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Aadhaar card usage history: How to check if your Aadhaar was misused

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Aadhaar card usage history: Here is how you can check where all your Aadhaar has been misused or used for an authentication process without your knowledge. Aadhaar card usage history: Aadhaar is the 12-digit number issued to the Indian citizens by Unique Identification Authority Of India (UIDAI). It contains both the demographic as well as biometric data of the citizens. It is used as a digital identity proof for availing a host of government subsidies and benefits. In some cases, such as for getting a permanent account number (PAN) card by the Income Tax Department or getting food essentials under the public distribution system (PDS), having an Aadhaar is mandatory. However, due to a number of reports over the past couple of years regarding the security of Aadhaar database, it is quite natural for citizens to be worried about the use of their data. We explain how you can check where all your Aadhaar has been used. How can you check where your Aadhaar is used: STEP 1: ...

Diamond trader who bought Modi suit ‘duped’ of Rs 1 crore

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Kamlesh Kevadia, the general manager of Dharmanandan Diamonds at Katargam, has lodged the complaint of cheating against Himmat Koshiya and his brother Vijay, the owners of a diamond firm at Nandu Doshi Ni Wadi in Katargam. “The accused neither returned the diamonds nor paid cash. With the same modus operandi, they had also cheated another diamond merchant in Varachha. We are trying to locate the accused Koshiya brothers and will arrest them soon,” said the officer. The Surat diamond merchant, who had bought the pinstripe ‘name suit’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Rs 4.31 crore in an auction in 2015, has allegedly been cheated of Rs 1 crore by another firm. A complaint of cheating was registered by the general manager of Lalji Patel-owned Dharmanandan Diamonds with Katargam police Tuesday. Kamlesh Kevadia, the general manager of Dharmanandan Diamonds at Katargam, has lodged the complaint of cheating against Himmat Koshiya and his brother Vijay, the owners of a diam...