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Linking electoral roll to Aadhaar: SC asks Randeep Surjewala to approach High Court

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has challenged amendments in the election laws allowing electoral roll data to be linked to Aadhaar.

The Hindu · Jul 25, 2022

Linking Aadhaar to Voter card: Supreme Court asks Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala to approach high court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, who has challenged the Election Law (Amendment) Act, 2021 that enables linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem, to approach the competent high court.

The Times of India · Jul 25, 2022

Adding digital layers of indignity

Dehumanisation is the likely outcome when humane aspects of governance get outsourced to technologies

The Hindu · Jul 24, 2022

Welfare eludes Prakasam’s poor

Our names are missing from the list of beneficiaries for no fault of ours, rue many

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2022

Morning Digest | Maharashtra CM Thackeray resigns ahead of floor test; Pakistan links found in Udaipur tailor murder case, and more

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The Hindu · Jun 30, 2022

Minor girl who was forced to sell oocytes in Erode attempts to end life

She is out of danger and will be discharged on Thursday, says official

The Hindu · Jun 29, 2022

Government schemes: cooperative banks to use Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile

AHMEDABAD: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said that cooperative sector banks will soon be given permission to implement government welfare schemes, which use the trinity of Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) for direct benefit transfer (DBT).

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022

Nagpur: 75 accused to be booked for securing bail with fake docus

NAGPUR: Some 75 accused, who had procured bail from sessions court using fake documents, will soon be charged with forgery. The cops are also moving to cancel the bail of these accused, who face charges like Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, sexual abuses, kidnapping, rape, murder and so on.

The Times of India · Jun 17, 2022

Bangladeshi held in document scam in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Probing an ATM theft on Bengaluru's outskirts, police unearthed a network of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants which facilitated fake documents. Prime accused Sydul Akoon, who hails from Bogura in Bangladesh, and his eight aides helped illegal immigrants get Aadhaar, PAN and voter ID cards in Bengaluru. Akoon also ran a…

The Times of India · Jun 11, 2022

In the name of fertility

The recent revelations of a minor girl in Erode district of Tamil Nadu of sexual assault and being forced to sell her oocytes have blown the lid off a few contentious issues in fertility treatments. Will the new laws — The Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Act and the Surrogacy (Regulation)…

The Hindu · Jun 11, 2022