the law and mandatory rules in the conduct of the SIR. The top court ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the publication of final voter list being prepared by the poll body as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar will not inhibit SC from striking it down 'if it finds any illegality in the process'. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi verbally observed, "if we find any illegality (in the SIR), we will definitely strike it down" regardless of the finalisation of the revised list. SC also refused to modify its ...Read More >
Rajasthan Grade 4 Exam 2025: No entry will be given to candidates who arrive late Rajasthan Grade 4 Exam 2025: The Rajasthan Grade/Class 4 examination, held for the recruitment of clerical and ministerial posts will see a total of 24.71 lakh candidates this year. The examination will be conducted from September 19 to September 21, 2025 across 1,300 centres in the state to fill 53,479 vacancies. It is one of the biggest recruitment examinations, competing with the SSC CGL examination being held ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 15: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to modify its September 8 order directing the Election Commission of India (ECI), which permitted the use of Aadhaar card as a 12th document for the proof of identity for the inclusion of a voter to the revised voters' list being prepared as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymlaya Bagchi said the direction passed by it last week was only interim in nature, and the issue of the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Monday, warned that it would cancel the entire Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar if any illegality is detected in the methodology adopted by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi that is hearing several petitions against the process, said that the Court presumed that ECI - being a constitutional authority - had followed the law and mandatory rules in the conduct of the SIR. ...Read More >
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