New Delhi The government’s decision to use Aadhaar to reach benefits to the poor, curb money laundering and protect tax collections is understandable, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday. But, the Supreme Court asked, could the government go on to make Aadhaar mandatory for every transaction. “There comes the problem,” Justice DY Chandrachud observed, wondering if this would meet […]
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CBI Books Vadodara Firm For Rupees 2654-Crore Fraud; Raids Premises
New Delhi The CBI today said it had registered a criminal case against a Vadodara-based company dealing in electric cable and equipment, and its directors for allegedly cheating various banks to the tune of Rs. 2,654 crore. The central probe agency also launched searches at the official and residential premises of the company — Diamond Power Infrastructure […]
Salman Khan gets five years jail for killing two blackbucks
New Delhi Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Jodhpur court for killing two blackbucks during a film shoot in Rajasthan in 1998. The court also slapped him with a fine of Rs 10,000. The actor was found guilty under Section 9/51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 for killing […]
SC drops pleas challenging CBSE’s retest decision of Class 12th exam
New Delhi Supreme Court today dismissed five petitions challenging the CBSE’s decision to conduct a re-examination of the Class 12 economics paper after an alleged leak. The top court said it is the discretion of the Central Board of Secondary Education to conduct the re-examination and can’t be challenged in the court. A bench of […]
No other govt honoured Ambedkar as we did: PM
New Delhi Even as parts of India are on the boil due to Dalit anger over a Supreme Court ruling diluting the SC/ST Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made came out and said his government is “walking on the path shown by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar”, a Dalit icon. He also took a dig at the Congress, by saying “no other […]