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New Delhi:  Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has made it mandatory for companies to link Aadhaar with every individual policy. 

The move comes even as the Supreme Court has asked banks not to spread panic through text messages on deadlines for linking bank accounts to Aadhaar.

Apprehension is high that insurers may hold claims payments until policyholders submit their Aadhaar and PAN number. 

New Delhi: Pakistan's accountability court has formally indicted ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif in three separate corruption references filed against him and his children by the National Accountability Bureau.

The court adjourned the hearing until November 15.

Rejecting his plea to club all the cases together, the judge called the former PM to the rostrum and read out the charges to him in each of the three references. Calling the investigation "malafide and politically motivated", Sharif pleaded not guilty to all charges.

New Delhi: BSP supremoMayawatihas asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to initiate action at his level on private sector reservation quota instead of making "hollow statements". 

Responding to Kumar`s advocacy for reservation in private sector, she said, "Those in alliance with the BJP in Bihar should ensure that reservation is given and not demanded. Mere hollow statements and cheap publicity on the matter will not suffice. The Bihar chief minister should initiate action at his level also."

 Her comments came against the backdrop of the Bihar chief minister favouring a 50 per cent reservation for backward classes in the private sector jobs and his suggestion for a national debate on it.