Counting no-shows: Absenteeism, 3x cost overruns hit house-listing in Bengaluru | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The ongoing house-listing phase of Census 2027 in Bengaluru has been hit by serious lapses on the ground, with officials flagging poor performance and widespread absenteeism of enumerators, leading to duplication of work, delays and escalating costs.“Each enumerator is assigned roughly 200 households — classified as one block — but the authorities say many…

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24-year-old youth dies as stray cattle rams bike on Tharapakkam road at Chennai | Chennai News

Chennai: A 24-year-old man, S Rexith Regim, died after stray cattle hit his two-wheeler on the Tharapakkam service road near the Maduravoyal bypass on Tuesday night.Police said the accident occurred around 11.30pm, when Rexith was riding to a relative’s house at Pallavaram. Stray cattle darted across the road and hit his bike. Rexith sustained severe…

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Not everyone is troublemaker: HC | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The EC ‘erred’ in issuing a blanket direction by treating citizens as ‘troublemakers,’ Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed while granting interim stay on the order naming 800 people as ‘troublemakers’ till June 30, 2026. “The general power of superintendence and control of EC under Article 324 is subject to other law,” the Calcutta…

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