Cabinet calls for caste count in next censusThe NDA government has decided to include caste enumeration in India's next census, a significant political move ahead of upcoming election...
01 May, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Working-age Indian population rising; expected at around 64% in next census: SBI ResearchIndia's working-age population has been rising since 1971 and is projected to reach 64.4% in the upcoming Census, according to SBI Research...
24 Sep, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
Indian population: The final censusIndia's census, crucial for policy formulation, has been delayed since 2021 due to the pandemic. The government is urged to create a centra...
21 Sep, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
Govt can collect caste-wise data of OBCs by adding extra column in Census questionnaire: CongressThe Congress suggested that the government incorporate OBC caste data in the next Census by simply adding an additional column. The party n...
22 Aug, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Unprecedented failure of Modi govt not to come out with Census, denying 14 Cr Indians from food entitlement: CongressThe Congress party has criticized the Modi government for failing to conduct the decadal Census due in 2021, claiming that 14 crore Indians...
08 Sep, 2023, 02.01 PM IST
India's G20 presidency moment of reflection, reveals NDA govt's failure to conduct census: CongressThe Congress also demanded the government to stop denying 14 crore Indians their basic rights under the NFSA, increase the beneficiary quot...
08 Sep, 2023, 01.05 PM IST
BJP wants delimitation, CAA, 1951 cut off date for foreigners: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam had witnessed violent protests in 2019 and early 2020 after Parliament passed the CAA, which makes minority communities such as Hindu...
22 Jan, 2023, 08.11 AM IST
Muslims still have highest fertility rate among India's major religious groups, says Pew reportPew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank, in its report said among India's major religious groups Muslims still have the high...
21 Sep, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
Bengal, Kerala support attacks on Hindus: RSSThe resolution passed by the body said that the Hindus are being attacked by fundamentalist elements at several places in West Bengal.
22 Mar, 2017, 01.37 AM IST
Pakistan Army to deploy 200,000 troops for censusThe population data will be used for delimitation of the constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies, a requirement under the ...
27 Jan, 2017, 10.51 PM IST
Indo-Pak tensions holding up Pakistan's 1st census in 17 years: DawnThePBS has not been able to come up with a concrete time frame for conducting the long- awaited sixth population and housing census in the ...
27 Nov, 2016, 05.32 PM IST
Hindu population in Bangladesh grew by 1 per cent in 2015: ReportHindu community leaders expressed fears that their number was decreasing gradually as a sense of insecurity forced many Hindus to leave the...
23 Jun, 2016, 01.52 PM IST
National Register of Citizens in Assam: Issue of illegal foreigners continues to be a major political oneA peek into the ongoing update of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, which aims to settle the issue of illegal foreigners once and...
14 Jun, 2015, 05.27 AM IST
Congress, AIUDF prevent Speaker from tabling the report on definition of AssameseThey opposed the Speaker on the ground that he has not taken into confidence the members of the assembly while preparing the report.
01 Apr, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Micro, small and medium enterprises too deserve exit optionWe need a personal insolvency code that would cover unregistered micro, small and medium enterprises.
19 Dec, 2011, 09.10 AM IST
- Muslims not minority in UP: Allahabad HC
In a development that is certain to trigger a process of polarisation in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court, in a landmark ...
06 Apr, 2007, 03.21 AM IST
- Cong spikes demand for caste census
In a clear indication that the government might not easily give in to demands of quota votaries for an OBC head count, the Congress on Mond...
03 Apr, 2007, 03.53 AM IST