Tamil Nadu okays social justice survey, review plea in SC for muslim convertsTamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay approved significant proposals on industrial operations and social justice surv...
30 Oct, 2026, 01.22 AM IST
Supreme Court declines plea for pre-loaded OBC caste list in Census 2027The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea for a pre-loaded drop-down menu for OBC castes. This was requested for the digital enumeratio...
28 Oct, 2026, 01.29 PM IST
Do not release provisional census data to press: RGI to states and UTsThe Registrar General of India has announced that Census 2027 data will not be made public, emphasizing the confidentiality guaranteed by t...
26 Oct, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
ECI's summary revision signals a shift from exclusion to inclusionThe Commission has ordered the SSR in 17 states with reference to January 1, 2027, including Assam and the five poll-bound states. Final ro...
25 Oct, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
Karnataka’s voter gender gap flips as women take 3.7 lakh lead over men amidst SIRKarnataka’s provisional electoral rolls show 2.28 crore women against 2.25 crore men, a lead of nearly 3.7 lakh that breaks the pattern in ...
17 Oct, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
Teachers of aided/unaided private bodies can be appointed for Census duties: Registrar General of IndiaThe Census Rules of 1990 have been amended by the Centre to allow private teachers as enumerators. This amendment follows a legal challenge...
16 Oct, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
The great Indian trust bust: Why GoI shouldn't simply defend SIR numbers, but demand explanationsPublic trust in the electoral process is being eroded, significantly linked to the implementation of SIR. Recent surveys indicate that the ...
29 Sep, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
Census 2027: RGI asks officials to focus on sensitive questions during enumerator trainingCensus 2027 enumerator training will emphasize sensitive questions on religion and caste. Population enumeration in Goa and Uttar Pradesh s...
10 Sep, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Census 2027 totally perverted, intent dubious: CongressCongress criticizes Census 2027, calling its intent dubious and content flawed. Jairam Ramesh stated the census has been perverted with wor...
10 Sep, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
Census move signals Feb-March timeline for 2027 assembly polls in five statesThe Census exercise advancement in four states sets the election timeline for February-March. Manipur's assembly term ends first, followed ...
07 Sep, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Caste census: DMK chief Stalin urges Centre to avoid discrepancies, demands Tamil Nadu Assembly resolutionDMK president M K Stalin criticised the Centre’s proposed open-ended system for recording caste details in Census 2027, warning it could le...
06 Sep, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Census: Population enumeration in 4 poll-bound states from Dec 1, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027Population enumeration for Census 2027 will occur in Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand will also participate in this e...
05 Sep, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
Census 2027: Caste, Aadhaar, voter ID among 40 questions in Phase 2Census 2027 will record caste as declared by respondents for the first time. New questions include bank accounts and Covid-19 vaccination l...
15 Aug, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
Census 2027 to collect mobile, Aadhaar, bank accounts, ID details alongside casteIndia's upcoming Census will gather extensive personal and financial details from all citizens. This includes bank accounts, mobile numbers...
14 Aug, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Serious doubts on intent: Congress attacks government on caste census issueThe government has notified forty questions for the upcoming Census. Caste details will be collected for the first time in the Census. Cong...
14 Aug, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Population Census in Ladakh, J-K, HP, Uttarakhand to begin on Sep 1: GovtThe second phase of India's Census population enumeration will occur in Ladakh and snow-bound regions. This phase is scheduled to take plac...
03 Aug, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
Census 2027 rules on self-enumeration and others notifiedNew rules for Census 2027 are out. Online self-enumeration will be an option. State governments will appoint census officers. Caste enumera...
24 Dec, 2025, 12.06 AM IST