New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday evening and discuss the prevailing situation in the restive state, sources said. ****

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**** Himachal rains: Another body recovered from landslide-hit area of Shimla, 8 buildings collapse in Kullu

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Shimla: At least eight vacant buildings collapsed on Thursday in rain-battered Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, while one more body was recovered from the site of a landslide at the Shiv temple here. ****

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**** India walks on the moon as Pragyan rover rolls into the lunar surface

Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module which touched down on the lunar surface, has rolled out the rover, Pragyan, with ISRO saying "India took a walk on the moon". ****

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**** Private sector contribution to Chandrayaan-3 mission

New Delhi: A number of private companies have contributed to the development of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft which successfully landed near the south pole of the Moon on Wednesday evening. ****

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**** PM Modi hogged limelight when Chandrayaan-3 success was about scientists' achievements: Cong

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hogging the limelight when the success of Chandrayaan-3 was about the achievements of the scientists behind the mission. ****

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**** Modi govt 'killing' RTI Act as part of conspiracy to end democracy, alleges Congress chief Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of "killing" the Right to Information (RTI) Act bit by bit as part of a "conspiracy to end democracy". ****

BOM5 CG-ED-CM ADVISOR

**** Chhattisgarh CM's political advisor denies involvement in money laundering

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's political advisor Vinod Verma on Thursday claimed he does not have a "single penny" of ill-gotten money, a day after the Enforcement Directorate conducted a search at his residence. ****

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**** Two men get 5 yrs jail term for promoting ISIS terror activities in India

New Delhi: A special NIA court here on Thursday sentenced two men to five years imprisonment for promoting activities of proscribed ISIS, also known as Islamic State, in the country. ****

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**** Kota pressure cooker: No concept of friendship, every aspirant a competitor, say students and experts

Kota (Raj), Aug 24 (PTI) There are no friends but only competitors in the country's coaching capital popularly known as "Kota factory", say students and experts as the government struggles to keep a check on the spate of suicides among engineering and medical aspirants. By Gunjan Sharma ****

SPORTS

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**** World Cup final: Praggnanandhaa loses first tie-break game to Carlsen

Baku: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost the first tie-break game to Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup final here on Thursday. ****

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**** Wrestling trials for World Championships to go ahead on Aug 25-26: Bajwa

New Delhi: The trials to select the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming World Championships will go ahead as scheduled on August 25-26 despite the world governing body of the sport (UWW) suspending the WFI for not conducting elections on time. ****

BUSINESS

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India to clock highest growth rate among top 5 global economies in foreseeable future: Finance secy

New Delhi: Finance secretary T V Somanathan on Thursday said India will continue to clock the highest growth rate among the top five economies in the world in the foreseeable future and asked Indian diaspora to act as a catalyst and supplement government efforts in making India the biggest opportunity. ****

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**** Deadline for mandatory use of Aadhaar-based payment for MGNREGS not to be extended beyond Aug 31

New Delhi: The deadline for implementing Aadhaar-based payment system as the only mode of payment to workers under national rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGS will not be extended beyond August 31, government sources said. ****

DEL69 BIZ-INDIA-UK FTA-GOYAL

**** FTA talks with UK progressing extremely well: Goyal

Jaipur: The ongoing negotiations between India and the UK on a free trade agreement (FTA) are progressing "extremely well" and it is expected to conclude at an early date, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. ****

LEGAL

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**** Rape case: SC dismisses pleas against HC order giving bail to former Andaman and Nicobar chief secretary

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas challenging the bail given to former Andaman and Nicobar Islands chief secretary Jitendra Narain in a rape case. ****

FOREIGN

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**** Six Indian pilgrims among seven people killed in Nepal bus accident: Report

Kathmandu: Six Indian pilgrims were among seven people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal's Madhesh province, a media report said on Thursday. ****

FGN24 CHANDRAYAAN-PAK-MEDIA

**** India's moon landing gets front-page coverage in Pak media despite chill in bilateral ties

Islamabad: Despite the chill in bilateral ties, Pakistan's media on Thursday gave front-page coverage to India's historic moon landing while a former minister even called it a "great moment" for India's space agency, ISRO. By Sajjad Hussain ****

FGN18 RUSSIA-KREMLIN-PRIGOZHIN-REVENGE

**** Plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary chief seen as Kremlin's revenge

Moscow: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and top officers of his private military were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely seen as an assassination, two months after they staged a mutiny that dented Russian President Vladimir Putin's authority. ****

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