Everything you need to know about Nandan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Nandan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Panaji, May 21 (IANS) The Goa government will complain to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about some Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers indulging in "politics", said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday while accusing a central officer of trying to intimidate state bureaucracy.
Dharamsala, May 18 (IANS) Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here Saturday.
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Telugu director Venkat Pampana, who has included a mythological character in his upcoming socio-fantasy "Nenu Chala Worst", says such characters are always loved by the audiences - provided they are presented in an interesting way.
Panaji, May 16 (IANS) Bogus ration cards, a fact which has been acknowledged by Goa's civil supplies ministry, are being used to acquire Aadhar cards in the state, a civil society group claimed Thursday.
Mohali, May 9 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Thursday.
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Thursday.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians clash in the Indian Premier League at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday:
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme will be expanded to include Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, where biometric data is being collected under the National Population Register.
Mumbai, Apr 1 (IANS) There is an urgent need to open up government data for the public and create a public information infrastructure for democratizing information, technocrat Sam Pitroda said here Monday.
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New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Despite being removed as the team doctor on the demand of Somdev Devvarman-led rebels, hockey Olympian Vece Paes was brought back in the Davis Cup fold on Saturday.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as reviewed the implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme and Aadhar enrollment in the Capital City in a high level meeting which was attended by the Food and Supplies Minister
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) The mass outrage over the Delhi gang-rape and the protests against corruption will bring in real changes in governance in India, said UIDAI chief Nandan Nilekani and writer Gurcharan Das at the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Mumbai bowled out the Services for 240 to take the first innings lead and enter the final of the Ranji Trophy for a record 44th time on the sixth and reserve day of their semi-final tie here at the Palam A Ground Monday.
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England at the VCA Stadium here Sunday:
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England at the VCA Stadium here Sunday:
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England at the VCA Stadium here Sunday:
Nagpur, Dec 13 (IANS) The scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England at the VCA Stadium here Thursday:
Nagpur, Dec 13 (IANS) Scoreboard at tea on the first day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England at the VCA Stadium here Thursday:
Nagpur, Dec 13 (IANS) coreboard at lunch on the first day of the fourth and final cricket Test match between India and England here at the VCA Stadium Thursday:
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) Application of the biometric database of unique identification number (UID) could be expanded beyond the proposed cash transfer scheme of the union government, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani said here Friday.
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday urged entrepreneurs globally to invest in the state since it was now "peaceful" and showed economic progress.
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is executing the "Aadhaar" scheme pan-India, Friday launched a new facility to enable people update their demographic profile by post or by way of an online application.
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Nine ministries have been asked by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to immediately operationalise the direct cash transfer scheme announced for 51 of the country's 640 districts, including the opening of beneficiary bank accounts.
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee Sunday said the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was "losing its character and seriousness" following the shift of the inauguration ceremony from the traditional state-run Nandan Auditorium.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (ANI): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched its 'public data portal' for the Aadhaar project in line with the national data sharing and accessibility policy (NSDAP) 2012.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Misgovernance in India stems from inherent flaws in the system that need to be removed at the structural level as corruption is rooted in "permission raj" that requires "layers and layers of clearances" for any project, noted political analyst and journalist Shankkar Aiyar says in his new book.
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) An apolitical organisation Sunday held a debate here to seek a new constitution to eradicate corruption.
Dudu (Jaipur), Oct 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the biometric identity card would prove beneficial for the poor and unemployed population.
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Wednesday stayed the ongoing electoral process for the student union elections in Lucknow University. The polls were slated for Oct 15.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) To extend its reach to internet users, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which administers the Aadhar card, Wednesday launched the 'Aadhaar Official Channel' on YouTube.
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Labour trouble is brewing again for Air India as a pilots' union has sent a legal notice to the national carrier for implementing new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms given by the aviation regulator.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Sept 16 (ANI): Centre's decision to introduce Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector got another shot in the arm on Sunday, as the advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, Sam Pitroda, extended his support to the move.
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) National carrier Air India Wednesday said it plans to deploy its newly-acquired Boeing 787 Dreamliner in service from Sep 19, with the first commercial flight slated between New Delhi and Chennai.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Amidst much fanfare, Air India's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived in the national capital Saturday, ending a four-year wait.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Flag carrier Air India Thursday took charge of the first of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Charleston in South Carolina in the US, ahead of flying it down to the Indian capital.
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) The country needs national leaders from science and engineering and not just politics, sports and cinema, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Saturday.
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) After coming under criticism from wild life activists, authorities in Odisha Wednesday released a leopard into the wild, a month after it was captured by officials from a human habitation.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Shikha Swaroop, who rose to fame with popular costume drama "Chandrakanta", will now be seen as Kaikayee in a new version of the "Ramayana". The actress is aware the role will typecast her, but says she isn't worried about this.
Bhubaneswar, Aug 7 (IANS) A leopard currently lodged at a zoo after being captured about a month ago in Odisha's Subarnapur district could be released into the wild soon, a minister said Tuesday.
Raipur, Aug 3 (IANS) Three new-born lion cubs at the famous Nandan Van on the outskirts of the Chhattisgarh capital died Friday, shocking animal lovers and zoo officials.
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) In a bid to straighten things out in troubled national carrier Air India, the government has appointed Nasir Ali, an official who is heading a panel dealing with human resource issues, as the new joint managing director.
Bhubaneswar, July 9 (IANS) Odisha officials have drawn flak after a captured male leopard was brought to the residence of a district collector to "entertain" people in the area.
Despite officially announcing to call off 59-days long strike, Air India (AI) Management has informed media that there is still stalemate situation as AI Management has not got any official communication from the striking pilots and the news of ending up the strike came to it only through media........
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A day after Air India pilots called off their 59-day strike, the sparring continued Thursday with the management saying that it was still to get any official communication but the aviators maintaining that they had written to the airline's chief.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Air India's losses have mounted to Rs.600 crore with the pilots' strike continuing for the 54th day Friday.
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) When you spot a middle-aged Sikh swaying and dancing to an Assamese folk number, you know music knows no language. That's just what the second season of "Coke Studio@MTV" is set to prove.
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The government wants to plug leakages in the public distribution system (PDS) before it implements the ambitious National Food Security Bill and has asked states to complete the process of computerisation of data on beneficiaries by October this year.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday discussed a fresh row between the home ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and decided both will collect biometric data of 1.2 billion Indians, said sources.
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Air India chief Rohit Nandan Saturday warned that the airline may not be able to survive in the long run if its pilots don't end their 26-day-old strike.
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) The strike by Air India pilots entered the 26th day Saturday, pushing up the airline's revenue losses to more than Rs.350 crore, one of the biggest loss suffered by it in any strike.
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Director Mrinal Sen, rated as one of the pioneers of the alternative cinema movement in the country, turned 90 Monday. He spent the day attending a series of events organised in his honour.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Director Kunal Deshmukh, who teamed up with Emraan Hashmi again for "Jannat 2", says the audiences have suddenly woken up to the actor's talent. He feels Emraan's career graph resembles that of Saif Ali Khan.
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Late filmmaker Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray said on his father's 92nd birth anniversary Wednesday that he will make a film on Professor Shonku, a character created by his father.
New Delhi, Mar.30 (ANI): Employees of India's ailing national carrier, Air India, on Friday called off their proposed threat to go on an indefinite strike from Monday (April 2) after the management promised to clear their salaries and other dues by June this year.
Washington, Mar 30(ANI): Rihanna has revealed that as a kid, she used to sit outside her home in Bridgetown, Barbados, scanning the skies at night for signs of aliens.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced the use of Aadhaar, the unique identification number concept recommended by the Former Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani's for fertilizer management system.
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented the Union Budget 2012-13 in Lok Sabha.
New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Amid intense discussions and debate, the Congress Core Committee on Tuesday finally decided that Vijay Bahuguna, the Member of Parliament representing Tehri Garhwal, will take over as the next chief minister of Uttarakhand.
Dehradun, Mar 13 (ANI): Vijay Bahuguna, the Member of Parliament representing Tehri Garhwal, was sworn in as the chief minister of Uttarakhand here on Tuesday evening.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries, but would also help in reducing the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages among others.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries, but would also help in reducing the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages among others.
The ongoing tussle between home ministry and planning commission has been resolved on Friday in a joint meeting of Home Minister P Chidambaram, Planning Commission...
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Cabinet committee today cleared the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) proposal to enroll an extra 40 crore people in 16 states. The biometrics in other states will be collected under the National Population Register, NPR project.
The halted UIDAI project is likely to catch its speed since now, as Home Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia
New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Planning Commission, Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that there is a need to address and resolve certain technicalities in the Universal Identification Card (UID) programme.
New Delhi, Oct 20(ANI): The Planning Commission is hopeful of attaining growth rate of nine percent from fiscal year 2012 onwards.
Mumbai, Sep 15 (ANI): Legendary Liverpool defender Phil Thompson took out time on Wednesday to train students of a municipal school in Mumbai.
Chorwad (Gujarat), Sep.7 (ANI): More than eight fishermen are trapped at sea in a fishing trawler, off the Chorwad coast in Gujarat.
Chorwad (Gujarat), Sep.7 (ANI): More than eight fishermen are trapped at sea in a fishing trawler, off the Chorwad coast in Gujarat.
New Delhi, Aug 12(ANI): Civil Aviation Ministry Joint Secretary Rohit Nandan will replace Arvind Jadhav as the new Air India Chairman and Managing Director.
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The Finance Ministry has decided to extend the terms of reference of the task force, which was constituted under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), to recommend and implement a solution for direct transfer of subsidies on kerosene, LPG and fertilizer to the intended beneficiaries.
New Delhi, July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the direct subsidy transfer on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fertiliser and kerosene is meant to curb pilferage and leakages.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today urged the officers of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to make sustained and strategic efforts throughout the year for the realisation of the challenging revenue target of Rs. 3,92, 908 crore for indirect taxes for 2011-12.
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said the government would make as many as 5,00,000 villages broadband-enabled in two years, as part of an ambitious fibre-to-home plan.
Patna, Mar 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil praising the Government of Bihar for its several initiatives aimed at providing educational benefits to women, on Tuesday said the efforts of governments should be to enable even the weaker sections to enjoy the fruits of development.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the government is committed to improve the efficiency and equity of tax system by eliminating distortions in the tax structure and introducing moderate levels of taxation.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (ANI): The Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Nandan Nilekani, has said that the authority will empower the people of India to take full benefits from welfare schemes, in due course becoming a tool of development and social inclusion.
Pune, Oct 3 (ANI): The first ever 'Parliament of Student Council Leaders' (Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad) will be held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Pune from January 12 to 14.
New Delhi, Oct.1 (ANI-Business Wire India): The 8TH Asian Network for Quality Congress to be held between October 19 and 22 here, promises to be a truly international quality event of the highest order.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi has sought the help of Indian Army personnel for specific tasks to ensure a successful conduct of the 2010 Games.
Aurangabad, Aug 11 (ANI): An ageing lioness is battling for its life after getting injured while being shifted for treatment in Maharashtra.
London, July 31 (ANI): An Indian origin businessman has been charged for spearheading Britain's biggest Ponzi fraud, cheating investors, including a former England cricketer, of 115-million-pounds.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Petroleum Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday aiming to curb pilferage of Public Distribution System (PDS) kerosene and domestic LPG and to facilitate close coordination on the 'Aadhaar' project.
Nandan Nagar (Tripura), June 11 (ANI): Tripura has abundant crop of pineapples following two consecutive years of low production.
New Delhi, Apr 1 (ANI): To create a comprehensive identity database in the country, the Government will launch Census-2011 here today.
Mumbai, Mar 20 (ANI): The Unique Identification Data Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani on Saturday said the unique identification number would help poor to access and benefit from government schemes with more ease.
New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Minister on Friday presented the Union Budget 2010-11 in the Parliament
Mumbai/Singapore, Nov.19 (ANI): A rebounding stock market that gained two-thirds in the past year and an economy growing at six percent have boosted the net worth of India's richest people, according to the latest Forbes' India rich list.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief Nandan Nilekani has said that various banks, tax authorities, utilities and other service providers would be roped in to enroll people for the issue of unique identification numbers.
Kolkata, Oct 25 (ANI): Students and climate activists took out a march here in support of '350 Day' - a day dedicated to climate action.
Chennai, Sep 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday that the proposed unique multi-purpose national identity cards would be issued to all citizens of the country by 2011.
Mumbai, Sep 9 (ANI): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief Nandan Nilekani said on Wednesday that at least 60 crore people would get their identity cards in next five years.
New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): A national workshop on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was organised in the capital on Thursday to discuss various modes for the better implementation of schemes under the Act.
New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): A national workshop on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was organised in the capital on Thursday to discuss various modes for the better implementation of schemes under the Act.
New Delhi, Aug 12 (ANI): The first meeting of the Prime Minister's Council of UID Authority of India took place at 7 Race Course Road under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
New Delhi, Aug.12 (ANI): Eleven members of a council constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) met here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug.3 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has constituted a Council under his chairmanship to advice the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and ensure coordination between the Ministries, stakeholders and partners.
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): Nandan Nilekani took over as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIADI) here today.
