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New Delhi, Sept 26: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid. The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best. The first of the three judgements was pronounced by Justice A K Sikri. Justice Sikri pronounced the judgement for himself, Chief Justice Dipak Misra and

New Delhi, Sep 26: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said its 2006 verdict putting benefits of quotas in job promotions for SC/ST employees need not be referred to seven-judge bench. The apex court also turned down the Centre's plea that overall population of SC/ST be considered for granting quota for them. The unanimous judgement was pronounced by a five-judge constitution bench. The court's verdict

Kolkata, Sep 26: Amidst sporadic violence, the BJP-sponsored 12-hour "Bangla Bandh" in protest against the killing of two students at Islampur in North Dinajpur evoked mixed response in the state. Official sources reported three government buses have been damaged due to stone throwing by the bandh protagonists in different parts of the state. The bandh supporters have taken out processions to

Bhopal, Sept 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that the Congress and other opposition parties were pursuing vote bank politics which had destroyed the country like "termites" over the last seven decades. Addressing a workers' meet in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Modi attacked the Congress over the instant triple talaq issue. "The politics of vote bank has destroyed the country like

Shimla, Sept 25: Forty-five people, including 35 students from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, who had gone trekking in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Lahaul and Spiti district are missing after heavy snowfall in the region, news agency ANI reported late on Monday. Rajvir Singh, father of one of the students, told ANI that the group had gone for trekking to the Hampta pass in Kullu and

Mumbai, Sept 25: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya told a special court on Monday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) "resisted" his efforts to settle his loans with public sector banks. Mallya, who is currently in the United Kingdom, has been charged by the ED of defaulting on bank loans to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore. Mallya, through his counsel, was replying in the PMLA court of Judge M S

Chennai, Sept 25: BJP's Tamil Nadu unit President Tamilisai Soundararjan on Monday said she has 'nominated' Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Nobel Peace Prize for launching the "world's largest" health scheme. Her husband, Professor Dr P Soundarajan, Head of Department and Senior Consultant in Nephrology at a private university, has also nominated Modi for Nobel, a press release from the state

New Delhi, Sept 24: Incessant showers triggered flash floods and landslides in the hill states of northern India with at least eight people killed on Monday in rain-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. In the wake of heavy rains, a "red alert" was issued in Punjab where educational institutes have been ordered to remain closed on Tuesday. Schools have also been

New Delhi, Sept 24: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Gujarat government's response on a plea by the wife of dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, alleging that she is compelled to move the court as her husband is being prevented from doing so. Describing the allegation by Shweta Bhatt that her husband was not being allowed to sign 'vakalatnama' and other documents necessary for approaching the

Nagpur, Sept 24: In a scathing attack on BJP government over its economic policies, the BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha termed demonetisation and GST ‘dictatorial' decision of the government. Speaking during 'Yuva Sansad' programme organised by local BJP Mla Ashish Deshmukh at Katol Festival on Saturday, Mr Sinha said the decision on demonetisation and GST were not taken by the cabinet or BJP. Mr Sinha