Bangalore Urban with a population of 95.88 lakh (95,88,910) is the most populous district in the State with a decadal growth of 46.68 per cent as against the State average of 15.67 per cent, according to the provisional Census 2011 data released here on Wednesday. Bangalore Urban district accounts for 15.69 per cent of the State's population. In 2001, the population of Bangalore Urban district was 65,37,124, which was 12.37 per...

The story of national shame continues for the second decade in a row for Haryana. Provisional census figures for 2011 show the districts of Jhajjar and Mahendergarh have the lowest child sex ratio in the country. There are 18.02 lakh boys under the age of 6 in Haryana; the number of girls in the same age group is 14.95 lakh. Though the overall child sex ratio has shown an improvement from...

The battle against poverty and inequity can be won only if governments focus on the welfare of adolescents, says a UNICEF report. FINALLY, it has been recognised that adolescents constitute a very critical category in the overall battle against poverty and inequity. It is for this reason that the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) flagship report, “The State of the World's Children 2011”, focusses exclusively on adolescents and cautions against neglecting...

The country's financial hub, which overshot the capital in per capita income this year, cannot boast of any achievement where its women are concerned. Mumbai seems to prefer its men to women in all age categories, according to the provisional Census 2011 figures released on Friday. Mumbai's per capita income is currently poised at a healthy Rs 1.25 lakh, but it has emerged as the worst performer in Maharashtra in terms...

Schools affiliated to international boards are on a collision course with the government over implementing the Right To Education (RTE) Act, which requires them to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for poor students. The schools, which are affiliated to boards such as the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), are governed by the rules of their own boards. The government is yet to frame any regulations to...