Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of December 16
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05:24 pm: UIDAI temporarily bars Bharti Airtel, Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar linked e-KYC verification of SIMs, bank clients (PTI)
05:13 pm: "People of the state ought to be given a sense of belonging because the idea of India is incomplete without idea of J&K, reconciliation is the way ahead.", said Jammu & Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti at an event in Goa yesterday (ANI)
05:01 pm: It's achievable. We have had examples in this country where more than 10 per cent agriculture growth happened in a yr in some states. How quickly we adopt those practices would support this endeavor: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, NABARD chairman on Centre's target to double farmers' income by 2022 (ANI)
04:50 pm: Aviation arm of Indian Navy will double aircraft fleet in coming decade to nearly 500, says Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba (PTI)
04:47 pm: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will sustain "politics of hope" which is needed by country: Manmohan Singh (PTI)
04:39 pm: Delhi's Karkardooma court convicts TV serial producer Suhaib Ilyasi in connection with the death of his wife, Anju Ilyasi. Argument on sentence to be held on 20th December (ANI)
04:30 pm: Manner in which he criticised BJP wasn't required, shows they're obsessed with fear of BJP. It is a 132-year-old party, so it's the same party responsible for division of country & subsequent divisions in sub-sections of society: Sudhanshu Trivedi, BJP National Spox (ANI)
04:22 pm: Naxal killed, 3 security personnel injured in an IED blast after encounter yesterday in Sukma; one 12 bore rifle among other recoveries (ANI)
04:15 pm: Punjab: Visuals of preparation from Amritsar ahead of civic polls to be held in the state. Elections in 3 municipal corporations - Amritsar, Jalandhar & Patiala and 32 municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats will be held in the state tomorrow. (ANI)
04:10 pm: I think Exit Polls results will turn out to be false. If EVMs do not malfunction then BJP will lose the election. I have 100% doubts on EVMs: Hardik Patel, PAAS Leader (ANI)
03:57 pm: Why are VVPATs used in the first place? It is used for smooth counting of votes wherever there is a fault. I did not understand Supreme Court's stand on the issue: Hardik Patel, PAAS Leader on Supreme Court declining to interfere in the issue of VVPAT verification (ANI)
03:50 pm: As far as security is concerned, we are all thoughtful about it. We are thinking of providing internet connectivity and CCTV on trains. Discussions are on to provide CCTV on all trains across India: Piyush Goyal, Railway Minister (ANI)
03:44 pm: All are martyrs and called so as well, but in the official system, we call it 'battle casualty': VK Singh, Union Minister and former Chief of the Army Staff on controversy over words 'Shahid' or 'Martyr' for policemen/soldiers killed in action (ANI)
03:37 pm: We will take 2018 as a year where we collectively fight against atrocities against women and children, especially human trafficking. We will do this across all the railways: Piyush Goyal, Railway Minister in Delhi (ANI)
03:28 pm: We were wearing kurta-pajamas. They said you can't enter wearing this, said you can wear dhoti but not pajama. I can wear kurta-pajama to a wedding. I'm sure it's good enough for any club: Khurshed Batliwala,Art of Living teacher who was denied entry in a swimming club in Kolkata (ANI)