Mamata slams Centre for 'deactivating Aadhaar cards' ahead of Lok Sabha polls, BJP responds
Feb 20, 2024, at 01:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government for allegedly deactivating Aadhaar cards targeting people belonging to specific communities, media reports said.
Assam: Differently-abled woman reunited with family with help of Aadhaar
Jul 22, 2023, at 07:31 am
Guwahati: A differently-abled woman in Assam was reunited with her family earlier this month after she went missing from her home for several weeks.
Advisory to not share Aadhaar photocopy withdrawn
May 30, 2022, at 05:14 am
New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday withdrew the advisory warning citizens not to share Aadhaar photocopy and suggesting to provide only masked versions of their Aadhaar cards with organisations in order to prevent its misuse.
UIDAI warns people not to share photocopies of Aadhar citing misuse
May 29, 2022, at 10:30 pm
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has warned the people against sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar cards with any organisation, citing misuse of the key document.
Centre introduces Bill to link voter IDs with Aadhaar cards amid protests by oppositions
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Monday introduced the Election Laws (Amendment Bill) 2021 to link voter identity and Aadhaar cards amid objections by the opposition parties over the move.
Owaisi accuses UIDAI of bias for issuing Aadhar notices to 127 people
Feb 19, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Hyderabad/UNI/IBNS: After the Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI) sent notices to 127 people for obtaining Aadhaar on "false pretenses", Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi today questioned how many of them are "Muslims and Dalits".
Cabinet nod to Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill
Jun 12, 2019, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI): In a major move aimed at making Aadhaar people friendly, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 'The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019' to replace the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019.
Sep 26, 2018, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): In a crucial order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar card but stated that linkage of the 12-digit unique identity number with mobile phones and bank accounts is not mandatory.
SC order on Aadhaar card's validity is historic: Arun Jaitley
Sep 26, 2018, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar card.
Aadhaar constitutionally valid but no need to link with mobile phones, banks: SC
Sep 26, 2018, at 12:10 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar but stated that linkage of the 12-digit unique identity number with mobile phones and bank accounts is not mandatory, media reports said.
State can impose minimum restrictions on rights: SC on Aadhaar validity
Sep 26, 2018, at 11:33 am
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Pronouncing its verdict on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar or the 12-digit unique identity number, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a state can impose reasonable restrictions on rights, media reports said.
Supreme Court to hear Aadhaar validity case today
Jan 17, 2018, at 05:26 pm
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the Aadhaar validity case in response to several petitions that raised questions on whether the 12-digit Unique Identification Number is breaching individual's right to privacy or not, media reports said.
Jan 08, 2018, at 03:52 am
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Indian newspaper The Tribune has said it is ready to explore all legal options open to 'defend' freedom to undertake serious investigative journalism after the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed a case against it and journalist Rachna Khaira over a news report that revealed how people could illegally access demographic data of individuals from UIDAI.
Aadhaar data leak reports: FIR filed against newspaper, reporter
Jan 08, 2018, at 02:55 am
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed a case against newspaper The Tribune and journalist Rachna Khaira over a news report that revealed how people could illegally access demographic data of individuals from UIDAI, media reports said.
Centre extends last date for mandatory linking of Aadhaar and PAN with bank accounts
Dec 13, 2017, at 09:09 pm
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS): The Central government on Wednesday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar and PAN with bank accounts indefinitely, according to media reports.
Constitution bench to hear pleas on Aadhaar linking to welfare schemes on Thursday
Dec 13, 2017, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS): Supreme Court of India, on Wednesday, said that a five-judge constitution bench will hear pleas against mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various govt schemes and welfare measures, according to media reports.
Aadhaar a threat to national security, will write to PM : Subramanian Swamy
Oct 31, 2017, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IBNS) : Causing an embarrassment to his party, Subramanian Swamy, the maverick BJP leader, on Tuesday said that Aadhaar is a threat to national security.
State can't challenge central act, SC tells West Bengal government on Aadhaar issue
Oct 30, 2017, at 06:25 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Oct 30 (IBNS): In a major setback to the Mamata Banerjee government on the Aadhaar issue, the Supreme Court on Monday said the state cannot challenge a central government act, as the West Bengal government moved the top court against the Centre's directive which makes it mandatory to link the 12-digit unique identification number to all social welfare schemes, media reports said.
West Bengal government moves Supreme Court against Aadhaar linkage
Oct 28, 2017, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IBNS): Challenging the central government's directive for linking Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number, to all social welfare schemes, the West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court, media reports said.
Aadhaar made mandatory for death certificates
Aug 04, 2017, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): In a major move, the government on Friday made Aadhaar numbers mandatory for issuing death certificates to residents of every Indian states, except Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam.
Aadhaar made mandatory for death certificates
Aug 04, 2017, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): In a major move, the government on Friday made Aadhaar numbers mandatory for issuing death certificates to residents of every Indian states, except Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam.
Impossible to use Aadhaar to track citizens: UIDAI tells SC
Aug 02, 2017, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it is virtually impossible to use Aadhaar to track citizens.
New application process to fast track the allotment of PAN and TAN
Jul 22, 2016, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that for fast tracking the allotment of PAN and TAN to company applicants, Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) based application procedure has been introduced on the portals of PAN service providers, NSDL eGov and UTIITSL.
PM Modi to inaugurate inter-state council meet today
Jul 16, 2016, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, July 16 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 11th inter-state council meeting on Saturday.