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Deadline to get Aadhaar for social welfare schemes extended to 30 September: Govt tells SC

A vacation bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha said that no interim order can be passed at this stage on the "mere apprehension" of petitioners that government may deprive people from availing benefits of various social welfare schemes due to lack of Aadhaar.

Aadhaar now a must for poor women to get free LPG connection

The government had last year launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide 5 crore poor women with free LPG connections in three years with a view to providing clean cooking fuel.

Soon, Aadhaar will be must for booking train tickets online; aim to block touts

Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from 1 April

Jewellers to observe strike against mandatory PAN card proof

Jewellers across the country will observe a nationwide strike tomorrow against the government's decision to make PAN card mandatory for transactions worth Rs 2 lakh and above.

Screen Marathi films in prime time slots every day in one hall, Maha govt tells Mumbai multiplexes

Close on the heels of the beef ban the Maharashtra government has now decided to make the screening of Marathi films compulsory in multiplexes across the city between 6pm to 9pm.

Disclosure of assets, bank accounts should be mandatory, says AAP

To curtail flow of black money, the existing law should be amended to make it mandatory for citizens to disclose all their assets and bank accounts in India and abroad, the AAP today said.