Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has announced that a senior citizens’ census will be undertaken in the State to put the capabilities of the section to good use. State-run Information Kerala Mission has been entrusted with the task for designing the software for the census. The announcement was made while responding to the suggestions that were … Read more
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating the valedictory session of the 10th Mujahid State conference at Karipur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN The four-day 10th Mujahid State conference organised by the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) Marakazu Dahwa concluded at Karipur near Kondotty on Sunday making a clarion call for a caste census to ensure … Read more
The ongoing Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) has revealed that some of the major threats faced by wetlands and the birds in and around them are habitat destruction, poaching, construction activities and landfills near water sources. The team of Wildlife Conservation Through Research and Education and Vizag Birdwatchers Society led by Vivek Rathod, A Yagnapathy, Vikram … Read more
With just two days left for the extended tenure of the chairman of Karnataka Permanent Commission for Backward Classes, K. Jayaprakash Hegde, to end, it is now learnt that he is likely to seek a little more time to complete the socio economic survey (census) report before it is submitted to the government. Sources in … Read more
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a public meeting in support of party candidate RR Bansal ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in Tikamgarh on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh that the Congress is a “clever” party and it … Read more
A view of the Madras High Court. File The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to issue a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a caste-wise census. The court disposed of a public interest litigation petition which sought this direction, with liberty to the litigant, to pursue a representation made by him in … Read more
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that as per the Constitution, census work is the job of the Union Government. | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has no plans to conduct a caste census in the State, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on August 10. Mr. Adityanath’s statement came in response to a question … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: SRIRAM M. A. The tiger popular in India was 3,167 in 2022, revealed the latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on April 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the ‘Summary Report of Tiger Reserve in India’ at the session of commemoration … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party’s general secretary in-charge (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal and party leader Pawan Kumar Bansal during the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress, in Raipur on Friday, April 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said articulating the … Read more