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New Delhi:Minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh has said in 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies that Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension. He said Aadhaar is an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks.

His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts.

The minister clarified that Aadhaar has not been made mandatory for getting pension for government employees, according to the minutes of the meeting.Aadhaar is a 12-digit number, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), that acts as identification and address proof.

New Delhi: A Delhi court has reserved its order in the ongoing National Herald case in which BJP leader Subramanian Swamy accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and others of allegedly cheating and misappropriating funds.Swamy moved three applications against them in this case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal would pronounce the orders on May 26 on the applications, which have been opposed by the Gandhis and others contending that they were without any merit.

New Delhi:The Kerala High Court observed in the case of OommenChandy being accused of sexual assault charges that charges of sexual assault raised by SarithaNair will not come under the preview of the Justice G Sivarajan Commission probing solar panel scam. It, however, refused to quash the commission’s report altogether as sought by Chandy.

The court expunged all remarks and findings by the commission that probed the multi-crore solar panel scam based on a letter reportedly written by the main accused Saritha Nair alleging sexual harassment against former chief minister OommenChandy.

The state government cannot file any case against the Congress leader after the court’s verdict.Chandy moved the court after the inquiry commission that probed the scam prepared a report treating the letter written by Nair while she was in jail as the main evidence. He contended that the findings of the commission based on her letter were arbitrary in nature and prepared without hearing him.

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister ArvindKejriwal, his cabinet colleagues and MLAs sat on a 'dharna' for over three hours near the L-G office asking him ‘not to stall’ the project under ‘pressure from the BJP.’ Fight between the AAP government and Lt Governor over installing CCTV cameras in Delhi has intensified.

Kejriwal and his colleagues sat on 'dharna' after the police officials deployed at L-G Anil Baijal's office told the chief minister that he and his ministers can meet Baijal, but the AAP legislators will not be allowed to go with them. Shortly after, Kejriwal, his ministers, legislators and AAP supporters sat on a 'dharna' barely 100 metres from Baijal's office in protest. "The L-G does not want to meet MLAs. He only wants to meet me and cabinet ministers.