Govt has issued office memoranda making Aadhaar linking mandatory several times Over 3,100 DBT schemes and 360 public services use Aadhaar-based authentication. Yet the bureaucracy that demands Aadhaar from citizens, often the poorest, has resisted linking their own Central Govt Health Scheme cards to Aadhaar.CGHS beneficiaries include serving and retired central govt employees and family…
The interaction with National Teachers Award winners was held at PM Modi’s Lok Kalyan Marg residence NEW DELHI: “You need confidence and plenty of practice.” That was the public-speaking advice PM Narendra Modi received from a national award-winning teacher during an interaction that moved from a joke about his “aura” to screen addiction, drug abuse…
Centre advances census 2027 enumeration in four poll-bound states NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to advance the population enumeration phase of Census 2027 in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab and non-snow-bound areas of Uttarakhand — given that all four states are due for assembly polls early next year — to the time period December 1,…
UN has declared Nov 27 as International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage NEW DELHI: In a significant development that brings the need to step up global action on Sustainable Development Goals 2030 into focus, UN has declared Nov 27 as International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced…
Stocks available at thermal power plants fell further NEW DELHI: State-run Coal India Limited (CIL) has offered power plants having fuel supply agreements with it and its subsidiaries to lift additional quantities of coal, over and above the quantities stipulated in their annual contracts, as stocks available at thermal power plants fell further.Central Electricity Authority…
A displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisation Saturday observed a day-long hunger strike JAMMU: A displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisation Saturday observed a day-long hunger strike demanding the creation of a separate homeland in the valley for their rehabilitation and enactment of a genocide law.Panun Kashmir chairperson Tito Ganju said India, as a signatory to the UN Genocide…
Leh Apex Body (LAB) Saturday postponed its planned protest programmes SRINAGAR: With ministry of home affairs scheduling the next round of talks with Ladakh representatives on Sept 9, Leh Apex Body (LAB) Saturday postponed its planned protest programmes to mark the anniversary of last year’s violence in Ladakh, but warned that it would intensify the…
Police sources believe Yasir was part of an LeT network operating in central Kashmir SRINAGAR: A terrorist killed in Friday’s encounter in a forest area of Budgam district of Kashmir has been identified as a Pakistani national.“You can run but you can’t hide! The terrorist neutralised during Op Ashdar has been identified as Yasir, a…
India is aiming to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030. NEW DELHI: At least two companies – state-run NTPC and public sector JV Talcher Fertilisers – have submitted applications under the Rs 37,500-crore surface coal and lignite gasification projects scheme, govt said on Saturday.It added that the coal ministry is also in touch…
File photo: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Information received through Punjab’s Safe Punjab Helpline has contributed to 25,339 arrests in drug-related cases since the state launched its ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ campaign in March 2025, according to data released by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF).Between March 1, 2025, and September 3, 2026, the helpline received 51,979…