The 'Aadhar' unique identification number will enable inclusive growth and development for the deprived and will act as an instrument of social inclusion, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani said.
Detailed reports have been sought from the state's chief secretary and from the chairman of the Railway Board in four weeks, an NHRC spokesperson said.
Travel agents in India on Monday demanded of 16 airlines that they reinstate commission following a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) order to restore the system of paying travel agents a commission, a senior industry official said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has questioned Deputy National Security Advisor and former Intelligence Bureau chief Nehchal Sandhu in connection with Sadiq Jamal encounter in 2003 by the Gujarat crime branch.
The Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago held dance performances at a multicultural event at the Hunting Ridge Elementary School in Palatine, Illinois, April 21.
The success for security forces comes days after Inspector General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said that four cases of killings and weapon snatching in Kishtwar district have been solved with the arrest of three Hizbul Mujahideen activists.
Security forces faced stone-pelting during the operation but exercised maximum restraint.
Seventeen youngsters -- labourers, drivers and carpenters -- were sentenced to death on March 28 for the murder of a Pakistani in Sharjah last year. Rediff.com met some of their family members, who continue to pray fervently for the safe return of their sons.
During the Emergency years (1975-77), Dhawan was among Indira Gandhi's inner circle of leaders.
As the debate over the issue of leadership raged, another group of leaders put their weight behind the Gandhi family on Sunday, calling for Sonia Gandhi to stay or Rahul Gandhi to take charge again.
In Nishikant Kamat's Drishyam remake, Tabu will be cast in a powerful female antagonist's role of a senior police office, who goes all out to save her son from the law.
Rajinder Shekhawat, son of President Pratibha Patil and Congress MLA, on Wednesday denied his family had been accused of land grabbing in Maharashtra.
President Pratibha Patil's son Rajinder Shekhawat, who was given the Congress ticket for the Maharashtra Assembly polls raising eyebrows, today rejected allegations his mother played a role and said she has been "deliberately" dragged into his election foray.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting 13 new ministers. This has taken the total strength of the National Conference-Congress coalition ministry from 11 to 22.The coalition government headed by Omar Abdullah was formed in January this year after the state elections were held in December 2008.
In corporate India where family disputes have become far too common, the Miglanis work as a team.
Joginder Singh Vedanti says he was removed because he supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the key trust vote.
During interrogation, Sukhdev said that he along with his relative Baldev Singh, murdered the hotelier on May 8.
Advocate for one of the victims of Ishrat Jahan encounter case has claimed a retired Gujarat police officer had heard his suspended senior D G Vanzara, main accused in the case, telling another officer that he had the clearance of Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the encounter.
The 20 MLAs told the high court that they would move fresh petitions against the taking away of their assembly seats as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation.
Yogi, 73, was found hanging from the ceiling of his house in Inderpuri in south-west Delhi at around 7.15 am by his wife Asha, a senior police officer said. The three-time MLA was pitted against Ramakant Goswami of the Congress in the elections and was actively campaigning in the constituency.
The cricketer-turned-politician has sort of demolished his opponents, securing close to seven lakh votes, leaving close rivals -- Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely and Aam Aadmi Party's Aatishi -- way behind.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to delve in detail the role of four Intelligence Bureau officials, including the former Special Director Rajinder Kumar, in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case in its supplementary charge sheet which has been finalised.
The CBI has sent a clarification to the HM reiterating its position that there was ample evidence to prosecute ex-IB man.
Baichung Bhutia and Kiran Bedi's refusal notwithstanding, the Olympic torch relay continues to draw celebrities, with sharpshooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Abhinav Bindra joining the April 17 run with the flame. According to a statement from Samsung, the Olympic torch relay partner, sprint queen P T Usha, powerlifter Rajinder Singh Rahelu, actor Sagarika Ghatge of Chak De! India fame and sarod player Ayaan Ali Khan will also join the run.
Seven years after Samjhauta Express blasts, a court on Friday framed murder, sedition and other charges against right wing Hindu activist Swami Aseemanand and three others paving the way for start of trial.
Six Central Reserve Police Force personnel and 13 Maoists were killed in two separate encounters in Bijapur district, about 565 km from Chhattisgarh, a senior police official said on Monday.
The court also extended till February 7 the interim order restraining the EC from issuing any notification announcing bypolls.
The letter was delivered to Dr Singh by a Shiv Sena delegation headed by Sena's Executive President Udhav Thackeray at the prime minister's South block office.
'When there exists a feeling within a minority - either at the higher or lower levels - that there is discrimination, then steps must be taken to remove that feeling, that perception,' says former judge Rajinder Sachar.
Mayor Bill White honoured the duo with special proclamation certificates at the 17th annual convention of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin.
The upcoming Budget will have a record of funds spent on welfare of the minorities.
Rajinder Gupta, CEO and managing director of the Trident group, spoke to Business Standard about the company's plans.
The report was tabled by Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay.
'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'
However, the panel was silent on the issue of reservations for Muslims.
"Because Muslims are part and parcel of India, if members of the community today lag behind the rest of the people in India, then logically the country would lag behind, too."
The rate for crossing is fixed, the arrested guide alleged, adding that he had come to India recently with four others to send them to Pakistan via the border in Jammu.
The episode came to light in July when certain human rights bodies alleged that UN peacekeepers stationed in Congo's North Kivu province near the Rwandan border were indulging in trafficking of gold.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday replaced its Mehrauli and Mundka candidates for the Delhi assembly polls following an inquiry by the party's "internal Lokpal", triggering protests outside Arvind Kejriwal's Kaushambi residence.
Former assistant commissioner of police R P Tyagi was awarded capital punishment by a Delhi court for torturing two persons to death in judicial custody.
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