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EC to use digital data for speedy removal of dead voters’ names from electoral rolls

May 1, 2025

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Aiming for speedy removal of dead voters’ names from electoral rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to directly collect electronic data from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, an official said on Thursday.At present, the names are not removed or verified by booth level officers till a formal request,…

Just conducting exercise won’t change social realities: Prashant Kishor on caste census

May 1, 2025

Patna, May 1 (IANS) After the Central Government approved the caste census, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor reiterated that just conducting the exercise will not rectify social problems.While supporting the principle of such…

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Congress leader questions timing of Centre’s decision on caste census

May 1, 2025

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Congress leaders on Thursday welcomed the Centre's landmark decision to conduct a caste-based census along with the upcoming national population enumeration, but raised serious concerns over the timing of the…

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Maha govt’s women and child development department ranks 1st in administration reform exercise

May 1, 2025

Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) The Maharashtra government’s women and child development department was ranked the first and best department in the 100-day programme launched by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.The programme has been designed to set…

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26/11: NIA matching Tahawwur Rana’s voice sample, handwriting with collected evidence

May 1, 2025

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) A Special NIA court in Delhi has cleared the way for the federal anti-terror agency to collect Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Rana’s voice samples and match them with recordings of his telephonic discussions…

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Caste census: PM Modi wishes all communities to get equal benefits, says K’taka BJP

May 1, 2025

Bengaluru, May 1 (IANS) Karnataka BJP stated on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wish behind taking a decision to conduct a caste census along with the general census was to ensure that all communities receive equal benefits.At…

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Jharkhand ATS nabs Indian Mujahideen operative from Dhanbad, uncovers Hizb ut Tahrir links

May 1, 2025

Ranchi, May 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a suspected terrorist from the Bhuli area in Dhanbad district, officials said on Thursday.According to officials, the suspected terrorist, identified as…

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6 militants, 4 drug peddlers, 2 wanted offenders held in Manipur

May 1, 2025

Imphal, May 1 (IANS) Six militants of different outfits, two wanted offenders, and four drug peddlers were apprehended by security forces in Manipur during the past 24 hours, and a large cache of arms and varied drugs was seized from them,…

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NIA chief reaches Pahalgam as probe intensifies into terror attack

May 1, 2025

Srinagar, May 1 (IANS) The Director General (DG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sadanand Date, reached Pahalgam on Thursday after the agency took over the probe into the terror attack in which 26 civilians, including 25…

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MK Stalin ‘rattled’ by AIADMK-BJP alliance: Tamilisai Soundararajan

May 1, 2025

Chennai, May 1 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has claimed that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has been "visibly rattled" ever since the AIADMK-BJP alliance was revived, asserting that the new…

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