New Delhi, 14/8: The union government on Friday (August 14) notified 40 questions to be asked during the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, including one to record caste – a first in independent India – as provided by the respondent. The questions — as against 29 in the last Census in 2011 — also…
Washington DC, 14/8: The ongoing West Asia conflict has seen the US warning Iran about economic troubles. An United States defense official informed the media that the U.S. military has the capability to maintain a naval presence in the region to enforce its retaliatory blockade of Iran, which has inflicted severe economic damage on the…
New Delhi,, 14/8: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday addressed the nation on the eve of 80th Independence Day, saying India was free from the shackles of servitude on August 15,1947. Murmu said Operation Sindoor demonstrated Indian Armed Forces’ capability for precision strikes against terror networks.
New Delhi, 14/8:The Supreme Court on Friday quashed all FIRs against comedian Samay Raina and four others over the controversial and insensitive remarks directed at persons with disabilities made on India’s Got Latent.The apex court took note of their compliance with its earlier order, which directed them to conduct awareness programmes and contribute towards initiatives…
New Delhi, 14/8: The Centre notified 40 questions on Friday for Census 2027, caste, place of Covid vaccination being two of them. A government order said the questions to be asked of respondents during the population enumeration phase of the Census, set to begin from September 1 in snow-bound areas.
Chamoli, 14/8: Six people died and 14 sustained injuries on Thursday after water and debris entered a tunnel under construction at a hydroelectric project site in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said.According to preliminary information shared by the officials, 22 workers were trapped inside the tunnel. Twenty people have been brought out of the tunnel….
Bhubaneswar, 13/8: . Karan Adani and his team met Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo today at Kharavel Bhavan. A bilateral meeting was held between senior state energy leadership and Mr. Karan Adani, alongside the executive team of the Adani Group, to discuss energy sector development. The meeting was attended by the…
Bengaluru, 13/8: Bengaluru police on Thursday refuted reports that obscene and pornographic videos were found in a 5G mobile phone seized from convicted rapist and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell during a recent raid. Some reports have claimed that there were so many videos. They are completely false,” Narayana M, Deputy Commissioner of…
New Delhi, 13/8: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday demanded that a case be registered against people he claimed were associated with the BJP for conducting a “purification ceremony” at the stage at the stage at Ramlila Maidan in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani, where he had addressed a public meeting.As he raised…
Kolkata, 13/8: The BJP government in West Bengal on Thursday withdrew and annulled Banga Bibhushan, the state’s highest civilian award, previously bestowed upon the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Nagendranath Roy aka Ananta Maharaj, in the wake of his alleged derogatory remarks about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Citing subsequent facts and circumstances, a government order said retaining…
