Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights ActA Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act has spurred Republican officials in several states to redraw congressional distric...
ET Awards: Chandrababu Naidu sees no threat to South, asks why oppose women’s reservationAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu advocates for a 'population management policy,' encouraging couples to have at least two ...
'Congress-abuse address': Jairam Ramesh hits out at PM ModiCongress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's national address, calling it a 'distress address'. The party challenged the PM to bring...
Smriti Irani slams Opposition ahead of PM Modi’s address to nation, defends Women’s Reservation BillSenior BJP leader Smriti Irani has attacked opposition parties. She accused them of spreading false information about the 33% women's reser...
Congress support women's reservation: Priyanka Gandhi says if Constitution Amendment Bill passed, democracy will be finishedPriyanka Gandhi supports women's reservation but criticizes the BJP's bills as politically motivated. She stated that without a caste censu...
Women's reservation & delimitation bills tabled: India braces for 850-seat Lok Sabha futureParliament is set to introduce three key bills, including women's reservation from 2029 and delimitation of constituencies. While the oppos...
Centre to redraw Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies but may avoid allocation to allay fearsNew Delhi is set to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies using the 2011 Census. However, seat allocation among states will not chan...
Opposition slams delimitation formula in women's quota billOpposition leaders questioned the Modi government’s approach to implementing the Women’s Reservation Act, objecting to its linkage with del...
No decision taken on National Population Register updation: Registrar GeneralThe National Population Register updation has no decision yet. Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan confirmed this. The NPR,...
Land holdings of SC/ST farmers up 10% in five yearsThe number of farm holdings of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in India jumped 10.18 per cent to 29.10 million in 2010-11 compared wi...
Number of Asiatic lions in Gir now at 523, up by 27%: CensusThe number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
- Number of Asiatic lions in Gir goes up, reaches 523: Census
The number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
- Widest ever lion census in May 2015
Gujarat's lion census will cover all of Saurashtra, barring Surendranagar, will be carried out over five days beginning on May 2.
- 20 experts, hobby birders for Harike census
A core group of about 20 experts and hobby birders assisted by another 30 personnel from the Punjab government and NGOs are scheduled to co...
Nepal has 155 adult tigers, 5% of world populationThe number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal's forests, an increase of 28% over last year's population, a top official has said.
- Govt sends caste census to GoM
The contentious proposal to hold a caste-based census has been referred to a GoM, likely to be headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Nationwide tiger census due in 2010With nationwide tiger census due to be conducted in 2010 by All India Tiger Authority in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India Deh...