Live: Congress releases second list of nine candidates for Haryana polls

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Sunday said the AAP government will oppose the Centre’s alleged plan to levy GST on payment gateway transactions below Rs 2,000 and research grants.

The GST Council on Monday is expected to deliberate on a host of issues, including taxation of insurance premiums, the Group of Ministers (GoMs) suggestions on rate rationalisation, and a status report on online gaming.

Congress releases list of 9 candidates, fields Brijendra Singh from Uchana Kalan, Mohit Grover from Gurugram

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) commenced the membership drive in Manali assembly constituency of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur attended the event held at Manali and outlined the campaign’s objectives and strategies to party workers and officials.

Security forces fired several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse protesters who, after taking out a rally denouncing the recent drone attacks in Manipur, reached close to the Raj Bhavan and the CM’s bungalow in Imphal on Sunday night.

Thousands of people marched more than 3 km along the Tiddim Road and moved towards the high-security zone when the police stopped them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address his first rally for Haryana Assembly elections in Kurukshetra on September 14, a BJP leader said on Sunday. The PM will address a rally in the afternoon at Kurukshetra’s Theme Park, Haryana BJP’s General Secretary and former Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia said.

Same parking fee for private and state-run buses, penalties for increased parking time and no entry for buses without FASTags are among the steps planned for ensuring efficiency at interstate terminals here, Raj Niwas officials said on Sunday. Lt Governor V K Saxena inspected the Maharana Pratap ISBT at Kashmere Gate on August 31 and held a high-level meeting that was attended by Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot.

BJP conducted a membership drive in 252 slum clusters under the leadership of Alka Gurjar, co-in-charge of Delhi BJP, and Union Minister Harsh Malhotra as part of the ongoing slum expansion campaign held every Sunday by the party.

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed that people living in slum clusters are enthusiastically becoming the party’s members because they are disappointed with the Kejriwal government.

Due to the prevailing geopolitical situation, like-minded countries are collaborating with India to make it a major semiconductor manufacturing destination, a top Electronics and IT ministry official said on Sunday.

In an interview with PTI, Ministry of Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said pilot facilities of US storage semiconductor maker Micron and Tata Electronics have already rolled out chips, and their main plants in Gujarat will begin to produce made-in-India chips from the later part of 2025.

The United States has rolled out fresh export controls on quantum computers and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment amid concerns over the use of advanced technologies by rivals such as China, Al Jazeera reported. The US Department of Commerce said on Thursday that the export restrictions followed consultation with international partners and would strengthen relations with “like-minded countries.”

Telangana BJP president and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday visited flood-hit areas of Khammam district of the state and assured the people that the Narendra Modi government would fully support those affected in every possible way.

He said the Centre has told the Telangana government to first use the Rs 1,345 crore available in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to help the flood-hit people. The amount is available with the state as an advance from the Government of India, he said.

Two members of a family were killed, and one sustained injuries after a private bus hit their two-wheeler in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district on Sunday, police said.