April 17, 2026

census

‘Gift wrapped in barbed wire’: Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s quota with delimitation bill | India News – The Times of India

‘Gift wrapped in barbed wire’: Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s quota with delimitation bill | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday termed the proposed delimitation exercise “political demonetisation” and criticised the Centre for linking implementation of women’s reservation to the expansion of Parliament and constituency redrawing based on the Census.Participating in a Lok Sabha debate on three bills related to amendments in the women’s reservation law and…

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Delimitation must be preceded by census: Sonia Gandhi | India News – The Times of India

Delimitation must be preceded by census: Sonia Gandhi | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Amplifying the opposition’s protest, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Monday raised questions about the delimitation being planned by the Modi govt by arguing that it must be preceded by a census and delimitation should be “politically equitable”. She has also sought “OBC sub-quota” for women, underlining that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had made the…

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Census to count ‘near endangered’ Kashmir Markhor population to begin in Feb | India News – The Times of India

Census to count ‘near endangered’ Kashmir Markhor population to begin in Feb | India News – The Times of India

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SRINAGAR: A census to count the elusive Kashmir Markhor, the world’s largest wild mountain goat, will begin in early Feb as J&K’s wildlife department seeks more data on the population of the species that is categorised as ‘near threatened’.“The census will start from Kazinag National Park,” said Dr Tanushree Srivastava, senior manager and head of…

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