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New Delhi, Dec 13: The government has extended till further notice the December 31 deadline for mandatory quoting of national biometric identifier Aadhaar and PAN for certain financial transactions like opening of a bank account. While the deadline has been withdrawn through a Gazette notification issued yesterday, new timelines will be intimated later. The new rule notified in the Gazette

Dec 13: Rohit Sharma hit his third double hundred in ODI cricket as he scored unbeaten 208 runs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Opening the batting, Rohit took 153 balls to reach his double century and hit 13 fours and 12 sixes in the inning. He is the only cricketer to scored three double centuries in ODIs and two of them have come against the same opponent — Sri Lanka. He had

New Delhi, Dec 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and shook hands with his predecessor Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. The meeting comes after Modi baselessly accused Singh of being part of a secret meeting held with an ex Pakistani envoy over Gujarat elections. The brief handshake between Modi and Singh was held when leaders gathered in Delhi to pay tribute to those who lost lives in the 2001

Nagpur, Dec 13: Coming down heavily on the Prime Minister for alleging that his predecessor Manmohan Singh was conspiring with Pakistan for the BJP's defeat in Gujarat, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that Narendra Modi should be ashamed of making such "wild allegations" against Singh, whom "no one in the world could point fingers at". Senior Congress leader and

Agra, Dec 13: Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he hoped that no Arvind Kejriwal emerged from his movement again. "I hope no Kejriwal comes out of my movement again," he told reporters here after addressing a public meeting. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal had taken part in Hazare's anti-corruption movement in 2011. Subsequently, he had parted ways

Agra, Dec 13: Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he hoped that no Arvind Kejriwal emerged from his movement again. "I hope no Kejriwal comes out of my movement again," he told reporters here after addressing a public meeting. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal had taken part in Hazare's anti-corruption movement in 2011. Subsequently, he had parted ways

New Delhi, Dec 13: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday held former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu and one other as guilty in the coal scam case. The sentencing in the case willl take place tomorrow. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar had earlier directed all the accused to remain

Mumbai, Dec 13: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis, who attended a Christmas charity event in Mumbai on Monday, was trolled on Twitter after she tweeted a photograph from the event. She, however, hit back saying "love, sharing and empathy have no religion". Earlier, Amruta, who is a banker and social worker, was severely criticised after she tweeted photos from the event held

Ahmedabad, Dec 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments against his predecessor Manmohan Singh over a dinner meeting with Pakistani diplomats were unacceptable, Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi said here today. The prime minister had insinuated that Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan in the Gujarat polls. The former premier responded by saying Modi was setting a "dangerous

Tirupur, Dec 12: A court here on Tuesday handed death sentence to six people for killing a dalit youth, Shankar in Udumalpet in 2016, in a suspected case of ‘honor’ killing. The court found 11 of the accused guilty but acquitted the victim's mother-in-law and two others. Shankar and his wife, Kausalya, were brutally attacked by a gang in Udumalpet in 2016. The crime was allegedly committed at the