Will linking Aadhaar card to PAN raise security issues and invade privacy of citizens?
The Centre defended linking Aadhaar with permanent account number (PAN) in the Supreme Court, saying that the government is entitled to ask for identification details of citizens.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi argued that petitioners cannot live in a vacuum and cannot ask to remain invisible. People don't live in the Himalayas, he added.
Whereas, opposing Centre's move on Aadhaar, senior counsellor Arvind Datar said that any encroachment on human liberty must be resisted and government's move is draconian in nature.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
