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The UIDAI on Tuesday made a startling charge before the Supreme Court that Google and the smart card lobby did not want Aadhaar to succeed because if UID emerges as a foolproof way to authenticate identity, they will be out of business. Appearing for the Unique Identity Authority of India, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi told a CJI-headed Constitution bench that ...

In a recent notification, the ministry of road transport and highways headed by Nitin Gadkari announced that the speed limit for vehicles on expressways has been increased to 120 kmph. The notification also clarified that that the speed limit on national highways has been revised to 100 kmph, while that on urban roads will be to a maximum of 70 ...

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The amended Rules lay down that the phasing out of Multilayered Plastic (MLP) is now applicable to MLP, which are “non-recyclable, or non-energy recoverable, or with no alternate use.” The amended Rules also prescribe a central registration system for the registration of the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Seeking rectification of an anomaly that has affected about 39,000 officers, the Army has written to the Controller General of Defence Accounts and reminded it that the error should have been corrected in August 2012 itself when the Ministry of Defence okayed the move. In its letter, the Army has claimed that it had received a large ...

The mutilated body of a minor, suspected to be a case of sexual assault and murder, was recovered from Gujarat’s Surat on Saturday, said the police. More than 86 injuries found on 11-yr-old girl’s body including ones on her private parts, said the forensic head of the city’s Civil hospital, as reported by news agency ANI. Injury marks were also ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CBI on Saturday made a second arrest in the Unnao rape case as it took into custody Shashi Singh, the woman who allegedly took the victim to BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the day of crime, officials said. A special court in Lucknow had sent Sengar, the prime accused in the case, to seven-day CBI ...

A Hyderabad-bound passenger was apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying three live bullet rounds in his baggage, an official said today. A CISF officer, deputed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to scan the baggage of commuters, detected a bullet-like object on the x-ray monitor yesterday evening, they said. “Three live bullet rounds of 7.65mm calibre were ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After questioning, the CBI has arrested BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Friday late evening. He has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl. Meanwhile the Allahabad High Court has directed the CBI to carry out further investigation or re-open the investigation of the original gangrape case registered on June 20, 2017, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU An 18-month old girl child was crushed to death by a school van that was leaving after picking up her two elder sisters from their house near here today, police said. The tragedy occurred as the driver started the van without noticing the child, Subiksha, who had come in front of the vehicle after her sisters boarded ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Facing severe flak over the delay in taking action against his party MLA who has been accused in the Unnao rape case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said his government had not deviated from its zero-tolerance policy on crime and that it would firmly deal with criminals, no matter how influential they might be. Adityanath’s ...