Aadhaar face verification, Amala Paul tax evasion and other top stories of the day

January 15, 2018 07:36 pm | Updated 08:32 pm IST

UIDAI to add face verification option for Aadhaar authentication

The Unique Identification Authority of India, the Aadhaar-issuing authority, has decided to enable face recognition as another means of authentication from July 1, 2018.

India, Israel ink nine pacts

Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on a six-day visit, dubbed the India-Israel relationship as a “marriage made in heaven.”

VHP leader Pravin Togadia goes "missing", says Ahmedabad police

VHP leader Dr Pravin Togadia has gone “missing” and Ahmedabad police have formed four teams to locate his whereabouts, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ahmedabad J.K. Bhatt, while denying that he has not been arrested either by Gujarat or Rajasthan police as was being speculated by VHP workers and followers.

Former Union Minister Raghunath Jha passes away in Delhi

Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Union Minister Raghunath Jha passed away late on Sunday at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. He was suffering from kidney ailment.

Vehicle tax evasion case: Actor Amala Paul surrenders

Actor Amala Paul on Monday surrendered before the the Crime Branch (CB) after the agency had indicted her in November last for having used phoney documents to fraudulently register her super luxury car in Puducherry to dodge the steep tax on opulent vehicles in Kerala.

South Africa vs India live scores Day 3 | de Villiers, Elgar steady South Africa

South Africa were 68 for two in their second innings when rain stopped play in the final session of the third day of the second cricket Test against India

Four non-fiction books to get you through this week

Here is a fresh list of non-fiction books to provide an exciting and knowledge-filled week ahead. Happy Reading!

Tamil Nadu has a big problem with dissent: T.M. Krishna at Lit for Life 2018

"Dissent seems to have a negative connotation and if they think of dissent, they think of some kind of hurting. Tamil Nadu has a big problem with dissent and even I wouldn't have had the guts to say this five years ago," says T.M. Krishna

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