Banking reforms: Cooperative banks get Aadhaar-enabled services under simplified UIDAI framework; boost for rural inclusion

A new Aadhaar-based framework has been rolled out for cooperative banks, paving the way for them to offer authentication and eKYC services that had long remained out of reach due to compliance and cost hurdles.Announcing the initiative at a workshop in New Delhi on Friday, Cooperation Ministry Secretary Ashish Kumar Bhutani said the move will…

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‘Let children celebrate’: NCR states urge SC to lift ban on crackers; propose bursting of green crackers in Diwali | India News

NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region (NCR) states on Friday requested the Supreme Court to allow the bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and surrounding areas during Diwali.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the NCR states, told a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran that green firecrackers could be permitted…

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Deepika Padukone designed her vanity vans like her homes; Shah Rukh Khan’s van has a gym, reveals interior designer Vinita Chaitanya |

While vanity vans are often discussed as symbols of stardom, interior designer Vinita Chaitanya suggests that, for some actors, they are deeply personal spaces shaped by routine and function. Speaking about her long-standing association with Deepika Padukone, who recently in the spotlight for moving into a Rs 100-crore quadruplex at Bandra Bandstand, Vinita revealed that…

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Former national tennis champion banned for two years; morphine found in dope test | Tennis News

Tennis (Representational Photo) The International Tennis Integrity Agency has suspended former national champion Dalwinder Singh for two years after he tested positive for morphine use.Singh, who achieved his highest world singles ranking of 791 in April 2017, was found positive for morphine during an ITF World Tennis Tour event in Chandigarh in March 2025.“During the…

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Sunita Ahuja says Govinda has to ‘lose weight’ and ‘take care of himself’; reveals the actor spends lakhs on ‘puja paath’: ‘They make him a fool’ |

Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja, has never shied away from speaking her mind, and her latest comments are about her husband’s growing reliance on pandits and astrologers, his expensive pujas, and the people she believes have been giving him poor advice. With her trademark honesty, Sunita revealed how the ‘Raja Babu’ actor spends lakhs on rituals…

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Rajesh Khanna’s rivalry with Amitabh Bachchan left Rajat Bedi’s father in financial loss, made him alcoholic reveals ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ actor | Hindi Movie News

Rajat Bedi who’s been in the news for his comeback with Aryan Khan‘s show, ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ is producer/director Narendra Bedi‘s son. For those not in the know, the late Narendra Bedi has made movies like ‘Benaam’, ‘Adalat’ which starred Amitabh Bachchan and also movies like ‘Bandhan’, ‘Jawani Deewani’, ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ among others….

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