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Jharkhand's jail occupancy rate dropped to 91.7% in 2024 from 106.7% in 2023, with district jails at 114%. This improvement is attributed to new jail operations and prisoner transfers, though undertrials still form the majority of inmates. The state's efforts have brought its occupancy below the national average.

Fuel prices have surged across India, with petrol now exceeding Rs 110 per litre in several states and diesel nearing Rs 100 in many regions. This hike, averaging Rs 3 per litre, follows sustained pressure from elevated global crude oil prices, exacerbated by the West Asia crisis.

The CBSE Class 10 results for 2026 have been released, marking the debut of a dual board examination system. The national pass rate has climbed to an impressive 93.7%. This year’s assessments prioritized practical learning applications, with students finding the mathematics section particularly tough.

With conclusion of the 15-day self-enumeration window on Wednesday across Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Odisha, NDMC and cantonment areas of Delhi NCR, Mizoram, Sikkim and Lakshadweep, the census field operations, involving house-to-house visits by the enumerators, in the eight states/UTs will begin on Thursday. The HLO phase of the census forms an essential foundation for evidence-based planning and formulation of welfare and development programmes, a home ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

Change didn't happen, thanks to wrangles on delimitation. Point is, if govt didn’t add its 50% formula to the bill, neither did opposition push an amendment to delink 33% from delimitation

Puducherry's decades-long statehood demand has intensified ahead of assembly elections, fueled by power struggles between the Lieutenant Governor and elected leaders. Despite the BJP's central rule, the issue remains unresolved, posing a challenge for the ruling AINRC-BJP alliance. Voters face a choice between the opposition Congress-DMK and the incumbent coalition, with hyperlocal issues potentially outweighing the statehood debate.

Goa State Co-operative Bank (GSCB) may have bifurcated its banking operations from the daman and diu State Cooperative Bank on April 1, 2017, but the daman and diu State Cooperative Bank will have to wait a little longer to receive its banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Senior officials from both the banks said that the daman and diu State Cooperative Bank needs additional share capital in order to meet RBI’s capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) norms.

Aiming at managing the power distribution in the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH), daman and diu, Torrent Power Ltd on Wednesday inked an agreement to acquire 51% stake in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and daman and diu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd.

Two Union Territories- daman and diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli- will be merged into one and a bill in this effect will be tabled in Parliament next week, Union minister Arjun Meghwal said in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Officials said the merger of the two UTs, located along the western coast near Gujarat, will be done for better administration and check duplications of various work.

The merged Union Territory is likely to be named as Dadra, Nagar Haveli, daman and diu and its headquarters could be daman and diu. The move comes three months after Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two UTs — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and daman and diu Lok Sabha Election Results Live: The Union Territory (UT) of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and daman and diu participated in the Lok Sabha elections on May 7.

DDPCC presidents shots off letter to Home Minister for appointing DIG for daman and diu.

The Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to merge two Union Territories - daman and diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli - into one unit. The Rajya Sabha passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and daman and diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 through voice vote. The merged Union territory will be named Dadra and Nagar Haveli and daman and diu.