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New Delhi, May 4: Maintaining that no technology is foolproof, the Centre on Wednesday admitted before the Supreme Court that Aadhaar card holders’ data was leaked. The Union government, however, asserted that the leak was not from the UIDAI’s end. A batch of petitions against the decision to link PAN with Aadhaar cards in filing Income-Tax returns, however, questioned the move, saying it was in

New Delhi, May 4: With tensions between India and Pakistan escalating once again, New Delhi on Wednesday sent back 47 students, who had recently come from the neighbouring country on an exchange programme. As the killing and mutilation of two Indian Army and Border Security Force soldiers by Pakistan Army personnel near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday further soured the relation between the

New Delhi, May 3: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed former Union Minister Salman Khurshid to assist it as amicus curiae in hearing a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims. A Bench, comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and S.K. Kaul, also permitted Mr. Khurshid, who is a senior advocate

Naxalbari, May 3: In an embarrassment to the BJP in West Bengal, the tribal family of Naxalbari who had hosted BJP national president Amit Shah during his visit to north Bengal last week, today joined the Trinamool Congress. Raju Mahali and Geeta Mahali, who had hosted Amit Shah on April 25 during his visit to the area, today joined the TMC in the presence of senior TMC leader and tourism minister

New Delhi, May 3: The Government on Wednesday summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, to the Ministry of External Affairs and conveyed New Delhi's outrage over killing of two Indian soldiers and mutilation of their bodies by the personnel of the neighbouring country along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Basit was summoned to the South Block where Foreign Secretary S

New Delhi, May 3: The government on Tuesday asserted in the Supreme Court that Aadhaar was made mandatory for PAN card to weed out fake PAN cards which were used for terror financing and circulation of blackmoney, while terming the concerns over privacy as "bogus". The idea behind bringing Aadhaar was to have a "secure and robust system" to ensure that the identity of a person cannot be faked, it

New Delhi, May 3: BJP ally Shiv Sena and the Congress party on Tuesday attacked the government over the mutilation of two soldiers' bodies by Pakistani forces along the Line of Control (LoC) with Uddhav Thackeray asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop his "Mann ki baat" and instead take up "Gun ki baat". Congress leader and former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal recalled the remarks of Smriti Irani

New Delhi, May 2: The crisis in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) following Delhi civic poll debacle took a new turn on Tuesday with senior leader Kumar Vishwas saying he will take a decision soon, a remark that set tongues wagging about his future course of action. Vishwas virtually defied Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's dictat to senior leaders not to air their views and grievances

Beijing, May 2: On a day when India is mourning its braveheart soldiers who were subjected to barbarity by Pakistan, a report suggests that China is increasingly getting interested in playing a role in resolving the Kashmir dispute. An article in the Global Times, a ruling Communist Party of China publication, says that China now has a "vested interest" in mediating between India and Pakistan

New Delhi, May 2: While most travellers try to strike the best deal by booking flight tickets months before their trip, a new survey has revealed that making the bookings precisely 24 weeks prior to departure is the ideal time. Conducted by online travel portal Skyscanner, the study crunched two years' worth of data from over 50 million monthly users to cull out the Best Time to Book (BTTB) travel