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Leh, Apr 03: The Government on Friday announced a major digital transformation in the upcoming Census 2027, with Chief Principal Census Officer Amrit Sharma stating that the exercise will be conducted entirely through mobile-based applications, ensuring faster processing and timely release of data. Addressing a press conference in Leh, Sharma said the upcoming census marks a "complete departure" from previous practices, where data collection and compilation took years. "Earlier, enumerators co ...Read More >
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday flayed Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, accusing him of indulging in "cheap theatrics" on the sensitive issue of sacrilege. He questioned why the Congress government never caught the sacrilege perpetrators during its 2017-2022 regime in the state. Sukhbir's comments came after Warring raised the sacrilege issue in Parliament. Addressing a rally at Baba Bakala as part of the party's "Punjab Bachao" campaign al ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Congress is set to contest the upcoming bypolls for the Baramati assembly constituency, necessitated by the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, despite widespread appeals for an unopposed election for his widow and political successor, Sunetra Pawar. This effectively puts the Congress at odds with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), which have both decided not to contest the by-elections as a mark of respect for ...Read More >
Nalbari: In Lower and Southern Assam, which together account for around 45 seats, a multi-cornered contest is taking shape for the assembly polls. BJP and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) are contesting against Congress-led alliance and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), making the contests triangular or multi-cornered. In two constituencies - Goalpara East and Gauripur - Congress and its ally Raijor Dal are engaged in a friendly contest. The divide along religious lines, recent evicti ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude jolted several parts of north India on Friday night, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremors, which lasted a few seconds, were felt in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana. There were no reports of any damage or casualties. The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 9.42 pm, was in Afghanistan at a depth of 150 km, the NCS said. Many took to social media to share videos of ceiling fans and lights swaying in ...Read More >
Agartala, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Opposition CPI (M)-led Left Front leaders on Friday alleged that the election authorities in Tripura are using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, reportedly brought from Madhya Pradesh, despite sufficient machines being available within the state. The 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state governmen ...Read More >
Agartala: Opposition CPI (M)-led Left Front leaders on Friday alleged that the election authorities in Tripura are using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, reportedly brought from Madhya Pradesh, despite sufficient machines being available within the state. The 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, is scheduled to go to ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 3 (UNI) The Disciplinary Action Committee (DPC) of the Haryana Congress met on Friday to discuss allegations of cross-voting during the recent Rajya Sabha elections found two MLAs guilty of cross-voting. The disciplinary committee chairman, Dharampal Singh Malik, indicated that Punhana MLA Mohammad Ilyas and Hathin MLA Mohammad Israil have been deemed guilty of cross-voting as they failed to respond to the show-cause notices issued to them. Malik noted that their silence confi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued an advisory clarifying the purpose of QR codes printed on question papers, saying they are not web links, according to officials. The advisory comes in the wake of recent incidents where QR codes in CBSE exams went viral on social media for reasons unrelated to the examination. "The QR codes printed on CBSE question papers are not intended to function as direct internet hyperlinks. These codes are part of interna ...Read More >
New Delhi: State-owned Power Finance Corporation on Thursday said that its independent director Bhaskar Bhattacharya has resigned, citing plans to contest in the coming assembly polls in West Bengal. Bhattacharya was appointed on May 13, 2025, for one year by the Ministry of Power. Also Read: SIR protest: SC slams West Bengal govt over gherao of judicial officials, terms incident calculated "Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Independent Director on the Board of PFC, has tendered his resignation from the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Delhi, India - Business Wire India AGEasy, the consumer products brand under Antara Senior Care -- India's most comprehensive and fully integrated senior-care ecosystem -- has introduced the country's first adult diaper pants featuring Smart Liquid Distribution™ technology. Re-engineered specifically for seniors, it features a unique three-layer design that offers measurably improved absorption over ordinary adult diapers, reduces sagging and delivers more reliable protection for eve ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Calling the Malda violence "unfortunate and condemnable," Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday held the central government responsible for the incident, while also alleging that the Election Commission of India is no longer impartial or independent. Speaking to ANI, Prasad said, "The Malda violence is unfortunate and condemnable. This is the government's strategy to end democracy. In the last monsoon session, our leader Akhilesh Yadav, along with all th ...Read More >
The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) has recently written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking regulatory intervention and public disclosure following the resignation of HDFC Bank's former Part-time Chairman and Independent Director, Atanu Chakraborty. In its letter, AIBEA expressed concern over the resignation, noting that the resignation letter stated certain "happenings and practices" in the bank were not in line with his personal values and ethics. AIBEA said the dev ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Calling the Malda violence "unfortunate and condemnable," Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday held the central government responsible for the incident, while also alleging that the Election Commission of India is no longer impartial or independent. Speaking to ANI, Prasad said, "The Malda violence is unfortunate and condemnable. This is the government's strategy to end democracy. In the last monsoon session, our leader Akhilesh Yadav, along with all th ...Read More >
Longkhum, Apr 2 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) National President, Conrad Sangma on Wednesday campaigned for party candidate I. Abenjang ahead of the upcoming bye-election to the 28-Koridang Assembly Constituency in Nagaland, scheduled on April 9. Sangma arrived at Longkhum village in Mokokchung district, where he was accorded a traditional Ao welcome. He interacted with village elders and the Village Council Chairman at the community hall, where he later add ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday, launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) following the removal of Raghav Chadha as the Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, with Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva accusing Arvind Kejriwal of running the party in an "authoritarian" manner. Speaking to IANS, Sachdeva said that while appointing or removing a Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha is an internal matter of a political party, the manner in which t ...Read More >
Nashik: Ahead of the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela, Member of Parliament Rajabhau Waje has raised serious concerns in the Lok Sabha over potential cybersecurity threats linked to the AI-based CCTV and traffic surveillance system planned for the event. He said that while the advanced system is expected to strengthen security arrangements, any cyber vulnerability in the mechanism could turn it into a major threat to national security. Waje pointed out that the proposed system will include facial ...Read More >
Davanagere (Karnataka), Apr 3 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday defended the Congress party's decision to field family members of two deceased MLAs in Assembly by-elections, asserting that the move follows established political practice. Addressing criticism from the BJP over alleged dynastic politics, he said the party had followed a "common practice" in selecting candidates for the upcoming bypolls in the state. The bypolls were necessitated by the demise of sitting Congr ...Read More >
A senior BJP leader with a track record of improving her party's vote share in every election she contests, a film personality on a Congress ticket, and a local hotelier backed by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) have heated up the contest for the Palakkad Assembly constituency. Adding a layer of intrigue to the contest -- which will see a triangular fight in Palakkad between the BJP's Sobha Surendran, the Congress's Ramesh Pisharody and Independent N M R Razack in the April 9 Assembly el ...Read More >
India begins Census 2027 on April 1, 2026. This nationwide count is the first in 16 years and will be fully digital, using smartphones and online portals. For the first time since 1931, caste will be comprehensively enumerated. The census aims for faster data delivery and improved policy-making. This exercise will also generate significant employment opportunities across the country. After a gap of 16 years, the longest in independent India's history, the government launched the first phase of ...Read More >
In his first rally in West Bengal alongside suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir, MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday made a dual declaration: a promise to bring forth political leadership from the state's Muslim community and an announcement that his party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), will continue its alliance with Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) in the 2029 parliamentary elections. The AIMIM and the newly formed AJUP held a public meeting at a field i ...Read More >
Puducherry Candidate Tracker: Almost every constituency now features triangular or multi-cornered contests, with very few straightforward one-on-one fights. With nominations closed, scrutiny over, and withdrawals completed, Puducherry's electoral battlefield is now set. While the Election Commission is still formally consolidating the final constituency-wise list, overall trends across all 30 seats point to a crowded, multi-cornered contest driven as much by alliances as by rebellion. The Big ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accorded approval to Dubai-based Emirates NBD Bank to acquire up to a 74 per cent stake in RBL Bank, paving the way for the bank to become a foreign lender. The approval from RBI came on April 1 with one year validity, RBL Bank said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. The approval follows Emirates NBD Bank, the second largest in UAE, expressing its interest in October 2025 to acquire a majority 60 per cent stake in RBL Bank for Rs 26,8 ...Read More >
The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking a comprehensive inquiry into the issues raised by Atanu Chakraborty, former Part-Time Chairman of HDFC Bank, in his resignation letter. In his resignation letter dated March 17th, Chakraborty said that certain "happenings and practices" within the bank were not in congruence with his personal values and ethics. The Association has sought the government's intervention for assessing the g ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The election commission on Thursday evening directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the gherao of seven judicial officers assigned to hear appeals against deletions from West Bengal final rolls, by certain "anti-social elements" in Maldah district of the state.This came hours after the Supreme Court instructed EC to entrust the inquiry/ investigation into the incident to an independent agency, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation ...Read More >
Kerala Lottery Result Today: Suvarna Keralam SK-47 lottery result will be declared today, on Friday, April 3. Check the live updates and full list of winning numbers from 3 pm. Kerala Lottery Result Today Live, 3-4-2026: The Kerala Lottery Department will announce the results of the Suvarna Keralam SK-47 lottery on Friday, April 3, 2026. The draw will take place at 3 pm at Gorky Bhavan, near Bakery Junction in Thiruvananthapuram. Participants have the chance to win significant cash prizes, inc ...Read More >
Omar Abdullah took to X saying that the family should be heard. "I believe the claim of the family should not be dismissed out of hand. At the very least this encounter needs a transparent and time bound probe with the facts made public. Any attempt to obfuscate or delay the announcement of a probe will only damage credibility & that is not in anyone's interest," Omar said. Army on Wednesday said that a joint search operation was launched by security forces in Arahama area of Ganderbal in which ...Read More >
The legislation, initiated by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, amends the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971. It effectively bars pension for any MLA disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. The bill was passed by voice vote. Leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur led the charge for the BJP, alleging the amendment was born of "political vendetta" against those who recently exited the ruling party. "This is being done with an ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the most crorepati candidates -- 88% of the 90 fielded -- for the April 9 Assam Assembly polls, but none of them is among the wealthiest top five, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Assam Election Watch has revealed. The report was prepared after analysing the criminal background, financial, education, gender, and other details of 722 candidates, 258 of whom are contesting independently. According to the report, Chief Minister Hima ...Read More >
Guwahati: Nearly 40% of the 722 candidates contesting the 126 constituencies in the upcoming Assam Assembly elections have declared assets exceeding Rs 1 crore, according to affidavits filed ahead of the polls. In total, 285 candidates fall into the 'crorepati' category, with the combined declared assets of all contestants amounting to approximately Rs 2,352 crore. The average asset value per candidate stands at Rs 3.25 crore. The BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and the Congress- ...Read More >
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