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The deadline for the Aadhaar-linking of bank accounts, mobile phones and all government schemes will be extended to March 31, the Supreme Court today ruled, accepting the centre’s suggestion. The order is an interim or temporary one, which will be in effect till the court decides whether making Aadhaar-linking mandatory for welfare schemes and financial transactions, like getting a loan ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Except saffologist Yogendra Yadav, who has tweeted that BJP would loss Gujrat, Exit polls today predicted a victory for the ruling BJP in Gujarat. They have given a clear cut majority to BJP in the keenly-contested Assembly polls in the state. Soon after voting ended in the second and final phase of the election, an exit poll ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Air India has suspended three employees and warned a pilot for late-coming after some 125 passengers, including Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, had to wait inside a plane at the Delhi airport for over 60 minutes on Wednesday morning. The minister demanded an explanation from new Air India Chairman And Managing Director Pradeep Kharola as angry ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The lone bridge linking Uttarkashi to the China border collapsed today, disconnecting dozens of villages and causing inconvenience to daily commuters, especially school-going children and teachers. The makeshift Gangotri bridge collapsed around 6 am when two trucks were crossing it, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said. No one was hurt in the incident, he said. According to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The first few hours of polling in the final phase of the Gujarat elections has witnessed very few voters due to variation in the temperature. As per the EC only 10 percent voting was recorded in two hours, an official said, adding that the process would pick up as the day progressed. There were several complalints made ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated naval submarine INS Kalvari to the nation. In a ceremony in Mumbai, he expressed his gratitude to France and the workers responsible for building the vessel, which is the first of six Scorpene-class submarines in the Indian Navy. Touted as India’s deadliest submarine, the attack submarine was indigenously built at Mazgaon Dock Limited ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you have not linked your account with Aadhar then don’t worry because Union government is likely to extend its deadline. Earlier deadline for linking Aadhaar with other financial investments/instruments was December 31. It has been cleared from the amendment in the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules made via a notification on December 12. The amendment removes the ...

Over 14 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) have been linked with Aadhaar till now, official sources said today. With this, about 41 per cent of PANs are now linked with Aadhaar numbers. There are about 33 crore PAN cards, while Aadhaar has been issued to about 115 crore people. “Over 41 crore PANs have been linked with the Aadhaar till ...

In a major blow to consumers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that hotels and restaurants are not bound by the maximum retail price (MRP) when they sell bottled mineral water and packaged food items. The court rejected the government’s argument that overcharging for pre-packed or packaged products was an offence under the Legal Metrology Act, which attracts a fine ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union government has imposed ban on condom advertisements on television. They can’t air such advertisement between 6 pm to 10 pm after declaring the commercials were “indecent” viewing for children. While the move has been welcomed by conservative groups, some people have slammed the government for winding back decades of progress on sexual health and education. As ...