The big news: Congress says structural flaws remain in GST, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Centre told Delhi it cannot stop a metro fare hike, and Hurricane Nate made landfall on the Louisiana coast.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Congress says structural flaws ignored in GST revisions, Shiv Sena says BJP is eyeing Gujarat polls: Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the GST relief had brought an early Diwali.
- Pay Rs 3,000 crore every year for five years to stop Delhi Metro fare hike, Centre tells Kejriwal: The Centre does not have have the authority to stop a fare revision as it was proposed by a fare-fixing panel, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
- Hurricane Nate makes landfall on Louisiana coast, four US states declare emergency: This is the fourth major storm to hit the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Coast of the United States in six weeks.
- Hadiya’s alleged conversion case does not need an NIA inquiry, Kerala government tells Supreme Court: The state said the investigation conducted by the Kerala Police did not reveal any offences that warranted a probe by the central agency.
- Authorities say they need more time to put out Mumbai fuel storage fire: Officials said they are letting a 30,000-kilolitre tank burn until all its fuel is consumed.
- CRPF sends 21,000 plastic bullets to Kashmir to ‘reduce dependence’ on pump action guns: The ‘less lethal’ bullets were developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
- Raghuram Rajan features in Clarivate list of possible winners of Nobel Prize in Economics: Clarivate Analytics brings out a list of probable recipients of the award based on research citations.
- Congress’ Delhi unit passes resolution asking Rahul Gandhi to take over as party president: The Delhi Congress is the first committee to pass such a motion.
- Ryan International School owners get protection from arrest till December 5, two officials out on bail: A court extended their anticipatory bail on the condition that they cooperate with the investigation and do not leave the country.
- Decapitated head of Swedish journalist Kim Wall found, say Danish Police: She had disappeared in August after Danish inventor Peter Madsen took her out to sea in his homemade submarine, but he has denied murdering her.