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GST collections in May drop to Rs 94,016 crore

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Revenue collection under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April crossed Rs 94,000 crore and was higher than the average monthly collection of Rs 89,885 crore during 2017-18.

“The total GST collection for May (April revenue collected in May) is Rs 94,016 crore, which is higher compared to average monthly collection of Rs 89,885 crore of 2017-18,” Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said in a tweet.

“This reflects better compliance after introduction of e-way bills,” he added.

Adhia said the number returns filed for the month of April upto May 31 was 62.46 lakh as against 60.47 lakh filed for March till April 30.

CBSE to conduct Central Teacher Eligibility Test on Sep 16 in 92 cities

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The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the 11th edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on September 16 (Sunday). The test will be conducted in 92 cities all over the country.

The detailed Information Bulletin containing details of examination, syllabus, eligibility criteria, examination fee, examination cities and important dates will be available on CTET official website www.ctet.nic.in w.e.f. June 12 (Tuesday).

The aspiring candidates are requested to download the Information Bulletin from above-mentioned website only and read the same carefully before applying.

The aspiring candidates have to apply online only through CTET website www.ctet.nic.in. The online application process will start from June 22 (Friday) onwards.

The last date for submitting online application is July 19 (Thursday) and fee can be paid upto July 21 (Saturday) before 3.30 PM.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh Called for 10 Day Strike, Pressure on vegetable,Dairy Products Prices

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Nearly a year after Mandsaur firing in which six people were killed in police action in Madhya Pradesh, the farmers today launched fresh stir across seven states. Over 125 farmers’ outfits affiliated to the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh (RKM) launched their 10-day strike today.

The farmers will stop the supply of vegetables, milk and other dairy products to city markets in Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala. Some of these states are a top vegetable and milk suppliers to big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Jaipur.

Unlike more common mode of strike wherein agitators block roads and take out marches, RKM convener Shiv Kumar Sharma, better known as Kakkaji has said that the farmers will simply stop taking their produce to urban centers. The farmers will not be selling vegetables and dairy products in city markets.

The cities in the seven states where the farmers began their strike are likely to face acute shortage of vegetables and dairy products over the next 10 days. The shortage in supply of vegetables and dairy products may push the prices of these commodities.

North Indian cities including the national capital New Delhi are likely to bear the brunt as they are largely dependent on the supply of vegetables, milk and other dairy products from neighboring states of Haryana, Rajasthan and even Madhya Pradesh. Delhi receives most of its onion and tomatoes from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

However, traders from the cities can go to the striking farmers and buy vegetables and dairy products to bring back to the urban areas. The RKM has not imposed any ban on the sale of vegetables and dairy products if the urban traders approach the growers in the villages.

There is some good news as well

On the other hand, not all the farmers’ outfits are participating in the strike. A more powerful farmers’ body, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti (AIKSS) has decided to stay away from the strike.

AIKSS is a federation of over 190 organisations including those affiliated to political parties and groups like the All India Kisan Mahasabha of the Communist Party of India, the Swaraj Abhiyan of Yogendra Yadav and the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna of Raju Shetty (a influential body in Maharashtra).

This means a majority of farmers will be staying away from the 10-day strike. These two umbrella groups – RKM and AIKSS — are competing bodies in some aspects and their not coming together is likely to save city dwellers much of the trouble.

Kumaraswamy says home department has enough Efficient Officers.

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Retired IPS officer, Kempaiah, who has been functioning as adviser to home minister since 2014, will have to let go of the post, as chief minister H D Kumaraswamy commented that the home ministry is not in need of an adviser and that the department has enough efficient officers who are willing to work with total commitment.

He was speaking to media persons at Vidhana Soudha after holding a meeting with senior police officials including director general of police Karnataka Neelamani Raju on Thursday, May 31. He said that discussions were held about the need for the home department to function strictly including maintaining law and order situation in the state. “We will also take certain tough decisions,” he clarified.
Addressing the police officers, he asked them to work in a way that people get to know that the government in the state has undergone a change. “Police need to work honestly. We will not allow political interference in the working of the department. They need not bend under any kind of pressure. They should take effective steps to handle illegal activities including rowdyism. I will hold another meeting shortly where detailed discussions will be held,” he said.

When he was questioned about the continuance of the services of the adviser to home minister appointed in the past, Kumaraswamy squarely dismissed the need for such a post. He said that if a need for an adviser is felt by any other department, both JD(S) and Congress will take a joint decision.

The chief minister also held meetings with officials of water resources and education department on this occasion.

JD(S) Got Important portfalios like Fin, power, PWD,

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The much awaited portfolio sharing between alliance partners in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government may finally be announced on Friday with senior leaders of both parties holding two rounds of talks in the city on Thursday and overnight Wednesday, to pave the way for a smooth Cabinet expansion, possibly this weekend. The all important finance portfolio as well as power and PWD, insiders said will go to the JD(S) as per the consensus arrived at during the talks.

After Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy took over as CM on May 23 along with his deputy, Dr G. Parameshwar of the Congress, the two partners have been wrangling over portfolio sharing with the prized finance portfolio proving to be the major bone of contention. Reason: Any party which gets finance, controls fund allocation for various ministries and will oversee populist programmes that better its poll prospects in the 2019 parliament polls that are just 11 months away.

Sources in the Congress confided that problems in portfolio allocation were sorted out during talks which took place at Kumara Krupa guest house and later at Taj West End. Janata Dal(S) patriarch and former PM Mr H.D. Deve Gowda will go over the final decision on the portfolios Friday morning.

LPG cylinders get expensive; witness Rs 48 jump

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Liquefied Petroleum Gas increased by Rs 2.34 and Rs 48 for subsidized and non-subsidised cylinders respectively in New Delhi on Friday.
In yet another blow to the common man after the continuous hike in fuel prices in the past few weeks, the prices for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) increased by Rs 2.34 and Rs 48 for subsidized and non-subsidised cylinders respectively in the national capital on Friday.

The new price for subsidized (Rs 14.2 Kg) cylinder in Delhi is Rs 493.55, while that of the non-subsidised cylinder is Rs 698.50.

Besides Delhi, the new rates for the subsidized cylinder are Rs 496.65 in Kolkata, Rs 491.31 in Mumbai and Rs 481.84 in Chennai.

Meanwhile, the new prices for the non-subsidised cylinder are Rs 723.50 in Kolkata, Rs 671.50 in Mumbai and Rs 712.50 in Chennai.

This comes after the Central government got slammed for hiking the fuel prices for 16 consecutive days until May 30, when the common man finally got some respite with a mere decline in the petrol and diesel prices.

On Friday, prices for petrol and diesel fell by 6 paise and 5 paise per liter respectively. In Delhi, Petrol now costs Rs 78.29 per litre, while diesel price has been revised to Rs 69.20 a liter.

Gaza protests: All the latest updates

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The Israeli military has conducted overnight air strikes on the Gaza Strip’s northern areas, claiming it was targeting Hamas positions.

The development comes after the Israeli army shot dead 64 Palestinians protesting near the fence with Israel to call for their right of return.

Palestinians were marking 70 years since the Nakba, or Catastrophe, the day on which the state of Israel was established on May 15, 1948, in a violent ethnic cleansing campaign.

Throughout the past seven weeks, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting as part of a weeks-long movement calling for the right of return for Palestinian refugees to the homes and villages they were forcibly expelled from by Zionist militias in 1948.

Since the protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least 113 Palestinians in the coastal enclave and wounded more than 12,000 people.

US vows to veto UN resolution for protection of Palestinians

The US will “unquestionably veto” a UN draft resolution which calls for “the consideration of measures to guarantee the safety and protection” of Palestinian civilians.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley called the Kuwait-sponsored resolution “grossly one-sided” and “morally bankrupt”.

“The resolution calls on Israel to immediately cease its actions in self-defense, but makes no mention of Hamas’ aggressive actions against Israeli security forces and civilians,” she said in a statement.

The draft resolution “deplores” and calls for a halt to “the use of any excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” by the Israeli military. It also “deplores the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli civilian areas”.

It asks UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a report on a potential “international protection mechanism”.

A vote on the draft resolution is expected to take place on Friday.

Saturday, May 19

Two Palestinians succumb to wounds

Mouin Abdelhamid al-Saai, a 58-year-old man, died in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on Saturday, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

Israeli forces shot al-Saai on Monday as they fired live ammunition, tear gas and firebombs at protesters during demonstrations that coincided with the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.

The protests also came a day before Palestinians marked 70 years since the Nakba, or Catastrophe, the day on which the state of Israel was established on May 15, 1948, in a violent ethnic cleansing campaign.

Mohammed Mazin Alian, a 20-year-old man, also succumbed to his wounds on Saturday after he was shot by Israeli forces on Monday east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Monday in Gaza to 64.

Thursday, May 17

Israel targets ‘Hamas positions’ in overnight air raids

The Israeli military has said that it launched overnight air strikes on Hamas “infrastructure in military compounds” and “weapons production” facilities in the north of the besieged enclave.

The army alleged the “strikes were conducted in response to the heavy machine gun fire that targeted the city of Sderot” in the south.

While Hamas has not officially responded to the attacks, a security official from the movement told Anadolu Agency that several of its positions had been targeted.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said no one had been injured in the attacks.

Palestinians withdraw envoy to US

The Palestinian envoy to Washington has been recalled to Ramallah in protest over the US

Husam Zomlot was instructed to return by President Mahmoud Abbas, the foreign ministry announced in a statement.

It did not say how long Zomlot would be at headquarters.

Riad al-Malki, the foreign minister, said: “When they [the US] opened their embassy in Jerusalem there was a need for a decision from our side and this was our decision.”

Clashes and arrests near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate

Israeli border police forces and Palestinian protesters clashed near

Many protesters were removed from the plaza, and others were arrested in the nearby area.

Demonstrators had gathered at the square outside the gate as part of Nakba Day protests.

“The Palestinians have been living here, I was born here, my father, my grandfather, my great great grandfather, I have no other place to go, I don’t even have a passport to go anywhere else,” said Mujid Keluti, a Jerusalem resident.

Netanyahu, Erdogan in Twitter spat as Israel, Turkey expel envoys

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged heated words on Twitter over Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu, in a Twitter post, said Erdogan “well understands terrorism and slaughter” because of his support for Hamas, a day after the Turkish leader accused Israel of “state terror” and “genocide”.

‘Kannadigas have rejected ‘Kaala’ in Karnataka : Kumaraswamy says,

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Reacting to the ban on Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kaala movie, CM HD Kumaraswamy said that the Kannadigas have rejected the actor’s film. He added he will hold a meeting and take a decision on the same.

The film star has often faced the wrath of pro-Kannada organizations for his comments on Cauvery issue. The actor has a great fan following in Karnataka, especially Bengaluru and Kolar where there is a sizable Tamil population. On Tuesday, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) decided not to allow screening of his movie ‘Kaala’, due for release on June 7. The chamber also said that Rajinikanth’s statement on Cauvery has reportedly hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas. Directed by Pa Ranjith, ‘Kaala’ is one of the biggest releases in Tamil and is scheduled to release worldwide on June 7. Produced by Wunderbar Films, the film also stars Huma Qureshi, Nana Patekar, Eswari Rao, Samuthirakani and Anjali Patil in important roles.

BJP’s Bad Run at Bypolls Here’s What BJP President Amit Shah Says,

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The BJP’s bad streak with bypolls continued on Thursday as it won only one Lok Sabha seat and one Assembly seat out of a total of 15 bypolls.

Of the 27 Lok Sabha bypolls that have been held across the country since the BJP’s 2014 win, BJP has won just five. But 10 days before the bypoll results, BJP President Amit Shah had spoken about the party’s bypoll jinx.

Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters on May 21, in the aftermath of the Karnataka government formation, Shah had taken a dig at the Congress.

“What is Congress celebrating? Are they celebrating their seats going from 122 to 78? Or their Ministers losing? Congress is now a PPP party – Punjab, Puducherry and Parivar (Family). Congress campaign was based on lies and divisive tactics. They even used muscle and money power,” he said.

Speaking about the BJP’s bypoll downslide, Shah said, “Congress has found a new way of seeing defeat in victory. When we lost bypolls recently, Congress started talking about our losses even though they didn’t win. We snatched 14 states from you. Is that bigger or losing 9 bypolls? Congress and JDS went against the mandate. This is an impure alliance.”

Prices For Petrol and Diesel have fallen 6 paise and 5 paise.

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Prices for petrol and diesel have fallen marginally for the third consecutive day. On Friday, petrol prices were cut by 6 paise and diesel prices by 5 paise per litre. In Delhi, petrol now costs Rs 78.29 per litre, while diesel price has been revised to Rs 69.20 a litre.

Besides Delhi, the revised Petrol prices in other metro cities are – Rs 80.92 in Kolkata, Rs 86.10 in Mumbai and Rs 81.28 in Chennai. Meanwhile, the revised diesel price was Rs 71.75 in Kolkata, Rs 73.67 in Mumbai and 73.06 in Chennai.

The fuel prices were marginally reduced for the third day after it remained high for 16 consecutive days. The oil companies had on Thursday cut the prices further by 7 paise per litre for petrol and 5 paise per litre for diesel. It came after a day of confusion when it was announced that fuel prices were slashed by 60 paise per litre but was later corrected to 1 paise.

While in morning there was an announcement about petrol prices going down by 60 paise in Delhi and 59 paise in Mumbai, and diesel prices going down by 56 paise in Delhi and 59 paise in Mumbai, it was later clarified by the Indian Oil Corporation that the reduction was of merely 1 paisa per litre.

“There was a technical glitch in posting the selling prices of petrol and diesel. The selling prices of petrol and diesel with effect from May 30, 2018 have been rectified. Today, there is a minor reduction in fuel prices,” the IOC clarified shortly before noon.

Oil companies use 15-day rolling average of Singapore gasoline prices and Arab Gulf diesel prices to arrive at daily rates and so the fall in international oil rates seen in the last few days would be factored in for the revisions in the coming days.

The reduction comes after 16 consecutive price increases since May 14 when fuel retailers ended a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus to pass on a spike in global oil rates. In all, petrol price was increased by Rs 3.8 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.38 in that fortnight.

Prices vary from state to state depending on local sales tax or VAT. Delhi has the cheapest price among all metros and most state capitals.

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