Birth certificate now sole proof for admissions, jobs in NagalandNagaland now requires birth certificates for school admissions and government jobs. This new rule applies to all official services. The Nag...
21 Jan, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Aadhaar Card not DOB proof: UP govt won’t accept UID card as date of birth proof; Maharashtra govt to cancel birth certificates in these casesUttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments have issued new directives. Aadhaar cards will no longer be accepted as proof of date of birth. D...
01 Dec, 2025, 05.10 PM IST
From birth to ballot: Delhi’s new system will link certificates to voter and DBT recordsThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi is integrating its birth and death registration system with the Centre's portal to streamline processes ...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
No 'arbitrary changes' allowed in birth, death certificates: West Bengal health deptWest Bengal's Health Department has implemented strict guidelines to prevent unauthorized modifications to birth and death certificates. In...
03 Aug, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
Faridabad man applies for father's death certificate, receives birth certificate; clerk penalisedThe Haryana Right to Service Commission penalised a clerk in Faridabad for mistakenly issuing a birth certificate instead of a death certif...
19 Jul, 2025, 02.04 PM IST
43 booked in Jalgaon over 'irregularities' in birth certificatesAn FIR has been filed against 43 individuals for fraudulent practices in issuing birth certificates in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. These bogus ce...
06 Apr, 2025, 08.34 AM IST
Birth certificate now mandatory for these passport applicantsFrom October 1, 2023, individuals must provide birth certificates as proof of birth when applying for passports, according to the updated P...
04 Mar, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
Maharashtra govt forms SIT to probe 'delayed' birth, death certificates to check illegal immigrationThe Maharashtra government has established a Special Investigation Team to investigate the issuance of delayed birth and death certificates...
25 Jan, 2025, 01.21 PM IST
Soon, use birth certificate as single document to avail host of servicesA new law in India will allow the use of birth certificates as a single document for various purposes, including admission to educational i...
14 Sep, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill gets President's assentThe law will help create a national and state-level database of registered births and deaths which eventually would ensure efficient and tr...
12 Aug, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
Beware of fake death, birth papers: Registrar General of IndiaHome ministry officials said the advisory was sent by the RGI to states in the wake of reports of fake birth and death certificates issued ...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
South Delhi civic body issued over 20,000 death certificates in April-June amid Covid second waveAs compared to April, the number of death certificates is about 204% higher in May because of the COVID-19 second wave. While the figure in...
21 Jul, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
From birth certificates to death proofs, 1-page form soon for all government servicesUnion Minister Jitendra Singh said the aim behind this initiative is to make the forms as simple and small as possible for the beneficiary.
25 Dec, 2015, 06.47 PM IST
Century-old birth, death records of Bengaluru go digital nowThat the BBMP has digitised details of births and deaths in Bengaluru in a large number of cases is old news.
05 Oct, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Maharashtra citizens to get birth, death certificates onlineThe state government will provide 50 of the 150 services under the Right to Services Act online starting from October 2.
10 Sep, 2015, 10.00 AM IST
NDMC to digitise birth, death records dating from 1917 to 1985With hard copies of birth and death records as old as of 1917 being in shabby condition, NDMC is in process of digitisng the records upto 1...
02 Aug, 2015, 02.29 PM IST
Cognizant wins IT services deal from US-based NAPHSISThe transformation of EVVE will make it easier for businesses and government entities to verify birth and death records and prevent identit...
23 Jul, 2014, 08.52 PM IST