Latest Aadhaar News & Updates

Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) apprehended four individuals, including a Sub-Registrar and contractual staff of the Sub-Registrar Office at Naroda-6 in Ahmedabad, in connection with an alleged bribery case involving Rs 2.5 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.According to the ACB, the complainant had approached the office for registration of a residential property document.During the process, Sub-Registrar Aakash Desai initially raised objections. Subsequently, contr…

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The government on Sunday dismissed reports claiming that Aadhaar cards will soon be reduced to a simple format with just a photograph and QR code, stating that there is no such proposal under consideration and terming the claims misleading.In an official statement, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that news reports and social media posts suggesting a change in Aadhaar’s format are incorrect and are creating unnecessary confusion among the publ…

Gandhinagar, April 29 (IANS) The Gujarat government has brought its 20 most frequently accessed public services under the ‘Digital Gujarat’ portal with mandatory Aadhaar authentication, aiming to ease delivery and ensure benefits reach only eligible beneficiaries. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held in Gandhinagar on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.Briefing on the decisions, government spokesperson and Minister Jitu Vaghani said the move follow…

Ahmedabad, April 29 (IANS) Two individuals from Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch in connection with an interstate cyber fraud case involving impersonation of senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and other agencies, police said on Wednesday.The complainant was allegedly cheated of around Rs 47.36 lakh in the case, officials added.Officials said the complainant was contacted between Apri…

Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took a stern view on the slow pace of investigation into the case of a girl who went missing from Gumla district in 2018.It granted the state government two weeks to show tangible progress, failing which the probe may be handed over to the CBI.During the hearing, a division bench headed by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of meaningful results even after more than seven years since the girl’s disappear…

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) In a significant push towards privacy-first digital services, the government on Monday said that at least 100 entities have been onboarded as Offline Verification Seeking Entities (OVSEs) within just three months of the rollout of Aadhaar-based offline verification.The milestone, achieved by the Unique Identification Authority of India, marks a major step in enabling secure, consent-driven and paperless identity verification using Aadhaar without requiring real-time ac…

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an acerbic attack on the Congress, accusing it of spreading misinformation on delimitation, adopting an “anti-reform” approach, and pursuing “negative politics” that harms national interest.He said the Congress is following a policy of divide and rule, which he alleged it inherited from the British, and is spreading misinformation that delimitation would adversely impact certain states.Addressing the nation a day after …

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that despite the setback in Parliament, it is only a matter of time before obstacles to women’s rightful representation are removed, asserting that the government’s commitment to women’s empowerment will remain unwavering.Addressing the nation, PM Modi said the fight for reservation for women would continue until it is achieved, emphasising determination and continuity in efforts.He targeted the Congress and its allies,…

Bhopal, April 18 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government said on Saturday that it has integrated more than 1,700 services from 56 departments onto a single platform and set a target of achieving 100 per cent digital service delivery by 2026, in a major push to make governance more transparent and accessible. The government added that this initiative is being driven through the ‘MP e-Seva Portal and Mobile App’, which serves as a unified digital platform for delivering citizen services.With this int…

Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday criticised the state government’s decision to remove four books from the school curriculum for the 2026-27 academic session.Dotasra said that the removal of books such as Rajasthan’s Freedom Movement and Gallantry Traditions (Class 9), History and Culture of Rajasthan (Class 10), Golden India After Independence (Class 11), and Golden India After Independence – Part 2 (Class 12) would result …