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LUCKNOW:   Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Friday claimed to have arrested an ISI agent from Meerut Cantt area with sensitive documents related to Indian Army. Mohammand Eizaz alias Mohammad Kalam, a resident of Taramadi Chowk, Irfanabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, was arrested by STF team from Meerut Cantt area when he was on his way to Delhi, IG, STF, Sujeet Pandey told reporters in Lucknow. "Documents related to Indian Army, Pakistani identity proof, fake voter identity of West Bengal, fake Aadhar card in address of Bareilly district, Delhi Metro card, laptop, pendrives were recovered from his possession," he said. The officer said that STF had received intelligence that a Pakistani had been sent to western Uttar Pradesh through Bangladesh to collect information about activities of Indian Army. "On information that Eizaz will leave for Delhi from Meerut Cantt station with sensitive and secret information of Indian Army, the STF team arre

NEW DELHI:   The government has been asked by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to provide a statutory backing to Aadhaar at the earliest and take immediate steps to address issues pertaining to the project. "The committee, therefore, once again reiterates that the government should immediately address the key issues relating to UIDAI and initiate measures for early legislation on the subject," said the panel headed by senior Congress leader and former union minister M Veerappa Moily. It noted that the reply of the Planning Ministry on the pending legislation on UIDAI has been repetitive. In its reply to the panel, the Planning Ministry said, "In view of the recent steps taken by the government to universalise Aadhaar enrolments and to utilise it for several service delivery initiatives, the government recognises that there is an urgent requirement to pass the bill. Further steps, that are required to be taken to take the proposed leg