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New Delhi, Jun 13: The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI that some more time will be needed to prepare for the rollout of the new facility which was earlier

Mumbai, Jun 13: A major broke out in a commercial premises at Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Worli, Mumbai. The blazeis said to have occurred on the 25th floor of the 34-storey Beaumonde building. According to reports. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone lives in the same building on the 26th floor. Fire fighters and police are on the spot.”They are trying to do their best and douse the fire,” the

Dubai, Jun 13: Popular Indian origin Chef Atul Kochhar on Wednesday said he was ‘deeply upset’ by a Dubai hotel’s decision to cut ties with him, following his inflammatory tweet that caused outrage on social media amid accusations of racism, bigotry and Islamophobia. “The decision by JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is deeply upsetting, however I fully accept the great pain I have caused and the

London, Jun 13: A 28-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK has been racially attacked by a white man, shouting "Brexit, go back home" after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said. Rickesh Advani, a political science student at Cambridge University, confronted the man for his comments towards the woman, only to be hit with an outburst of racial abuse

New Delhi, Jun 13: Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's brother and PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif has asked India to resume peace talkswith Islamabad, saying the Singapore summit between the US and North Korea should set a good precedent for both the bickering neighbours to follow. Marking an epoch in the history of the decades-long tense relationship between the US and North Korea

Washington, Jun 13:The United States government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for $930 million, the State Department said Tuesday. The agreement has been passed to the US Congress for approval, but if no US lawmaker raises an objection the contract is expected to go ahead. Boeing and Indian partner Tata have begun to produce Apache fuselages

Varanasi, Jun 12: Even a union minister is not safe from eve-teasers in Uttar Pradesh under the rule of chief minister Yogi Adityanath? Anupriya Patel, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, who was travelling in a car between Aurai and Mirzamurad regions last night were targeted by the eve-teasers. Patel was returning to Varanasi after attending programmes at her Lok Sabha

Patna/New Delhi, Jun 12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today seized 11 plots of land in Patna worth Rs 44.75 crore, attached by the agency in the name of a firm linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family, as part of the IRCTC hotel money laundering case. The central probe agency was allowed to take possession of the seized assets by a designated PMLA authority recently. Officials said possession

New Delhi, Jun 12: Retail inflation inched up to 4.87 in May on increase in prices of certain items in the food basket, as per the government data released on Tuesday. Based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation was at 4.58 percent in the preceding month April. In May last year, it was 2.18 percent. As per the data of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), food inflation rose to 3.10

Dubai, Jun 13: A popular Indian-origin chef in the United Arab Emirates has landed in a controversy after he allegedly posted an anti-Islam tweet, triggering calls for his sacking, a media report said on Tuesday. Atul Kochhar, a Michelin-Star chef well known here for his Rang Mahal Indian restaurant at the JW Marriott Marquis hotel, received flak after taking a dig at Bollywood actor Priyanka