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While holding that the linking of Aadhaar with bank account was not mandatory, the court had said that the earlier governments notification of making linking mandatory amounted to depriving a person of his property rights. (Photo: PTI)

Linking Aadhaar with electoral roll will clean voters' list of...

The government sources said the bill incorporates various electoral reforms which have been discussed for a long time

21 Dec 2021 3:45 PM IST

Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Mobile app launched for live telecast of Parliament proceedings

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced about the mobile application and its features during the Question Hour

21 Dec 2021 3:31 PM IST

A medic takes a nasal swab sample for the COVID- 19 test amid the rise in coronavirus cases, at a swab collect kiosk of urban community health center (UCHC), in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Two omicron cases detected in Odisha

Both of them have travel history to foreign nations - Nigeria and Qatar, respectively

21 Dec 2021 2:11 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the Prime Minister at Prayagraj. (ANI)

PM reaches Prayagraj, to transfer Rs 1,000 cr to SHGs benefitting 16...

PM will also transfer over Rs. 20 crores to more than one lakh beneficiaries under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala...

21 Dec 2021 1:36 PM IST

The security forces cordoned off the entire area and recovered four live IEDs, planted by Naxals. (Representational image: ANI)

Cop injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

The incident took place around 8.30 am when a joint team of various security forces was out on a road security operation...

21 Dec 2021 1:09 PM IST

A worker prepares a bed for Covid patients in Commonwealth Games Village in view of the Omicron cases, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

34 new Omicron cases reported in LNJP Hospital: Delhi Health Minister

Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry had said that India has a total of 200 cases of Omicron

21 Dec 2021 12:44 PM IST

A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine for COVID-19 to a worker at the factory of a face mask manufacturer on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Two hundred Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19...

Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana registered 20 cases

21 Dec 2021 11:24 AM IST

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio (PTI)

Centre imposed AFSPA against state's wishes : Nagaland CM Rio

The Chief Minister lamented that objections of the state government are ignored every time and the declaration is...

21 Dec 2021 11:06 AM IST

Kajari Banerjee (C), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees sister-in-law and TMC candidate, flashes victory sign after casting her vote with her family members during Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, in Kolkata. (PTI /Swapan Mahapatra)

KMC election: TMC wins 13 wards, leads in 112; BJP ahead in five seats

Sporadic incidents of violence, including hurling of bombs at two booths, marred the KMC elections on Sunday

21 Dec 2021 10:12 AM IST

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Electoral reforms bill 2021 gets Lok Sabha nod amid din

The bill proposes to link Aadhaar with voter ID cards

21 Dec 2021 6:51 AM IST

Delhi BJP announces names of presidents for 14 district units. (AFP Photo)

BJP flagged off the party's Jan Vishwas Yatra at six places in UP

The BJP's well-oiled electoral machinery has begun moving at a breakneck speed to reach out to people in all 403...

21 Dec 2021 6:51 AM IST

Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Cabinet has approved increasing the subsidy amount for DAP fertiliser for the benefits of farmers. (Photo:PTI)

45 crore COVID vaccines a month soon: Mansukh Mandaviya

Buffer stocks of medicines and oxygen had been prepared and 48,000 ventilators had been distributed to the states, the...

21 Dec 2021 6:45 AM IST