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KALYAN: Even as the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) election process gathers momentum, thousands of commuters across Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath are bracing for disruption with the closure of the city's vital Waldhuni rail overbridge for major repair work. The nearly 30-year-old bridge, a crucial east-west connector and a primary entry point into Kalyan from neighbouring towns, will...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu minister for food and civil supplies R Sakkarapani on Tuesday announced that ration cards will not be cancelled for not recording fingerprints of all family members.The Union government has asked the ration cardholders to update biometric details, including fingerprint details, of all family members. Workers have been instructed to collect the fingerprints whenever the beneficiaries...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the bloody ethnic conflict in the state whose records are already available with the UIDAI.Observing that it does not propose to run the administration in Manipur, the apex court said necessary...

THANE: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three people in Thane district's Bhiwandi for allegedly selling bogus ration cards.The arrested accused have been identified as ration card agents Irfan Ali Ansari and Sanjay Bodhe and ration shop owner Naushad Rai Ahmed Sheikh.Police also seized incriminating documents from them, reported PTI quoting ATS Thane unit inspector Ananda Patil.A case...