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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

United States, Sep 26: President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged heavy pressure both on Iran and Washington's trading partners as he offered a robust defense of the US right to go it alone. With midterm elections in the United States little more than a month away, Trump's address at times took on the feel of a campaign address as he heralded low unemployment. Boasting that his team "has achieved

Tehran, Sept 25: An Iranian media outlet close to the country's hard-line Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with missile attacks, further raising regional tensions after a weekend militant attack on a military parade in Iran. The video tweeted and later deleted by the semi-official Fars news agency comes as Iran's

Riyadh, Sept 25: Saudi Arabia will offer an electronic visa for foreign visitors to attend sporting events and concerts from December, the Kingdom said on Tuesday. At present, foreigners traveling to the country are largely restricted to resident workers and their dependents, business travellers, and Muslim pilgrims who are given special visas to travel to holy sites. Crown Prince Mohammed bin

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

London, Sept 25: A 22-year-old Sikh soldier, who created history by becoming the first to wear a turban during an annual parade to mark British Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday ceremony, could be kicked out from his post after he was tested positive for cocaine, according to a media report. Charanpreet Singh Lall made headlines across the world for wearing the turban during the Trooping the Colour in

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

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