VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html ‘Mass invasion of migrants’: JD Vance on teen stabbed by Indian in UK; draws Britain’s reponse Image credit: AP NEW DELHI: While 82% of the census houselisting work is already complete in the national Capital, the enumerators are dealing with a different challenge: reluctance on part of certain sections — migrants, occupants of “unauthorised” settlements and owners of residential buildings with multiple rented units — to enumerate due to preconceived notions and misplaced fears about the individual census data being used to penalise them.As per the Census Act 1948, individual data collected during the census is kept strictly confidential and only the aggregated data at various administrative levels is made public. This allows people to record their housing and individual data freely and correctly, reassured that it will not be shared with any law enforcement agency or regulatory body. The accurate datasets serve as the foundation for evidence-based planning, policy formulation and targeted welfare interventions.Officials involved in enumeration for the houselisting phase, which ends in Delhi (MCD area) on June 14, told TOI that the refusal of certain sections to be enumerated cuts all districts/areas including East Delhi, Northwest Delhi, Northeast Delhi, Southwest Delhi, Outer Delhi etc. A senior census functionary said this is “due to half-baked understanding of census rules and procedures, which we are trying to correct through awareness activities like nukkad natak (skits) and dialogue with involvement of the district administration and community leaders”.The official said some migrants are unwilling to be enumerated in the aftermath of special intensive revision (SIR) that saw nearly 5.2 crore deletions in Phase 2. Since many retain aadhaar and name in the electoral roll in their native place or may have settled in Delhi’s authorised colonies, they are reluctant to enumerate, fearing they will lose their documentation from their home state and also face action for squatting. “Fear of being penalised by tax or civic authorities sits in the minds of owners of private houses in unauthorised colonies and in coaching havens like Mukherjee Nagar where a large number of students live on rent in poor living conditions,” said the officer.Another challenge for enumerators is entering large residential complexes where the owner resides with scores of tenants occupying other rooms. “Fearing scrutiny, the owner insists on the entire building being recorded as a single household comprising only his immediate family. Enumerators are not given access to other rented rooms in the complex, and sometimes threatened,” an officer said and added that the census staff are talking to the owners to convince them. “In some cases, we have had the district administration deploy civil defence volunteers to accompany the enumerator for safety,” said the officer.With 10 days to go before the houselisting phase ends in Delhi, census authorities have asked enumerators to go back to the reluctant sections to reassure them about privacy of individual data and emphasise how 100% coverage of Delhi’s over 46,000 enumeration blocks is essential to future policy interventions. “They have been able to convince some, though others are more stubborn,” said an official.The officer said similar challenges would have been faced in earlier census exercises as well. “The percentage of persons unwilling to participate in the census is not significant, but then the effort is always to cover 100% households and record data with least errors,” the officer told TOI.About the AuthorBharti JainBharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in India’s neighbourhood.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123Photostories10 exciting ways to spark your child’s curiosity about nature10 unique baby names that mean endless, infinite, or eternalFrom Chaach to Papaya: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s daily diet at the age of 545 must-have jewellery pieces every woman needs in her collectionFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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Artificial Intelligence destabilises both simultaneously.”AI systems, however, frequently operate through distributed chains involving developers, data suppliers, deployers, cloud infrastructure providers, private corporations, and sovereign actors spread across multiple jurisdictions, thus creating an accountability vacuum, he said.The CJI asked – “When an autonomous system causes harm, who bears responsibility? Is liability attributable to the developer who designed the architecture? The entity that deployed the system? The sovereign government that authorised its use? Or the institution that supplied the underlying data upon which the algorithm was trained?”He said the significance of the issue heightens in the context of autonomous weapon systems and military application of AI, which complicate the attribution of intent and decision-making as the present legal system is on fastening it on the persons who implemented and those who took the decision.As even the developers of AI-based implements are unable to explain why their machines did certain things on some occasions, the task of attributing accountability and providing remedy through a legal framework becomes difficult, he said.CJI Kant said, “The challenge before the international community is therefore not merely to regulate technological capability, but to preserve legal responsibility in environments where decision-making is increasingly mediated through algorithmic systems. If responsibility becomes too fragmented to identify, accountability itself risks becoming illusory.”“And that danger extends beyond warfare. Financial markets, healthcare systems, transportation networks, and critical public infrastructure are increasingly dependent upon automated systems capable of producing large scale consequences. The greater the autonomy of technological systems, the greater the need for robust legal frameworks capable of ensuring meaningful human oversight,” he said.Warning that AI could be as biased as humans, the CJI said, “AI systems can produce systematically discriminatory outcomes while maintaining the appearance of mathematical objectivity… The result is a form of opacity that may prove deeply corrosive to democratic accountability.”End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123Photostories10 exciting ways to spark your child’s curiosity about nature10 unique baby names that mean endless, infinite, or eternalFrom Chaach to Papaya: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s daily diet at the age of 545 must-have jewellery pieces every woman needs in her collectionFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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In 2006, the man agreed to undergo the test but said the woman seeking the medical examination must bear the cost. The woman didn’t have the money. The trial court and Bombay HC had dismissed her plea.Two decades later, the daughter after reaching adulthood moved the Bombay HC seeking DNA test of the man and herself in quest of her paternity and said she was ready to bear the expenses of the medical tests. But the HC said the judicial orders passed two decades ago have attained finality and these cannot be challenged now.The daughter through advocate Vatsalya Vigya told a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Aravind Kumar that in 2006 the petitioner was a minor and now she is an adult and can bear the expenses of DNA test of herself and the man to prove paternity. The bench issued notice to the man, who is an advocate, and sought his response by Sep 18.Petitioner said her maternal grandfather was working in a colliery in Chandrapur, Maharashtra and became unfit to work in 2002. To get appointed in his place on compassionate grounds, her mother sought help from an advocate to file a case. The advocate, promising to marry her, established physical relations with her and because of that she became pregnant and the petitioner was born in 2003. But the man refused to keep his promise.As the biological father refused to acknowledge the relationship with the daughter, the petitioner’s mother had moved the court seeking alimony and DNA test. But with the man refusing to bear the expenses of the DNA test, and the petitioner’s mother having no financial wherewithal, the trial court rejected her application in 2006.In 2023, the petitioner, on attaining majority, filed an application seeking DNA test of the man and herself to examine paternal relations between them. This was opposed by the advocate. The trial court rejected the plea. She challenged this order before Bombay HC, which on Apr 2 dismissed her plea saying it would not be proper to reopen the old case now.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123Photostories10 exciting ways to spark your child’s curiosity about nature10 unique baby names that mean endless, infinite, or eternalFrom Chaach to Papaya: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s daily diet at the age of 545 must-have jewellery pieces every woman needs in her collectionFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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Students are requested to take note of the revised schedule and submit their applications accordingly,” it added.On Tuesday, CBSE opened its online portal for verification of issues observed in scanned copies of answer books and re-evaluation of answers for students dissatisfied with their board exam evaluation.The board had said that for verification of issues in scanned copies of answer books, students can report concerns such as missing pages, missing supplementary sheets, missing maps or graphs, blurred pages, incorrect answer books, or evaluation against a different question paper set.CBSE has been embroiled in controversy after some Class 12 students claimed that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns about potential mismatches in the on-screen marking (OSM) system.The cabinet secretariat has announced the formation of a one-member committee to investigate the procurement of services for the OSM system by CBSE.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. The TOI News Desk is your trusted source for staying informed and connected to the ever-evolving global landscape, ensuring that our readers are equipped with the latest developments that matter most.”Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123PhotostoriesFrom Chaach to Papaya: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s daily diet at the age of 545 must-have jewellery pieces every woman needs in her collectionFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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Cops probe ‘Peddi’ box office collections day 2: Ram Charan’s film witnesses sharp dip; Worldwide collection touches Rs 150.49 cr Capricorn Horoscope Today, June 6, 2026: Keep spending focused on what the home needs, not what the mood demands Won’t allow demographic change through influx: Amit Shah ‘I don’t care who we’re leaving out’: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi backed for India debut by ex-England captain Sagittarius Horoscope Today, June 6, 2026: If single, you may not have much patience for romantic games today TMC defection hands Congress civic body NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday seized on the robust growth in GDP to hit out at Rahul Gandhi for his dire predictions for the economy and said the joke is on him, with party president Nitin Nabin highlighting that India continues to demonstrate “remarkable resilience and sustained growth”.Congress MP and LoP Rahul had claimed recently that an economic tsunami was set to hit India, as he accused govt of mismanaging the economy.“These encouraging figures underscore India’s march towards the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047,” Nabin said on X. Under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, the economy continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and sustained growth despite global uncertainties, Nabin said.Modi said, “India’s growth momentum remains strong.”“Naysayers predicted slowdown, panic and collapse. India answered with 7.7% GDP growth in FY 2025-26,” MP Sambit Patra shared on X.Party’s Shehzad Poonawalla said this is a “tight virtual slap on face of LoP.” End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123PhotostoriesFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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She also overhauled the party organisation from top to bottom.A two-thirds split to beat the anti-defection law would require at least 19 MPs to break away. Sources said some of the MPs still in Bengal were likely to reach the national capital next week.Mamata will reach Delhi on June 8 along with Abhishek and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien to attend the INDIA bloc meeting.At a national working committee (NWC) meeting at her Kalighat residence, Mamata appointed O’Brien and RS MP Dola Sen as joint national secretaries, which translates into a direct dilution of Abhishek’s authority. The Diamond Harbour MP’s clout and style of functioning are said to be the primary reasons for the mutiny within the party, with the rebel bloc alleging that he rarely interacts with party workers and operates in a syndicate-driven silo.Among the disgruntled MPs, Jagadish Chandra Basunia (Cooch Behar) is already in Delhi, ostensibly to attend to an ailing relative. Two actor-MPs are likely to reach the capital next week, sources said. Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who continued her tirade against the party brass Friday, denied any role in engineering a parliamentary split. “I contest allegations that I am trying to create a rift within the parliamentary party and trying to influence other MPs. I am in Kolkata and have not been to Delhi,” she said.Four Lok Sabha MPs — Abhishek, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan Banerjee and Mala Roy — attended the meet. Krishnanagar MP Mahua Mo-itra and Dum Dum MP Saugata Roy weren’t present but ha-ve thrown their weight behind Mamata, as has Bardhaman-Durgapur MP Kirti Azad.“Operation Lotus is BJP’s politics. They try to break parties using money power and threats. They have done it in Maharashtra and Bihar. We have to face it. Initially, it will be very disheartening, but if one can hold out, then we can absorb the immediate impact,” Saugata said.Murshidabad MP Abu Taher Khan said, “Irrespective of who is in control, I will toe the party line and do what the party asks me to do.”The remaining party MPs did not spell out their stance.Expelled first-time MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, who led the split in the party’s legislative wing and has since been named leader of the opposition in the assembly, said he hadn’t spoken to any MP in the past seven days and could not say what they would do. “Nobody can say what will happen tomorrow. Have patience,” ANI quoted him as saying.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123PhotostoriesFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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While the details of their conversation are not known, IYC sources said the online party may have felt the need to understand the dynamics of protest and for organisational coordination to seek participation of IYC volunteers – which would also help it gain broader acceptability.When approached, Chib told TOI that IYC will not share the platform with any other outfit, adding that it is holding its own protests over the “serious” issue across the country and is focused on seeking accountability from Modi govt.Congress strategists view CJP with scepticism, with suspicion of a political hand behind its sudden emergence, as reported by TOI. Chib said, “ … We welcome any organization that wants to highlight the issue which concerns the future of our youth. But our joining any other platform is ruled out.”End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPatna Protest Case: Khan Sir Booked Under Attempted Murder ChargeTMC Reorganises Bengal Unit: Chandrima Bhattacharya Appointed PresidentWhat Training 5 Lakh Indian Army Personnel In Drone Operations Means For Future Wars?Indian Navy Invites Domestic Industry to Build 80-mm Aero Rockets for MiG-29K FleetDelhi Fire Horror: Owner’s Bangladesh-Linked Arrest Draws AttentionIndia Urges Faster Bangladesh Verification To Deport Illegal MigrantsFrom Locked Exits To No NOC: Ground Report Exposes Delhi’s Fire Safety CrisisShehbaz Sharif Hails Trump As ‘Man Of Peace’, Credits Him For India-Pakistan CeasefireTMC Crisis Could Boost NDA’s Numbers For Delimitation, One Nation One Election Bills | WatchAmid NEET Paper Leak Row, IIT Roorkee Denies JEE Advanced Data Breach Allegations123PhotostoriesFrom a throne-like toilet seat and a Jaipur-sourced vintage door to a tree bark in the living room: A look inside Choreographer Terence Lewis’ Mumbai homeAre you sleeping or suffocating? 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