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GST collection up 11.5% to ₹1.57 lakh cr in May

Annualised growth in May was similar to the y-o-y growth of 11.6% in April

Rahul backs India's position on Ukraine

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90-yr-old gets life term over killing of 10 Dalits

Forty-two years after 10 Dalit people were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district for complaining against a higher-caste ration shop owner, a local court in Firozabad has sentenced the only surviving accused to life imprisonment. He is 90-year-old.

TN's Stalin vows support to AAP over Centre ordinance

Tamil Nadu chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader MK Stalin on Thursday assured the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of support against a controversial ordinance on the transfer and posting of bureaucrats in Delhi, and added that he will appeal to leaders across the country to oppose the government when it brings a bill in Parliament to replace the ordinance.

Ahead of G20, hutments razed near Pragati Maidan

The Public Works Department (PWD) on Thursday started a demolition drive at the slum (JJ) cluster on Bhairon Marg near Pragati Maidan to remove about 50 illegal structures.

Shahbad murder: Cops recover knife

The Delhi Police on Thursday recovered a sharp knife allegedly used in the brutal murder of a 16-year-old girl in north-west Delhi's Shahbad Dairy on Sunday night, said senior officers involved in the investigation.

East Delhi murders: Bodies lay for days; police identify two suspects

Police are investigating two people for their alleged role in the murders of a 64-year-old woman and her 39-year-old daughter in east Delhi's Krishna Nagar, said officers, adding that they are probing a range of possible motives, including robbery or a purported property dispute.

Will take India-Nepal ties to Himalayan heights: PM

India and Nepal on Thursday unveiled initiatives to ramp up cooperation in energy, including increasing import of hydropower and allowing power exports to Bangladesh, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal of resolving a boundary dispute in the spirit of friendship.

Khaps vow to get 'justice' for wrestlers, say will meet Prez

Around 50 khaps or clan-based outfits in India have decided to support the ongoing protest by the country's top wrestlers. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/newspaper/Hindustan-Times/KHAPS-VOW-TO-GET-JUSTICE-FOR-WRESTLERS-SAY-WILL-MEET-PREZ

Judicial panel to probe Manipur violence: Shah

A judicial commission headed by a retired high court chief justice will probe the violence in Manipur and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will look into six cases connected to the clashes, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday as he announced a slew of steps to quell the riots that have convulsed the northeastern state for close to a month and killed 80 people.

'I feel I have made my debut all over again'

'I was in a restaurant when people walked up to me-not for a photograph, but just to say they loved me in Dahaad. I don't know how to deal with this right now!'

Sen and Kiran enter quarters in Thailand

While other Indian shuttlers faltered in the first two rounds of the $420,000 Thailand Open, two Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) boys made the quarter-finals quite comprehensively in Bangkok on Thursday.

US debt ceiling bill clears House, headed to Senate

A rare coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans came together on Wednesday in the United States (US) House of Representatives to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2023, legislation that suspends the debt ceiling limit for two years in exchange for spending cuts in the federal budget.

At least three die in overnight Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Russia launched a predawn missile barrage on Ukraine's capital Thursday, killing 3 people including a 9-year-old and her mother, officials said, and damaging apartment buildings, schools and a children's hospital. It was the highest casualty toll from a single attack on Kyiv over the past month.

Periodic table out of Class 10 book, experts voice concern

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed a chapter on the periodic table of elements, among other topics, from the Class 10 science textbook as a part of a \"syllabus rationalisation\" exercise undertaken by the council, officials said.

Marred by rape case, bishop resigns from Punjab diocese

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Franco Mulakkal, the bishop of Jalandhar diocese who was accused of repeatedly raping a nun over a two-year period but acquitted of all charges last year, the Vatican announced on Thursday.

IAF trainer jet crashes; need to replace fleet back in focus

An ageing Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), flown by one of India's finest test pilots and with a woman flight test engineer aboard, crashed on the outskirts of Karnataka's Chamarajanagar on Thursday, putting the spotlight on the decades-old plane and the pressing need to replace it with a modern aircraft, officials said.

8 more cheetahs to be released, no fencing of habitat: Panel chief

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Mizoram faces refugee influx as conflict rages

Mizoram, which has become home to around 8,000 refugees from neighbouring Manipur, mostly Kukis, over the past few weeks following violence in that state, and which is also home to refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh is working to ensure it takes care of the newcomers without compromising its own interests and India's security concerns.

Give up weapons or face action: Shah calls for peace in Manipur

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked people to surrender arms and ammunition before the Manipur police by the end of the day and warned of strict action against those who failed to do so, announcing combing operations to retrieve weapons in the state rocked by ethnic clashes.

Fire again erupts in Kerala train, probe on

A fire broke out in a coach of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train which was halted at the Kannur railway station in Kerala in the early hours of Thursday, officials said, adding that a probe was underway to ascertain if it was an accident or a case of sabotage.

Brics must act as symbol of change, says EAM; holds talks with Lavrov

The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping must act as a \"symbol of change\" at a time when the world is grappling with fallout of Covid-19 and stresses caused by conflict, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.

Charge sheet figment of imagination, claims AAP

THE AAP ALLEGED THAT THE FEDERAL AGENCY WAS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RULING BJP, ADDING THAT THE CHARGE SHEET WAS FABRICATED

Pakistan ex-PM Khan In Court As Rights Watchdog Issues Warning

Embattled Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan returned to court on Wednesday, as the nation's human rights watchdog warned all sides are to blame in a rapidly deteriorating democratic crisis.

Bandaa...headed to theatres? Director hopes the film's reach will expand

After opening in the web space, there are high chances that Manoj Bajpayee’s Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai might head to theatre, and director Apoorv Singh Karki is keeping his fingers crossed about it.

After wobble, Alcaraz gets his rhythm back

Japan's Daniels takes a set off the top seed but the Spaniard recovers to breeze through to 3rd round

Govt meets fiscal deficit target of 6.4% for FY23

Sitharaman aims to further reduce it to 5.9% of GDP in FY24

US military complains of 'aggressive manoeuvre' by Chinese fighter jet

The US military said on Tuesday that a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to fly through the turbulent wake, as Beijing blamed it on US \"provocation\".

Moscow reports Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and border towns

Russia said Ukrainian artillery hit a Russian town for a third time this week and drones struck two oil refineries in an uptick in attacks on Russian territory as Ukraine prepares a Western-backed push to end Russia's invasion.

Govt proposes draft aircraft bill to simplify regulations

The Civil Aviation Ministry has issued a draft bill to provide a simplified approach for regulations pertaining to meet the current needs of the sector. The proposed Draft Aircraft Bill, 2023, has been prepared after reviewing the existing aircraft law 1934.