Kolkata: Census 2027 is set to start in Bengal on Aug 1 with a fortnight-long self-enumeration phase, during which individuals have to answer a set of 34 questions online.The data to be collected during the census, which is being held after 15 years, will be considered valid as of March 1, 2027, the reference date…
SALEM: Hostels for backward class students in the state would be upgraded, and biometric attendance systems and surveillance cameras would be installed on the premises to strengthen monitoring, backward classes welfare minister V Sampath Kumar said on Thursday.The minister was speaking to reporters after inspecting a govt hostel for backward classes students at Seelanaickenpatti in…
JDA issuing pattas of unapproved colonies through its Urban Service Camps Jaipur: Even as the state govt publicly voices concern over rising encroachments and unauthorised colonies, its decision to regularise such settlements through Urban Service Camps has drawn criticism from town planners and municipal officials, who say the policy rewards violations and weakens enforcement.Officials argue…
Radhika Bhue and her son, Japa Balangir: A day after the Supreme Court directed the Odisha govt to provide a free PMAY house and old-age pension to 80-year-old Radhika Bhue and her visually impaired son Japa Bhue (56), state officials on Wednesday reached Bagdia village under Binika block in Subarnapur district with immediate assistance and…
Ashok Gehlot alleged that the state govt was attempting to suppress public anger over deteriorating power and water supply condition in Jodhpur Jodhpur: The Jodhpur police commissionerate Saturday imposed prohibitory orders restricting demonstrations and public gatherings without prior permission. The order, issued by the executive magistrate and deputy commissioner of police (headquarters), will remain in…
Bhubaneswar: As Mohan Charan Majhi completes two years in office, his tenure has been marked by political gains and consolidation of leadership, even as the next phase poses key electoral tests.The BJP’s win in the Nuapada assembly bypoll in November 2025 and the successful election of BJP-backed independent Dilip Ray to the Rajya Sabha have…
Homebuyers say lack of basic services keeps flats unoccupied Mohali: Hundreds of families in the Sushma Valencia project continue to remain without electricity and water despite recent relief from the Punjab and Haryana high court, sparking a protest outside the PSPCL office Monday.Residents who approached the office to apply for connections were told that the…
Gandhinagar: Villages on the fringes of Gujarat’s fast-growing cities are exploding with construction activity — apartments, shops, gated colonies — approved by panchayats that have neither the expertise nor the means to plan roads, drainage or water supply. Years later, cities take these areas into their limits, and the chaos that comes with it. When…
Several damaged cars left unattended at the Alandi Road RTO facility The real test at the Alandi Road RTO facility isn’t handling a vehicle; it’s surviving the infrastructure. Many two-wheeler riders and car drivers stand for hours in long, unshaded queues without a single chair The real test at the Alandi Road RTO facility isn’t…
Mumbai: Three players are in the fray for Mumbai’s first cluster Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme spread over 100 acres in Andheri (West).The scheme, known as the Juhu Gulli SRA scheme, stretches from Juhu Galli (C D Barfiwala Road) to the backyard of the Hansraj Morarji Public School and houses 28,061 slum hutments, residential tenants…
