1.The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider Aadhaar, voter ID and ration cards as valid documents during its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, set to go to polls later this year.

2. Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission are set to return to earth from the International Space Station July 14, NASA said Thursday.

3.The ‘quit steering’ agitation by Odisha Driver Mahasangha to press for fulfilment of their demands entered third day Thursday, nearly paralysing transport services across Odisha.

4.Puri’s Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb Thursday said he supports reforms in the 800-year-old Srimandir to preserve its heritage while adapting to changing times, but remained uncertain about allowing non-Hindus into the 12th-century shrine.

5.Enthused by the successful plantation of 8,000 trees last year using Miyawaki method, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now set a target to create 20 such mini forests and plant 2 lakh trees across the City and nearby areas.

6.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Thursday said as many as 335 of the 444 people held in Jharsuguda district on suspicion of being Bangladeshis were found possessing fake Indian documents.

7.Former Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik is set to return to Odisha Saturday (July 12), following his recovery from surgery.

8.Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) again raided the residence of BJD leader Raja Chakra at Jagannathpur in Keonjhar and sealed his transport office Thursday.

9.Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Thursday announced an immediate relief amount of Rs 7 crore to carry out restoration work in disaster-affected areas of Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district.

10. Vatsala, the Asia’s oldest female elephant, who earned names -- Dadi Maa, Nani Maa in her life journey of more than 100 years from Kerala to Madhya Pradesh, died at the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) Tuesday.

11.Acting against a Himachal Pradesh university and its agents in the Rs 387-crore fake degree scam, the ED provisionally attached seven properties worth Rs 1.74 crore in Delhi, Haryana, UP and Bihar, an official said Thursday.

12. Maharashtra Minister for Social Justice Sanjay Shirsat Thursday said he has received a notice from the Income Tax department seeking an explanation of the increase in his assets between the 2019 and 2024 Assembly elections.

13.The Centre has revised its flagship rehabilitation programme for beggars to include components like dedicated shelter homes, vocational training, psychological counselling, healthcare services, and education for children.

14.Amid talk of leadership change in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Thursday dismissed speculation saying there is "no vacancy" for the top post.

15.Russia unleashed heavy airstrikes on Ukraine Thursday before a conference in Rome at which Kyiv won billions of dollars in aid pledges, and US-Russian talks at which Washington voiced frustration with Moscow over the war.