Three men, including an 18-year-old youth, have been arrested for allegedly forging Aadhaar cards and selling them to people. Police said these cards are used for procuring SIM cards that are used fo...

The case of a 11-year-old intellectually impaired boy denied disability pensions for lack of Aadhaar card in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district again mirrors lack of awareness about the unique ...

The Centre on Sunday withdrew a two-day-old advisory that had cautioned people against sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar card with any organisation to pre-empt “misuse”, after the warni...

A 70-year-old visually impaired man from a village in Jharkhand’s Godda district will again receive old-age pension after a gap of six years during which the payment was denied on the ground tha...

Governance in the world of fiercely competitive politics involves difficult choices. Since politicians invariably — and quite understandably — have their eye on the next election, the gove...

Like alchemy, which was an obsessive concern for the medieval world, modern democracies are forever preoccupied with unearthing the secrets of winning elections. In the not-so-distant past, striking t...

White lie Sir — The eyes are perhaps the first sensory organ to be aroused by food. But visual appeal can come at a steep cost. The European Union has banned the use and import of all food ite...

The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to initiate a special drive to deliver ration cards to nearly three lakh beneficiaries who didn’t receive the same in the past few months. The drive h...

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended the date of linking Aadhaar cards with UAN (Universal Account Number) of provident fund holders associated with different plantatio...