Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has disposed of the pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant minority status to the Lingayat sect after the Center told that they were considered as Hindus since the first census in 1871. A division bench of Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and justice S[Read More…]
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Gujaratis live longer than average Indian: Census data
Data released by the Census of India reveals that life expectancy in Gujarat is 68.7 years which is abouut 0.8 years higher than that of the country as a whole. Officials said that life expectancy in the state has increased by nearly 20 years over four decades. In Gujarat on an average, 12 lakh[Read More…]