Govt releases set of FAQs on women's reservation billThe government has issued FAQs addressing women's reservation in legislatures. This follows the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in ...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.55 AM IST
No reservation to Muslims; quota on basis of religion unconstitutional: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has made waves by declaring that reservations based on religion for Muslims breach constitutional principles....
17 Apr, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Finish census 2027 online from home: Step-by-step guide for self-enumeration portal and state-wise schedule hereCensus 2027 self-enumeration: Self-Enumeration Portal for Census 2027, marking the country's transition to its first fully digital census, ...
02 Apr, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Census 2027 to be India’s first fully digital enumeration; datasets likely within the year, says RGICensus 2027 promises faster data release with digital capture. This will be India's first fully digital population count. Citizens are urge...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
- Bathou religion of Bodo community in Assam gets a separate code in the upcoming census
The Bodo community's ancient Bathou religion will receive a separate code in the upcoming census, a decision hailed as historic national re...
17 Oct, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
Financial storm is about to hit India: Rahul Gandhi at AICC meetingOpposition Leader Rahul Gandhi warned of an impending financial storm in India during an AICC meeting in Ahmedabad. He criticized PM Modi's...
09 Apr, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
Kerala Muslims economically better and literate, population growth rate higher: ReportThe centre, evaluating India's minority policy and Muslim community's social and economic status, said the Muslim population in Kerala rose...
07 Oct, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
British Sikhs to get ethnicity status in 2021 census: ReportLast year, over 100 British MPs, including Indian-origin lawmakers, had asked the authority to include Sikh as a separate ethnic box for th...
23 Jul, 2018, 01.45 PM IST
'Main workers' among all religious communities see a dip: Census 2011Interestingly, the census data includes numbers for those who were seeking or available for work among both the marginal workers as well as...
08 Jun, 2016, 11.52 AM IST
Jharkhand tribal bodies resent Census data on religionTribal organizations described the latest Census data on religion published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner as "faulty and...
27 Aug, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Census data could create communal tension: Mani Shankar AiyarMani Shankar Aiyar said that certain people may be planning to do "something big over 2 or 3 points", referring to the population of certai...
26 Aug, 2015, 10.14 PM IST
JD-U slams government for releasing census data on religionJD-U slammed the BJP government for releasing the census data on population of religious communities instead of caste data.
26 Aug, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
Muslim share of population up 0.8%, Hindu share down 0.7% between 2001 and 2011The Muslim population in India grew by 24.6 per cent between 2001 and 2011 while the decadal population growth for Hindus stood at 16.8 per...
26 Aug, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
Muslims record decadal growth of 24.6 per cent, Hindus 16.8 per centMuslims recorded a decadal growth rate of 24.6 per cent between 2001 and 2011 touching 17.22 crores while the Hindus grew at 16.8 per cent.
25 Aug, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
Union Home Ministry may release religion-based census data soonThe latest religion-based census data, compiled till 2011 but not released by the previous UPA government, may be now be made public shortl...
21 Jan, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Census 2011's religion data to be made public next weekRajnath Singh has already given the green signal to release the data showing the religion-wise growth in population of the country, states ...
21 Jan, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
- Welfare schemes: Cabinet seeks clear norms to spot poor
The cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for a head count to identify the poor — including their caste and religion — for better targe...
20 May, 2011, 06.53 AM IST