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You don't need an Aadhaar smart card, because there is no such card
Some unscrupulous entities are charging Rs 50 to Rs 200 for printing Aadhaar on a plastic card in the name of smart card.
After travelling for 18 hours, 'water train' reaches drought-hit Latur
The district administration has acquired a huge well located near Latur railway station to store the water which will then be supplied to Latur town.
Lionel Messi remains world's top paid footballer
Messi's earnings in 2015 rose by nine million euros compared to the previous figures, keeping Ronaldo (67.4m euros) and Neymar (43.5m euros) as the top three stayed unchanged for the third year running.
Only film I am working on right now is 'Half Girlfriend', confirms Arjun Kapoor
The 'Gunday' star previously starred in Abhishek Verman's '2 States' along with Alia Bhatt, which was an adaptation of Bhagat's novel '2 States: The Story of My Marriage'.
Discovering Rajasthan beyond deserts
When anybody mentions Rajasthan, what first comes to mind is a desert. In an attempt to dispel this, photographer Sudhir Kasliwal shows his love for the state by presenting distinctly dramatic and alluring shots of a Rajasthan beyond the desert sands.
New batch of JF-17 Thunder jets inducted into PAF fleet
Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said the addition of the JF-17 aircraft built at Kamra airbase with the support of China would strengthen the tactical and surveillance capabilities of the PAF.
'Three suicide bombers' attack police station in south Russia
A senior police officer said that in all there were five explosions: the three suicide bombers and one grenade, but that the cause of the fifth blast was not immediately known.
Trimbakeshwar temple revokes its ban on men's entry in sanctum sanctorum
A meeting of the Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust held in Nashik on Sunday revoked its earlier resolution on restricting entry of men into the sanctum sanctorum.
Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
The tower will be slender, evoking the image of a minaret, and will be anchored to the ground with sturdy cables, Emaar said.
Kerry visits Hiroshima memorial 7 decades after A-bomb
Many Americans believe the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan on August 6, 1945, and on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days later were justified and hastened the end of the war.
Ranbir Kapoor is the best actor this country has seen, says Sayani Gupta
The actress also feels that they share a 'similar approach', but says that she is not even "close to his potential as an actor".
BJP has emerged as only alternative in Bengal, claims Arun Jaitley
The TMC had the opportunity in the last five years to make a turnaround but the party has instead got embroiled in one scandal after another, Jaitley claimed.
New way to predict earthquakes found
"This discovery defied our understanding of how faults accumulate and release stress over time," Sylvain Barbot, from NTU's Asian School of the Environment said.
61 assembly constituencies in Assam, 31 in West Bengal go to polls on Monday
525 candidates are in the fray for 61 of the 126 Assembly constituencies in Assam for the second and final phase of polling on Monday.