Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said with the slew of GST reforms set to come into effect from September 22, a total of Rs 2 lakh crore will be in the hands of the people, boosting domestic consumption.

India on Friday voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that allows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address its upcoming high-level session through video after the US denied visas to Palestinian officials, preventing their participation in person.

The AAP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission did not furnish information on its complaints of deletion of large number of votes of party supporters in Delhi Assembly polls held earlier this year, a charge rubbished by the polls panel.

Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has spoken at length on several contentious issues, from the Ayodhya title suit and mediation process to his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Ganesh Utsav, the debate on bail in sensitive cases, and the challenges facing the judiciary. The remarks came during an interview with The Lallantop, excerpts of which have been shared ahead of the full video release.

 Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Friday that the water saved due to the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan will be made available to Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan within the next one to one and a half years.

A 16-month-old boy, who was injured after falling from the balcony of his grandmother's home, died as the ambulance ferrying him to hospital got stuck in a traffic jam on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Thane district, people close to his family said on Friday.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced that the TDP-led NDA government will spend over Rs 70,000 crore between 2024 and 2029 to complete all irrigation projects in the state.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Friday expressed concern over the Supreme Court's "silence" on "validation" of certain contentious provisions of the new Waqf Act and resolved to continue its movement against the amendments until the government withdraws them.