The government wants you to link anything and everything it can to your Aadhaar in the name of transparency and ensuring that benefits reaches the right persons. But instead of making the system transparent, Aadhaar has often been accused of coming in the way of people getting essential services. Public Distribution System, aka, ration is …
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A probe has been started against master conman Amit Bhardwaj for duping two businessman of Rs 4.4 crore and Rs 3 crore, respectively, on the pretext of selling them Bitcoin mining set-ups. The businessmen were promised 150% returns in lieu of their investment. Bhardwaj, a resident of Shalimar Bagh, was arrested by Pune Police from IGI airport in April. He …
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Fifteen-year-old Abhay Gupta did not have a study table or enough space in his one-room home to keep his books. The teen prepared for his ICSE exams under streetlights, perched on a packing case a few yards away from his father’s bookstall on a Park Street pavement. Yet, the braveheart — a student of Harrow Hall School — has secured …
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In an utterly shameful and disgusting act, relatives of those killed in the flyover collapse in Varanasi on Tuesday have alleged that they were made to pay Rs 300 to the hospital staff as bribe to get the postmortem conducted and the bodies handed over. Families of several victims said, the staff at Banaras Hindu University where the postmortem were …
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AFP National Capital New Delhi and adjoining areas which were battered by yet another sandstorm on Wednesday morning are likely to experience more harsh weather conditions in the coming hours, the Indian Meteorological Department has said. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Madhya Pradesh Makes It Mandatory For Students To Answer Roll Call With ‘Jai Hind’ …
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A day after a woman’s partially-naked body was found in the bushes behind Ghata Masjid near Rajghat, police suspect that she may have been gang-raped and murdered. Cops are trying to get some clues from the shirt buttons, pieces of cloth and liquor bottles found at the spot. A few rickshawpullers and drug addicts found near the park have been …
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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind asking him to caution Narendra Modi from using ‘unwarranted, threatening and intimidating language’ against leaders of the Congress party or any party as it does not suit the position of a prime minister. Singh referred to Modi’s speech in Hubli during campaigning for the Karnataka elections, …
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While those at home enjoyed how Delhi’s weather changed from a piping hot heat bowl to thunderous evening, many who were outside their houses, stuck in traffic jams or at the airport were the ones who endured real horror. Apocalypse now! 5 PM Delhi and it’s dark … like some Superhero or an Apocalypse movie. Scary!#DelhiStorm pic.twitter.com/PPFivJj4n6 — RahulG (@RahulGaur) …
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The central government recently said that all Indian villages have been electrified. However, this claim isn’t true. There is one village in Uttar Pradesh that still awaits power lines. Nagla Khushal, which falls under Milawali gram panchayat of Eka block and has around 50 families with a population of over 400, paints a picture of utter neglect. The sulabh shauchalayas …
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BCCL The Delhi police on Monday filed a 3000-page chargesheet in relation to Sunanda Pushkar death case, indicting former Union minister Shashi Tharoor on abetment to suicide and cruelty charges. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) As The Dust Storm Settles, At Least 60 Dead Bodies Found Across India Twitter More than 60 people were killed …
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