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Activist Rohit Choudhary had filed a Right to Information application seeking information on the number of Rohingya Muslims living in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

J&K: RTI reveals 27 Rohingya families staying illegaly, own sim cards

The petitioner also said, authorities need to find out how SIM cards were obtained, given that Rohingyas don't have...

13 March 2018 4:59 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Aadhaar not mandatory for NEET, all India exams: SC to CBSE

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief justice Dipak Misra directed the CBSE to upload the information on their...

7 March 2018 5:04 PM IST

The Centre had earlier this year made Aadhaar mandatory for availing crop insurance policies. (Representational Image | AFP)

March 31 Aadhaar linking deadline may be extended: Govt to SC

On December 15 last year, the apex court had extended till March 31 the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar.

6 March 2018 9:13 PM IST

The home ministry said late on Thursday the agencies could intercept, monitor and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer under an Information Technology Act.

India empowers agencies to snoop on computers; critics decry...

They would need approval from the senior-most civil servant in the interior ministry to carry out such surveillance.

22 Dec 2018 3:52 PM IST

In the beta form, users can generate their Virtual ID and use it to update address in Aadhaar online for the time being, according to UIDAI which announced the Virtual ID concept earlier this year to address privacy concerns.

UIDAI extends deadline to deploy Virtual ID system to July 1

The Virtual ID (VID) feature is aimed at giving users the option of not sharing their Aadhaar number.

31 May 2018 2:58 PM IST

80% of bank accounts and 60% of mobile connections have been linked with Aadhaar, according to a UIDAI official .

Relax Aadhaar linkage deadline, asks Assocham

The PSU lenders are fire fighting to protect their core business and are hard pressed for human and other resources.

5 March 2018 2:16 AM IST

UIDAI on Tuesday said it does not have information about bank accounts, health records, or financial and property details of Aadhaar holders.

Aadhaar not mandatory for getting pension: Govt

There are about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.

15 May 2018 1:59 PM IST

Bill Gates is more concerned about the benefits his organisations like Microsoft or Gates Foundation can reap.

Access control: Why it makes sense for Gates to promote Aadhaar

Gates is the man who built Microsoft Windows, among the world's most vulnerable operating systems.

14 May 2018 1:33 AM IST

Muttaiah Nadar, a multi-millionaire, had fallen prey to a gang, which intoxicated him on a train from Mumbai to the state. However, Aadhaar became the foundation on which he was reunited with his family. (Photo: representational | file)

UIDAI calls report on new Aadhaar database leak false, baseless'

'There is no truth as there has been absolutely no breach of UIDAIs Aadhaar database. Aadhaar remains safe and secure,'...

24 March 2018 9:35 PM IST

Aadhaar wallet app is the first government run wallet app for money transfers that enables digitisation of money and prevents theft or fraud.

Aadhaar system security flaw: Every Indian citizen's private details...

A new report states that a major lapse in API security can leak all Aadhaar details.

24 March 2018 11:59 AM IST

Supreme Court allows power point presentation on issue

From July this year, face identification will be used for authentication and soon QR codes on Aadhaar will have a photo.

23 March 2018 1:15 AM IST

Aadhaar is a 12-digit biometric based identification. (Photo:Representational/AFP)

Will take more than age of universe to hack data: Aadhaar chief to SC

UIDAI CEO Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey said Aadhaar is one nationally acceptable robust verifiable ID card.

22 March 2018 7:35 PM IST