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Hindustan Times Lucknow
GST revenue at ₹1.75 lakh cr; IGST shows strength in trade
A strong growth in imports helped the central and state governments collect ₹1.75 lakh crore in goods and services tax (GST) receipts in December before adjusting for refunds, a 6.1% improvement over the year-ago period.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
LOKPAL RETRACTS CONTROVERSIAL TENDER TO BUY 7 LUXURY CARS
The Lokpal has withdrawn a contentious tender to procure seven luxury BMW cars worth over ₹4 crore, nearly two months after its proposal led to widespread criticism from opposition parties and civil society groups, records available on the government's e-procurement site have revealed.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Govt clears 22 more projects under ECMS
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has approved 22 new proposals under the third tranche of the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), involving a projected investment of ₹41,863 crore, according to a note shared with select media on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Russia says Kyiv strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine
A Ukrainian drone strike Killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region, Russian officials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Cigarettes set to get costlier from Feb 1 as excise duty hiked
NEW DELHI: The government has imposed a new excise duty on cigarettes ranging from ₹2,050 to ₹8,500 per 1,000 sticks, a move that sent tobacco company shares plummeting on Thursday and is expected to significantly raise prices for the country's approximately 100 million smokers.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Centre asks Tezpur University VC to go on leave, sets up probe panel
Nearly three months after protests erupted at Assam’s Tezpur University, the Union ministry of education has asked vice-chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh to immediately proceed on leave and has constituted a three-member inquiry committee to investigate allegations against him, officials said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
TRUMP BLAMES BRUISED HAND ON ASPIRIN, DENIES FALLING ASLEEP
US President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Air India pilot grounded after ‘fitness’ concern ahead of Vancouver flight
Air India on Thursday said one of its pilots has been grounded after being stopped from operating a Vancouver-Delhi flight on December 23, following concerns raised by the Canadian authorities over his “fitness” for duty.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
ADD VULNERABLE GROUPS IN ELECTORAL ROLLS, SAYS BENGAL CEO
The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has issued a detailed set of instructions to all district election officers (DEOs) to facilitate the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised groups in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a notification said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
PROBE AFTER GZB COPS SCARE SLUM RESIDENTS WITH 'MIGRANT METER'
GHAZIABAD: Ghaziabad police have ordered an inquiry after a video on social media showed a police officer allegedly intimidating residents of a slum cluster by claiming a device could determine if they are illegal immigrants.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
The final word: Succinct to expansive, SC verdicts in 2025 spanned varying lengths
In 2025, the Supreme Court crossed a numerical milestone as over 1,400 judgments were delivered in a single year.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
2K ILLEGAL B’DESH NATIONALS SENT BACK IN PAST FEW MONTHS: HIMANTA
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that nearly 2,000 illegal Bangladeshis have been sent back across the international border in the past few months under provisions of the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act (IEA)
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
On bail, man accused of molestation sets victim’s husband afire
Three family members, including a molestation accused out on bail, have been remanded in police custody in Maharashtra’s Nanded district after allegedly setting the victim’s husband ablaze, police said
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Maresca leaves Chelsea midway through a topsy-turvy season
MANCHESTER: Enzo Maresca left his post as Chelsea head coach on Thursday after a reported deterioration in his relationship with the Premier League club’s hierarchy.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Why a 17-year wait continues in men’s boxing
Several things happened around Indian boxing recently: Santiago Nieva, its former high-performance director (2017-2022) returned as women’s coach, the senior nationals were rescheduled within nine hours of being announced and more personally, a document with a startling independent test result around some elite men showed up on email.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Hijab row doctor yet to join service, govt extends joining date till Jan 7
PATNA: The Bihar government has extended till January 7 the deadline for newly-appointed AYUSH doctors to join service, marking the second such extension in il days, an official said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Mamata: Won't submit to malevolent forces
Extending greetings on the TMC's foundation day, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the party would continue to fight for the people and would not bow before “malevolent forces”.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Trump slams George Clooney over actor and wife becoming French
{ PASSPORT POLITICS } FRENCH GOVT DIVIDED OVER CITIZENSHIP
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Zohran takes oath on Quran; NYC's 2nd youngest mayor
Zohran Mamdani was formally sworn in as New York City’s 112th Mayor in a private ceremony held just moments into the New Year in an old subway station here.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
MCA EASES KYC NORMS FOR DIRECTORS, MOVES TO 3-YR FILING CYCLE
The corporate affairs ministry has eased compliance requirements for company directors by replacing the mandatory annual KYC filing with an abridged requirement of once every three years under the Companies Act, 2013.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
UP DIWAS-2026 EVENT TO BE HELD AT RASHTRA PRERNA STHAL: CM
The main state-level Uttar Pradesh Diwas-2026 event will be organised at Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials as he reviewed preparations for the January 24-26 celebrations on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Dozens feared killed in NYE Swiss bar fire
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
HC flags ‘growing tendency’ in TN to use detention laws
The Madras high court has taken a strong exception to the Tamil Nadu governments indiscriminate use of preventive detention laws, and warned that such “draconian powers” cannot be deployed to “silence dissenting voices or bypass ordinary criminal law.”
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
TAIWAN VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF AFTER CHINA DRILLS, XI SPEECH
TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills around the island.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Railway police officer probing ₹1.44-cr train gold heist held
FROM INVESTIGATOR TO SUSPECT
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
VICE PREZ: YOUTH CUSTODIANS OF NATION'S FUTURE
Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday urged the youth to take five pledges — shun all forms of addiction, use technology ethically, focus on physical and mental well-being, uphold constitutional values, integrity and social harmony, and contribute selflessly to the nation’s progress.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Inquiry ordered after cop uses device to ‘test’ man’s nationality
{ GHAZIABAD } VIDEO GOES VIRAL
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Rajnath pays homage to Zia at B’desh high commission
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday visited the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and expressed his condolence on the demise of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
STATE GOVT TRANSFERS 21 IAS OFFICERS
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 21 IAS officers, including those promoted from special secretary to secretary rank as well as those elevated from secretary to the principal secretary-rank.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Govt plans to pull cough syrups out of OTC list
The government is proposing to remove cough syrups from a class of drugs that are allowed to be sold over the counter with less strict licensing and manufacturing norms after cases of adulteration claimed the lives of scores of children in several states recently.
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