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Ensure transparency and inclusion in the 2027 Census: CCG

In a letter to the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, over 90 members of the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services have urged that the Census process be transparent and inclusive; that OBCs be specifically enumerated, DNTs be enumerated as also the 1369 mother tongues in India be also separately classified (through supervision of the Anthropological Survey of India

Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath gives special attention to cows, as citizens battle Covid-19

State government plans to set up help desks for protection of cows in every district; gaushalas, to follow Covid-19 protocols, get oximeters and thermal scanners for cows 

EXCLUSIVE: 225 pilots Covid positive already but no vaccine or help from Air India: ICPA

Representative body of Indian Airlines Limited pilots condemns the national carrier’s behaviour towards its flying staff and threatens to stop work.

Supreme court strikes down Maratha quota law, says its unconstitutional

A five-judge bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that there was no extraordinary circumstance that required the Maharashtra government to break the 50% cap.

Did Gujarat get preference over other states in Covid vaccination for 18-44 year olds?

As per Union Health Ministry data, 86,023 people received their first dose across 11 states; 60 percent of them were in Gujarat!

BJP loses panchayat polls in Varanasi, Ayodhya and Mathura

The saffron party managed to win only 8 out of 40 seats in the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

BJP leader moves SC against post-election violence in West Bengal

Referring to the violence as ‘dance of democracy’, BJP leader and lawyer Gaurav Bhatia he has asked for a CBI probe into the incident

Battleground Bengal: Blame game, fake news aplenty amidst reports of post-poll violence

Instances of violence began on Sunday itself even as results were being declared for the Bengal assembly elections

Tamil Nadu: DMK leader Stalin to take oath as CM on May 7

Party’s general secretary Durai Murugan calls for a meeting of the DMK’s legislature party meeting on May 4, where Stalin will be formally elected legislature party leader

UP Panchayat elections: Candidates die before results are declared!

As many candidates died due to illnesses prior to election results on Sunday, the SEC plans for by-elections in concerned regions

Manipur HC orders safe passage for 7 Myanmarese to seek protection under UNHCR

 They had fled to India in February, fearing persecution as a result of the military coup that banned their media service, detaining many journalists  

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