NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Congress decided Tuesday to undertake a fresh caste survey in Karnataka, citing rumblings within the state’s dominant communities about the reliability of the 2015 enumeration data, and asking CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar to target a 60- to 80-day timeframe for the exercise.Sources said the immediate incentive for the Congress brass…
NEW DELHI: The Census exercise, put on hold over five years ago due to the Covid outbreak, may start on April 1, 2026, ending with the population count to be taken with the midnight of March 1, 2027 as the reference date. The caste of each resident of the country will be recorded, in a…
केंद्र सरकार ने बुधवार (04 जून, 2025) को देश की आठवीं जनगणना कराने का ऐलान कर दिया. जनगणना की तारीखों का जिस प्रकार से ऐलान किया गया है उससे काफी लोगों को कन्फ्यूजन हो रहा है कि जनगणना या जाति जनगणना अलग-अलग हो रही हैं, शुरुआत 2026 से हो रही है तो ऐसा क्यों कहा…
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday announced that the next nationwide census will commence on March 1, 2027. However, in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Uttarakhand, the census process is expected to begin earlier, from October 2026.The nationwide census will also for the first time in over seven decades, include caste enumeration. The move marks…
Ram Gopal Yadav; Wing Commander Vyomika Singh NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday sparked a controversy with a remark on the caste of Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian Air Force.Wing Commander Singh was a regular face in the press briefings on the Indian armed forces’ “Operation Sindoor,” along…
PM Modi (left) and Tejashwi Yadav NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to review the reservation cap once caste census data is available. “Conducting the caste census is merely the first step of the long journey towards social justice. The census data…
NEW DELHI: Congress Thursday said PM Narendra Modi had last year dubbed Rahul Gandhi‘s demand for a caste census an “urban naxal mindset”, poking fun at BJP functionaries for taking credit for the govt decision to count caste in the much-awaited decennial census. It said the central govt has not clarified the timeline for the…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday hailed the Centre’s decision to include caste enumeration in the next census as evidence of the NDA’s commitment to social justice, asserting that it exposed the contrast between the Modi govt’s genuine efforts and Congress’s hollow rhetoric.At a press conference, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a prominent OBC face of BJP,…
Dharmendra Pradhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday criticised the Congress for taking credit for the inclusion of caste-based enumeration in the upcoming census and questioned why previous Congress governments had failed to implement such a move.Slamming Congress’ slogan “Sarkar tumhari, system humara” (Your government, our system), Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said…
NEW DELHI: Centre’s announcement to include caste enumeration in the upcoming general census has triggered a war of words, with both the ruling BJP and opposition parties scrambling to claim credit for the decision.Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has approved the inclusion of caste enumeration in…