Aadhaar is valid address proof for investors : Sebi

NEW DELHI: Market regulator Sebi said today that investors can use Aadhaar cards as proof of valid address for your accounts with brokerage firms, mutual funds, portfolio managers and other capital market institutions.

'Aadhaar', a 12-digit individual identification issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), and is allowed as an identity proof valid in the capital market.

Other documents may be used as proof of address in the capital market: a passport, driving license, voter ID card, ration cards, bank statements and utility bills, while valid documents identification test also include PAN (permanent account number) card.

Aadhaar also allowed as valid proof of identity documents and proof of address in the KYC (know your customer) procedures for opening bank accounts, insurance, telecommunications and many other services.

Now, Aadhaar can be used as "proof of the Directorate of Know Your Customer (KYC) standards of capital market, Sebi said in a circular issued to investment funds, brokers, depository participants, managers portfolios, alternative investment funds and collective investment schemes, including market entities.

In consultation with UIDAI, Government of India, has now decided that the letter issued by Aadhaar UIDAI is admissible as proof of address, in addition to its now recognized as proof of identity, "said Sebi.

Sebi has informed the same to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and KYC Registration Agencies (ARC) as well.

UIDAI was created by the government in 2009 with a mandate to give all residents a unique identification number linked to demographic and biometric information of the resident, they can use to identify themselves anywhere in India, and to access various services . This unique identification number was later named 'Aadhaar.

Difficuilties of Pakistani Hindu family

Attari: Amid the confusion about the travel plans of 223 Pakistani Hindus who came to India in two rounds on Friday and Saturday to reports of persecution, another Hindu family - husband, children, wife and four district Sibi in Baluchistan (Pakistan) said goodbye to friends, family and country with the intention of settling in India.

The family arrived at the Attari railway station aboard International Samjhauta Express on Monday, was very vocal in their plans.

Pakistan did Nahin gila, gila yes Wahan bashindo kae hai "(We have no complaints from Pakistan, but its people), said Mukesh Kumar while talking to TOI.

The owner of a grocery store in Sibi, Mukesh said Pakistani authorities were very skeptical of immigration on the visit of Hindus from Pakistan to India before the Board let Wagah Samjhauta Express on Monday that were made to give a written undertaking that they were not harassed in Pakistan and would return.

An emotional Mukesh said he had sold his house and belongings before leaving Pakistan. "I know my relatives are there and they could be harassed, but I had to save my life and my family, but can also leave Pakistan, one day," he said, adding that hundreds of Hindu families were willing to migrate to India.

He said he was now going to Indore to seek help from his cousin who lived there.Mukesh spoke of terror in Baluchistan, where motorcyclists armed with guns often came to his shop and demanded large amounts of money and went to homes to harass the Hindu ladies and took away the ornaments.

Following reports of insecurity among Hindus and possible mass exodus of Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, had been a three-member committee consisting of Senator Hari Ram, a member of the National Assembly Lal Chand and Justice Minister Maula Baksh Chandio to express solidarity with the Hindus on behalf of his government and instill a sense of security among them.

Meanwhile, eight-year-old Pranjal Pari, the daughter of Mukesh does not know that the family has left Pakistan for good. But there was no pain in his voice when he said: "At school I never played with other (Muslim) girls and stayed away.

Mujhae to lagta hai, Kabhi Kuch Kuch Hota hai rehata not "(I'm afraid, something that still happens), he said.

Echoing his thoughts was the brother of Shwet Ahuja, who said it was difficult to mix with other children their age because they were discriminated against.

Sumen Mukesh's wife Devi said she had decided to move India for the sake of one of his relatives Ravi Kumar was kidnapped by unidentified miscreants when the family fails to meet the ransom demand which sent his body after two and a half months .

"Mujhe nahi jana Wapis ab bahut Ho Gaya" (I would not go back is enough, "she said as she wiped tears.
Mukesh said police recorded cases, but did nothing to track down the culprits.Suhani, another Indian girl who came to India said sarcastically: "We are safe because they do not leave the house and if you do not need to carry out burka." She, however, said he had come to settle here, but for family gatherings.Vashdev, another Indian said Pakistan had heard of some incidents, but did not know where.

NEW DELHI: A woman of 22 years old, employee of the Delhi Jal Board was allegedly raped by an acquaintance and at least seven of his friends through Thursday night and dumped near the highway overpass on the Delhi-Ballabhgarh Agra. The victim managed to call the control room immediately and based on the number of cars recalled, a young man has been arrested.

The main defendant, however, remain at large, prompting complaints from relatives of victims who were being protected because of their political connections in the region. A case has been recorded in G section 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) at station 55 police sector.

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Pranab Mukherjee:Falling rupee is a gerate concern

KOLKATA: The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that the sharp fall in the rupee was a matter of great concern and the Centre was trying to resolve the situation.

"It's a matter of great concern. We are monitoring the situation. The Center is not (seated) at rest. We are trying to solve (the problem)," Mukherjee told media here.

This is due to the crisis in the eurozone," he said. Mukherjee said: "There are also currency crisis in emerging markets like Brazil.In the currency market, the national currency has been falling against the U.S. dollar over the past days.

On Friday, in early trade, the rupee has attempted to overcome the 55 levels, which fell to 54.91 against the U.S. currency - the fresh all-time low in the third straight session, as the heavy outflows continued amid concerns the euro area.

Traders said strong dollar demand from importers, mainly oil refineries, in the expectation of a further strengthening of the dollar, caused the fall of the rupee.However, the Reserve Bank had intervened and came up slide of the rupee.

lawsuit faces Apple in China over FaceTime

BEIJING: A few weeks after settling a dispute in his trademark high-profile iPhone, Apple is now facing a lawsuit filed by a man in Taiwan during application FaceTime which he claims is a violation of his patent. The plaintiff, identified as Lee, said the technology used in video-calling application violates its patent.

A spokesman for the Zhenjiang Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province of China, said he has taken the case on the record. The case calls for Apple to stop rape, but does not specify the compensation, Shen, a publicity official at court, was quoted by China Daily. She said the applicant found violation after buying an iPhone in Zhenjiang, and decided to submit the case to a local court.

Apple has been notified of the case, said Shen. According to the indictment, Lee said the mainland authorities granted its patent for utility model "the voice network personal digital assistant" technology April 28, 2004, for a period of 10 years, Yangtze Evening News reported.

The indictment said that its patent includes a wireless communication module, flash memory that stores service codes voice network and a personal digital assistant that connects the communication module and memory technologies similar to those used by FaceTime. FaceTime, which was released by Apple in 2010, is available on the company's iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iMac and MacBook. The case against Apple comes on the heels of the same solution to a dispute over the iPhone by $ 60 million to a Taiwanese company Proview Shenzhen.

Rs 580 crores loss in Ranbaxy

NEW DELHI: Drug firm Ranbaxy Laboratories today announced a consolidated net loss of Rs 580.14 million rupees for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 245.53 million rupees in the same period last year, Ranbaxy Laboratories, said in a statement to BSE.

The company's net sales totaled Rs 3,174.06 crore during the quarter under review compared to R 2,053.74 crore in the previous year.

Ranbaxy shares were trading at Rs 500.10 on BSE in afternoon trade, up 2.96 percent from its previous close.

40 points down Sensex closes

MUMBAI: In volatile trading, the Sensex erased gains on Thursday morning and ended 40 points lower at 17,560.87 on the sale of Bharti Airtel, SBI and HDFC through disappointing industrial production data for June.

The benchmark BSE, which had gained 102 points at first, began to cut earnings reports that industrial production in June fell 1.8 percent, the third decline in four months.

The 30-social Sensex was dragged by losses in Bharti Airtel, which shed 6.40 percent today, after losing 6.60 percent yesterday quarterly profit decline.

SBI and loss in the range of 3.6 to 4.3 percent but extended HDFC mood more pronounced. Sensex settled at 17,560.87, down 39.69 points against the previous day's close.

"Industrial production fell 1.8 percent in June ... considerably weaker than market expectations of a gain of 0.4 percent," said Barclays.

Shares of the refinery, banking and sectors of consumer durables, while closed lower consumer goods, metal and car purchase.Brokers said investors remained concerned about lower-than-expected quarterly earnings of blue chips.

"International markets remained inactive with most trading markets of the European flat," said Milan Bavishi, Research head, Inventure Growth and Securities.

The extensive index of National Stock Exchange Nifty fell 15.05 points, or 0.28 percent, to 5,322.95. He shuttled between 5,368.20 and 5,312.10 during the day range.

Mitt Romney oppsed gay marriage

WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney, the Republican most likely candidate in the presidential elections this year in the U.S., has rejected the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, the BBC reported.

"Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman," Romney told graduates of Liberty University, a Christian college in Lynchburg, Virginia.Romney, a Mormon by religion, was given a standing ovation.

President Barack Obama, fighting for reelection in November, announced his support for gay marriage earlier this week.

At the graduation ceremony, Romney avoided talking about his own faith, but stressed the importance of Christian values ​​in American society.There is no greater force for good in the nation to the Christian conscience in action," he said.

While Romney opposed gay marriage, said same-sex couples should have some rights, such as the possibility of adopting children.

Sikh with 'sheik' Mitt Romney confuses

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lamented the tragedy of Wisconsin gurdwara in a fundraising event in Iowa, but referred to a "temple Sheikh 'instead of a" Sikh temple "while offering their condolences.

Confusing the Arabic honorific term Sikhs, Romney mispronounced and found people talking about Sheikh. Earlier in the day, Republican spoke well of the Sikh religion, when he observed a minute's silence at a campaign event in Illinois. But the slip of the tongue came to West Des Moines in Iowa to raise funds. "We had a moment of silence in honor of those who lost their lives in that temple Sheikh. I said it was a tragedy for many, many reasons," he said, referring to his speech in Chicago.

He continued: "Among them are the fact that people, people sheik, are among the most peaceful and loving people you can imagine, and their faith." Romney spokesman Rick Gorka insisted that the confusion was a mispronunciation.

Kingfisher Airlines to fight pilots

NEW DELHI: With a pilots' strike interrupting programs Kingfisher Airlines flight, its chairman, Vijay Mallya, on Thursday, called the protest as "harmful" and warned agitators could quit if they felt that their action was justified.

He also assured that the airline is "re-capitalize if the government changes the current policy of FDI or not.
In an open letter to employees, the third in as many months, Mallya said: "If some of his colleagues believe that I will be under pressure due to flight cancellations, are wrong. Instead, I'll let my support as few are effectively holding the entire company to the rescue.

If some of our colleagues feel that their actions are justified and I know best, you can opt out of our company. But these threats and harmful actions are not acceptable. The actions of a few can negatively affect us all. "

The letter came a day when at least 16 flights from Kingfisher, 10 in Mumbai and six of Delhi, were canceled due to strike. About 30 flights were canceled Wednesday. The airline plans to announce its quarterly results soon.

Appealing to the employees to "understand the extreme difficulty I will keep our airline flying to the highest standards of safety," Mallya said he was writing checks to various vendors on a daily basis, "regardless of the input of income" .

"We have continuing problems with tax authorities bank accounts frozen. As if that were not bad enough, some of our colleagues are ensuring, by their actions, that our earnings prospects fall further due to shaky consumer confidence and load factors of the poor.  

 

NEW DELHI: CBI detectives had created for some "specific purpose", an email ID in the name of the murdered domestic help Hemraj to interact with the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar during the investigation of the murder case Aaarushi-Hemraj said the agency today.

CBI, which had previously denied that e-mail ID 'hemraj.jalvayuvihar @ gmail.com' is used to call for interrogation Talwars, said now that the ID was created by a "specific purpose", who refused to explain.

"I was told by the officers concerned that the email ID was created to interact with Talwars for a specific purpose during the investigation," CBI spokesman Dharini Mishra here.

He declined to elaborate on this by saying that the matter is sub-judice.

Manoj Talwar's lawyer told PTI Sisodia had requested a document from the CBI recently that was sent from the email id. He, however, added that he does not know if the ID is of the ICC or not.

The Talwar couple were surprised to find that emails asking them to appear for questioning came from the email id not seen official.

Hemraj was her maid, whose body was found on the terrace a day after the murder of his daughter Aarushi age 14 at his residence in Jalvayu Vihar in Noida on the night of the intervention-16 May15, 2008.

The email bears the file number, name of the investigating officer and other details. The agency had said last year that person is summoned for questioning only by official identification or through formal processes.

NEW DELHI: CBI detectives had created for some "specific purpose", an email ID in the name of the murdered domestic help Hemraj to interact with the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar during the investigation of the murder case Aaarushi-Hemraj said the agency today.

Hemraj was her maid, whose body was found on the terrace a day after the murder of his daughter Aarushi age 14 at his residence in Jalvayu Vihar in Noida on the night of the intervention-16 May15, 2008.
The email bears the file number, name of the investigating officer and other details. The agency had said last year that person is summoned for questioning only by official identification or through formal processes.

Ex-air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday continued raids on the offices and homes of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda Goyal in Delhi and Haryana, in the case of suicide of former flight attendant James Geetika. Kanda continues to leak.

Your partner Aruna Chaddha, who was arrested on Wednesday, would occur before a court Thursday, police said.

While Kanda failed to appear for questioning, Chaddha, an employee of the now defunct MDLR airlines owned by Kanda, was taken into custody.

We are continuing with our raids on their homes, offices and all possible hiding places, "said deputy police commissioner P. Karunakaran IANS.

The charges of criminal intimidation were slapped Tuesday Kanda and was summoned for questioning by the death of his former employee Geetika, whose body was found hanged at his home in August Ashok Vihar Delhi north of 5. She had called Kanda and Chaddha in his suicide note.

"Aruna Chaddha will result in a Rohini court today (Thursday)," Karunakaran said.Police had raided Wednesday Kanda cottage, mansion, hotel and offices.

Jagadish Shettar:I'm a 20:20 batsman

Bangalore: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar compares himself to a player has to hit 20:20 hard and make only the boundaries and a six, as did a brief stint.

During an interaction with the media on Wednesday, the CM said: "I became a cm under the difficult circumstances that I have very little time is like a game of 20:20 and I have to write a good individual score will not be taking do what I have .... to hit boundaries and sixes only.''

Realizing that the performance is the key to electoral victory, which has formed three teams, led by himself and his deputies and Ashoka KS Eshwarappa R. The referees are - who else BS Yeddyurappa former MC and DV Sadananda Gowda - but allow him great success? "Racing score is in the hands of the hitter and not the referees,'' he joked.

The CM said the decision maker "independent" without succumbing to any external pressure. Yeddyurappa Not doing back seat driving? "That's his perception, I disagree. As a CM, I'm running independently. I'm making decisions and discipline the officers on my own,'' he said. However, in the same breath, Shettar said the government is is running for a collective leadership.

Chief Secretary SV Ranganath, additional chief secretary (finance) LV Nagarajan and principal secretary to the CM Pradeep Singh Kharola are in the CM team. Kaushik Mukherjee ACS and economic advisor KV Raju CM are in the team Eshwarappa, while Ashoka has ACS Up Hari Singh and principal secretary to CM Lakshminarayana on your computer.

The CM and deputy CM will review the performance of four to six departments each week. Once every two weeks, the trio and their team will review the joint development.

Realizing the role of roads to appease voters, the government is building 30 km long roads in all assembly segments 224.

Anita Advani is not Rajesh Khanna ’s lover

MUMBAI: Three weeks after the superstar Rajesh Khanna died, his family has denied the accusations of Anita Advani that she was his long time live-in partner and lover.

The four-page response sent by Choudhary Bheru advocate, lawyer daughter Twinkle said Advani has no legal right to make any claim on the property of the actor. Advani had, through his lawyer Mridula Kadam, sent a legal notice to the actor one day before his death on July 18.

Choudhary and Kadam declined to comment.
Advani had said earlier that was related to the family of a former president of the Philippines and had tried their luck in Bollywood as producer. The 50-year-old had claimed to be next to the actor when he needed someone else. She had played his rights under the Domestic Violence Act can not leave his house in Carter Road, Bandra (W). Advani said he was humbled by the reaction of the actor's family to her during her funeral procession.

The answer to the legal notice Advani denies that she is entitled to no legal right as it is not recognized by the family as part of the life of the actor.Never divorced Khanna Dimple Kapadia until his death.

Mostly Hameed Ansari will be the Vice Pracident

NEW DELHI: UPA candidate Hamid Ansari appears set to get a second term as vice president for emerging a clear winner against Jaswant Singh in a contest CND directly to the office tomorrow. The choice for vice president has seen the UPA and its allies, the Left, as well as other parties that support him from the outside to support the headline.

A total of 788 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members are entitled to vote in the poll to elect a Vice 14.

UPA managers are confident that the 75-year-old Ansari is set to get at least 500 votes in a contest in which Ansari has a clear advantage in terms of arithmetic. Congress itself has 204 members in the Lok Sabha and 71 in the Rajya Sabha.

Trinamool Congress UPA components has 19 MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha 9 in, DMK has 18 members in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the 7, NCP 9 in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and 7 in RDL 5 is in the Lok Sabha.National Conference has three in the Lok Sabha and 2 in the Rajya Sabha.

In Fiza Mohammad's house Rs 1 crore, jewellery recovered

Chandigarh: Even after his death in mysterious circumstances, Mohammed Fiza aka Anuradha Bali following the legal dispute with Mohali police on Thursday the recovery of large amounts of banknotes in your home locked.

Fiza's house in sector 48, Mohali, 10 km from here.Police sources said the money recovered is still being counted. A counting machine cash was taken to count the notes.

The money is counted. It could be a more than Rs crore. There are also jewelry, "said a police officer.Fiza, who was found dead at his home Monday morning, Tuesday was cremated according to Hindu rites for their families. His autopsy revealed no external injury, the doctors had said.

Fiza was married to the former deputy chief minister Chander Mohan Haryana, but later divorced.The body was found decomposed. Police said she could have killed four or five days ago. The worms and other insects had eaten parts of his body including the face.

Mohali police, investigating his mysterious death, said all angles, including suicide, murder and death by eating something by accident, were being investigated

Anuradha Bali, who married Chander Mohan, in November 2009 and later divorced, had been controversial.

She disappeared in November 2008 Chander Mohan. Reappeared in early December 2008 as a married couple after embracing Islam.

They married secretly in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and changed its name Chander Mohan Chand Mohammad and Anuradha Bali Fiza.

Following the controversy over their relationship and second marriage, Chander Mohan, elder son of Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan three times Lal, lost his job in Bhupinder Singh Hooda government.

The marriage lasted just 40 days with Chander Mohan suddenly leaving home 28 January 2009 and then not communicate with her at all. He made a volte face a few weeks later, but left for good after that.

Girl hires contract killers to kill parents for objecting her marriage:Punjab

Sangrur: In a sensational case, police have arrested a young Sangrur and five people hired for her to remove her parents and brother.

The girl, Manpreet Kaur, wanted to kill his parents and brother, as opposed to his decesion to marry her boyfriend, who was already married.

Interestingly, the hired murderers could not kill the girl's parents, but killed his maid. The girl and hired murderers have confessed the crime. Police have recovered 3 bikes, a pistol caliber cartridges 315 and 3 of them.

Manpreet Kaur, a resident of Kanjhla people, had a relationship with Gurmeet Singh, who belongs to the sect Ramdasia, and she wanted to marry him. However, Manpreet parents condemned their relationship and is used to snub her Gurmeet to see. Sangrur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar, said, "Manpreet was furious at the decision of his family and decided to kill his mother, father and brother."

Later, he hired five murderers hired with the promise to pay a sum of Rs 5 lakh. But the murderers tried to kill their targets twice, but could not succeed, Bhullar said.

SSP said that the murderers hired once again tried to hit the target on the night of July 15-16 intervention. When he jumped the wall of the house of Manpreet, found the family's domestic help Jarnail Singh sleep in the yard. Jarnail killed and were about to climb the stairs to kill father Avtar Singh and Manpreet of other family members. However, family members woke up and the murderers fled the scene.

Call it a blind murder, police have formed a task force to investigate the incident.The murderers were identified as Karamjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Singh Bora Satgur Kalan village, Paramjit Singh, Singh Ratandeep.

During interrogation, the accused confessed his crime. Furthermore, Bhullar said police are investigating any role for the lover of Gurmeet Singh Manpreet in the case.SSP said Manpreet had also paid RS 70, 000 to a fortune teller.

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