Aadhaar
- India
UP, Maharashtra will no longer accept Aadhaar for birth certificates
In a notification released by the state governments of both Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, Aadhaar cards will no longer be deemed acceptable as proof of birth or for issuing a birth certificate.…
- India
‘Silent invisible rigging’: fumes TMC fumes over 34 lakh Aadhaar deactivation
Kolkata: The TMC on Thursday tore into the EC and the BJP after UIDAI disclosed that around 32-34 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated in West Bengal, and alleged the figures point…
- Featured News
Call for better regulations on Aadhaar governance and privacy
India’s Aadhaar identification system is a biometric identification of citizens, meant to streamline and universalise service delivery mechanisms through documentation of people’s demographic and biometric data. Aadhaar enrolment, which was voluntary earlier,…
- India
Jharkhand: Newborns enrolled in Aadhaar, birth certificates issued on same day
Jamshedpur: The Chakradharpur divisional railway hospital in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district said newborns in the medical facility were enrolled in Aadhaar and their birth certificates were issued simultaneously for the first time,…
- Technology
UIDAI forms high-level expert panel to make Aadhaar future-ready
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has formed a high-level expert panel to make Aadhaar technology future-ready, especially for scalability and resilience against evolving cybersecurity threats, an official statement said…
- Telangana
HC declines to direct EC on Aadhaar-based voter authentication
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday ruled that it cannot issue directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to implement voter authentication systems based on Aadhaar-linked biometrics or mobile OTP…
- India
SIR in Bengal: ECI officials clear doubts raised by BLOs on Aadhaar
Kolkata: The members of the Central team of the Election Commission of India (ECI), who are on a two-day visit to West Bengal to review the preparedness of the special intensive revision…
- India
Aadhaar should be integrated with chips to ensure fair elections: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has demanded that Aadhaar cards be integrated with chips to prevent fraudulent votes from being cast by creating fake Aadhaar IDs. A statement issued by the…
- Technology
UIDAI urges schools to ensure timely Aadhaar biometric updates for children
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday urged schools across the country to actively support the timely completion of Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU) in Aadhaar for children, especially…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana govt to hold 1 day camp for transgender IDs
Hyderabad: Telangana Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Transgender persons, will be conducting a state-level camp on August 26, providing transgender persons in the state with a certificate…
- India
SC allows Aadhaar for voter roll revision in Bihar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, August 22, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allow excluded voters to submit claims through online mode besides making physical submissions in the…
- India
UIDAI unveils Aadhaar-based authentication framework for cooperative banks
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday rolled out a new framework to onboard cooperative banks and enable them to deliver Aadhaar-based authentication services to mark the International…
- Telangana
Telangana: Payments for Indiramma houses to be processed via Aadhaar
Hyderabad: Payments to beneficiaries of Indiramma Housing Scheme will now be processed through an Aadhaar-based Payment System (ABPS), announced the Telangana chief minister’s office on Friday, August 8. According to a press…
- India
Exclusion of Aadhaar, ration cards in SIR ‘patently absurd’: Petitioner NGO to SC
New Delhi: NGO Association for Democratic Reforms has told the Supreme Court that the exclusion of Aadhaar and ration cards from the list of acceptable documents in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
- Hyderabad
Aadhaar enrollment centers in Hyderabad leave applicants in limbo
Hyderabad: Many residents in various areas of Hyderabad were left in limbo as technical disruptions at Aadhaar enrollment centers left them stranded. Long queues were seen at the center as the server remained…
