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This comes amid a heightened political debate, particularly after the Trinamool Congress raised concerns about duplicate EPIC entries in West Bengal. The EC has already announced plans to eliminate duplicate voter entries within three months. However, the move to link Aadhaar with EPIC is a significant and likely contentious step forward. Currently, the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, allows electoral officers to request voters' Aadhaar numbers, but it remains voluntary and is complicated by legal and privacy concerns. The EC has successfully entered a significant number of Aadhaar numbers into its database voluntarily but has been unable to fully integrate the two systems due to privacy concerns. Despite this, the EC has consistently advocated for Aadhaar seeding as a tool to prevent duplication in the electoral roll. In 2017, the EC even filed an application in the Supreme Court to continue linking Aadhaar with voter IDs, emphasizing its role in ensuring a clean and accurate electoral roll.

'I actually don't know what I will be doing post retirement, recently I asked a teammate the same question, and got the same reply. Yeah but may be a lot of traveling," said Virat Kohli. Recently, the peerless Virat Kohli said his job is not just to win ICC trophies but also ensure that Indian cricket is at a better place when he walks into the sunset, as the team won a third Champions Trophy title with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand here. India completed a chase of 252 with six balls to spare. «When you leave, you want to leave the team in a better place, I feel we've a squad that's ready to take on the world for the next eight years,» an ecstatic Kohli said after the end of the final. «It's been amazing, we wanted to bounce back after a tough Australian tour, and wanted to win a big tournament, so to win the Champions Trophy is amazing,» Kohli told broadcasters 'JioHotstar' with Shubman Gill by his side.

Following the offer on Friday, Israel said the Palestinian militants had «not budged a millimetre» after a proposal from US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy. The first phase of the truce, which began in January, ended on March 1 without agreement on next steps. A Hamas official said negotiations began in Doha on Tuesday. «The ball is in Israel's court,» a Hamas spokesman said. «We want to solidify the ceasefire agreement and force (Israel) to implement its terms,» Abdul Latif al-Qanou told AFP, accusing Israel of «delaying» its enforcement.

DC, led by Australian legend Meg Lanning, reached the final directly, having won five out of eight matches and finishing on the top of the table. This is their third consecutive final and will be looking to lift their first WPL title as they fell short in both 2023 and 2024. The Harmanpreer Kaur-led MI, finished second in the league stage with 10 points. Even though they were tied with Delhi, Mumbai had a lower Net Run Rate. They defeated Gujarat Giants comfortably in the Eliminator match to play their second WPL final. They were the inaugural champions of the tournament.

Sharad Pawar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to permit installing three horse-mounted statues of Peshwa Bajirao I, Mahadji Shinde and Malharrao Holkar at the Talkatora Stadium. The area around Talkatora Stadium holds immense importance in the military campaigns launched by the Maratha Empire against the Mughals in the 18th century. Pawar said a Pune-based NGO had planned to install busts of Bajirao, Shinde and Holkar at the Talkatora Stadium, but litterateurs and historians have weighed in favour of equestrian statues of the three warriors. «However, many literary figures and well-wishers have voiced the sentiment that full-sized equestrian statues would be a more fitting tribute to their valour and contribution,» he said in a letter to Modi. Pawar said as Talkatora Stadium falls under the jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), he was seeking the prime minister's intervention in directing the Government of Delhi and NDMC to grant the necessary permissions for installing full-sized equestrian statues.

Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel since February 22 picked up pace with the deployment of an 'autonomous hydraulic-powered robot' equipped with special machinery on Saturday. An autonomous hydraulic-powered robot is being used to remove soil, along with equipment such as a 30 HP capacity liquid ring vacuum pump and a vacuum tank machine, which facilitate the quick removal of soil and other debris inside the tunnel, accelerating the search operation, an official release said on Saturday. Approximately 620 cubic meters of soil and muck can be removed from the tunnel per hour using a conveyor belt, it added. Teams from the Army, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, HRDD (human remains detection dogs), state-run miner Singareni Collieries, a Hyderabad-based robotics company, and other agencies have been actively involved in the mission. The search operation has been ongoing round-the-clock, including de-watering efforts. The body of Gurpreet Singh, who worked as a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator, was recovered on March 9 and handed over to his family members in Punjab.

Indian Super League (ISL) on Saturday announced the dates for the 2024-25 playoffs with two-legged semifinals scheduled between April 2-6 and the final to be played on April 12. The league stage concluded on March 12. The Knockouts will be played on March 29 and 30, and the semifinals will be held on April 2, 3, 6 and 7. Mohun Bagan SG created history by clinching the League Shield for the second season in a row, becoming the first team in the competition to do so. Along with Mohun Bagan SG, FC Goa (2nd), Bengaluru FC (3rd), NorthEast United FC (4th), Jamshedpur FC (5th) and Mumbai City FC (6th) all confirmed their spots in the playoffs. In the playoffs, the teams ranked third to sixth will battle it out in two single-legged knockout matches to determine the opponents for Mohun Bagan SG and FC Goa, who made it directly to the semi-finals.

Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday alleged that SFI is mainly responsible for the widespread drug distribution and consumption in colleges and hostels in Kerala and CM Vijayan is «encouraging» them. He also demanded the disbanding of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student organisation of ruling CPI(M). The Congress's sharp reaction came in the wake of police seizing two kilograms of ganja from the men's hostel of a Government Polytechnic College in Kalamassery in Kochi on Thursday night and arresting two students. CPI(M) strongly rejected the charges saying that there is an agenda to eliminate SFI. The incident triggered a blame game among student outfit leaders, including those from the Kerala Students Union (KSU) and the SFI, over the alleged involvement of their activists in the crime. The Congress leadership has been alleging that SFI leaders were involved in the ganja seizure case and the left outfit is playing a key role in the spread of drugs across campuses.

Indian Commonwealth Games champion and Olympian Lakshya Sen bowed out of the All-England Open 2025 after losing his men's singles quarter-final match in Birmingham on Friday. Lakshya Sen, 15th in the men's singles badminton rankings, lost 21-10, 21-16 against reigning Asian Games champion and world No. 6 Shi Feng Li of the People's Republic of China, as per Olympics.com. Sen matched the sixth seed Shi Feng Li shot for shot in the early exchanges to lead 4-3 before the latter picked up nine successive points and took control of the game. The Indian badminton player managed to pick just six points for the rest of the first game as Shi Feng Li comfortably wrapped out the opener. Lakshya Sen mounted a brief comeback to lead Shi Feng Li 11-8 at the second-game interval. However, Shi Feng Li switched gears after the break to win the contest in 45 minutes. This was Lakshya Sen's third defeat in seven meetings against Shi Feng Li.

ITAT) in Mumbai has ruled in favour of an individual who claimed non-resident status for tax purposes as he had spent 210 days abroad for work and job search, according to a TOI report by Lubna Kably. The tribunal clarified that an individual’s tax residency status must be decided only based on the number of days spent in India. M Gulati, the taxpayer, did not disclose his overseas income of Rs 1.2 crore for the financial year 2015-16, asserting that he was a non-resident because he stayed in India for less than 182 days. The Income-tax department, however, contended that of the 210 days spent outside India, 28 days were used to search for employment and thus should not be counted. Based on this, the department treated him as a tax resident, making his global income taxable in India. The ITAT rejected this argument and held that days spent abroad for seeking employment must be considered as valid for determining non-resident status. The tribunal referred to Explanation 1 to section 6(1) of the Income-tax Act, which provides that if a person leaves India for employment purposes, they will be considered a tax resident only if they stay in India for 182 days or more in that year.

«India is now one of the four countries in the world to have demonstrated both docking and undocking technology,» Narayanan told reporters. Recalling the preparations the organisation did before the mission, Narayanan mentioned that they carried out over 120 computer simulations of the mission to make sure there wouldn't be any mistakes during the mission. «On January 16, we had a major achievement; we successfully docked both the satellites together, and it was rotating as a single body. Then, we wanted to separate it out, the undocking process, for that we carried out a lot of studies and analysis and we made a simulator and carried out 120 simulations, as there should not be any mistakes. On 13th March, at 9:20 am, in the first attempt itself, we succeeded in the undocking process,» the ISRO chairman said. On January 16, ISRO scientists successfully demonstrated their space docking ability by docking two satellites launched under SpaDex.

«We were going ahead of the scooty, we were turning right and there was a pothole on the road. There was a scooty and a car while we were turning right… The car slightly touched the other vehicle and the airbag opened suddenly, our vision was hampered and the car went out of control. We were going at 50 km/hour,» said Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia, who has been arrested after the accident. A woman was killed on the spot and four others sustained injuries in the accident on Friday. The accident occurred around 12.30 am near Muktanand cross roads in the Karelibaug area. The 20-year-old law student was allegedly speeding and cops said it could be a case of drunk driving as eyewitnesses, who caught Chaurasiya at the scene, told the police that he appeared intoxicated and was screaming «another round, another round» after coming out of the car.

Rakshit Chaurasiya, was arrested, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Panna Momaya. It could be a case of drunk driving as eyewitnesses, who caught Chaurasiya at the scene, told the police that he appeared intoxicated and was screaming «another round, another round» after coming out of the car, the official said. The deceased woman has been identified as Hemali Patel, who was riding her scooter at the time of the accident. Chaurasiya, who originally hails from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, is a law student and lives in a PG accommodation here, Momaya told reporters.

Property developers are increasingly focusing on green building initiatives as investors prioritise sustainable assets and green leases. Bengaluru, India’s tech capital, leads in green asset adoption, followed closely by Delhi-NCR and Hyderabad, reflecting a strong commitment to environmental consciousness in major business hubs. As sustainability becomes a key investment criterion, green buildings are emerging as attractive assets for both developers and investors, shaping the future of commercial real estate.

Cocoa futures on the ICE exchange hit four-month lows on Friday and headed for 3% losses for the week, amid a large increase in ICE-certified stocks and benign weather forecasts for West Africa. London cocoa fell 3.6% to 6,110 pounds per metric ton at 1259 GMT. Dealers noted ICE-certified stocks have shot up to their highest since early January ahead of the expiry of the front month cocoa contract later this session.

LVMH will ask shareholders to raise the age limit for its CEO and chairman to 85, allowing its billionaire boss Bernard Arnault to remain longer at the helm of the French luxury goods group. Bernard, 76, created the group and has grown it into the world's largest in its sector, holding the position of both chief executive and chairman of the board, and making him the wealthiest man outside the United States. But he has yet to name a successor, even though his five children — ranging in age from 27 to 49 — work for the group and four sit on its board. At the company's next general meeting on April 17, shareholders will be asked to vote on an amendment to «to harmonize the age limits for the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, bringing them to 85 years,» according to a posting in an official gazette. The company had already raised the age limit for CEO to 80 in 2022. In July 2022, Bernard Arnault consolidated family control over LVMH by reorganizing his Agache holding company into a limited partnership.

Copper prices recoiled from a five-month peak on Friday, as disappointing loans data from top metals consumer China and concerns around U.S. tariffs dampened buying activity.

Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress has invited deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party to join the opposition. Former state Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday claimed that the opposition would give both Shinde and Pawar the position of chief minister if they join the opposition in toppling the government. «We are a national party. If they (Shinde and Pawar) join us, we will support them.

Thangam Thennarasu presented the DMK government’s fifth state budget since coming to power in 2021 under chief minister MK Stalin. This is Thennarasu’s second budget after taking over as finance minister in May 2023 during a Cabinet reshuffle.

«In the days to come, you should expect more visas will be revoked as we identify people that we should have never allowed in,» Rubio told reporters following a meeting of G7 foreign ministers. The Trump administration is moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the United States who recently graduated from Columbia University and had helped lead high-profile campus protests against Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.

The fees are being collected at hotels during check-in and are deposited into the Tourism Sustainability Development (TSD) Fund to improve tourism infrastructure and services across the state, the officials said. All tourists, barring children under the age of five are being charged the amount for stay for up to 30 days, they said.