The process of reverification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source. The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing reverification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password-based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. Telecom operators have been directed to […]
» Read moreEminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 88 and is survived by her daughter. Considered as the queen of thumri and fondly called Appa-ji, Girija Devi was admitted to the city’s BM Birla Heart Research Centre earlier in the […]
» Read moreAfter pushing a Muslim reservation quota of 12 per cent, the Telangana government has decided to develop an industrial estate and information technology (IT) corridor exclusively for Muslims in the state. On Monday, after a review meeting at Pragati Bhawan, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced loans up to 100 per cent, subsidized loan of Rs 2.50 lac for Muslim […]
» Read moreNarendra Patel, a key member of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), has claimed that the BJP offered him ₹1 crore to break away from the Patidar agitation and join it. Mr. Patel joined the BJP on Sunday evening in the presence of Varun Patel, another aide of Hardik Patel who joined the party on Saturday after meeting BJP president […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the ₹615 crore ‘roll-on-roll-off’ (Ro-Ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat. He launched the first phase at a rally in Ghogha in the presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. “This is the first of its kind project not […]
» Read moreSeven members of an Indian cargo vessel were on Saturday rescued by Sri Lankan fishermen, according to the spokesperson of the Sri Lankan Navy. A group of Sri Lankan fishermen had found the Indian cargo vessel heading for the Maldives. They rescued the crew members and handed them over to the Sri Lankan Navy, Navy spokesman Commander Lankanatha Dissanayake said. […]
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