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NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the opposition won't sit quietly till the Mahayuti dispensation in Maharashtra is dislodged from power in the next two months and a new government is formed on the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji. Addressing party workers at Ghatkopar in Mumbai, Pawar slammed the state government over the collapse of the statue of the legendary warrior king in Sindhudurg district on August 26. He said those in power in the state have no «faith» in Shivaji Maharaj. «I assure you (party workers) that if you show your unity, then we will not sit quietly till the government in Maharashtra is changed in the next two months and a new government is formed on the ideals of Shivaji Maharaj that will safeguard the interests of people,» Pawar said.

FMCG maker Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) has merged its three wholly-owned subsidiaries after getting approval from NCLT and other regulatory clearances. TCPL has merged its wholly-owned subsidiaries Tata Consumer Soulfull Pvt Ltd, NourishCo Beverages Ltd, and Tata SmartFoodz Ltd with the company, according to a statement from Tata Group FMCG arm. «We wish to inform you that the conditions outlined under Clause 17 of the Scheme, including the filing of certified copies of the order with the Registrar of Companies, of the respective companies, in Form INC-28, have been duly completed. Accordingly, in terms of the Scheme, the effective date of the scheme (of merger) is September 1, 2024,» the company said in a regulatory filing. This is in line with the company's focus on simplifying and streamlining the business. This consolidation of legal entity structure will unlock efficiencies and synergies, it added.

Biocon said its subsidiary has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic medication to treat chronic heart failure. Biocon Pharma has received approval of its ANDA for Sacubitril/Valsartan Tablets, in 24 mg/26 mg, 49 mg/51 mg and 97 mg/103 mg strengths, from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the company said in a regulatory filing. Sacubitril and valsartan combination is used to treat chronic heart failure in adults to help reduce the risk of death and hospitalisation. The medicine is also used to treat paediatric patients over the age of one year.

traceability and user privacy rules on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Meet as well as other calling and messaging apps along with telecom operators as such platforms provide similar services using internet network, industry body COAI said. Telecom operators want the government and regulator to enforce message traceability and user privacy rule on these apps to curb spam and illegal activities as majority of messaging traffic has moved to data networks from SMS, COAI said. In a recent direction, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has mandated telecom operators to enhance message traceability. The regulator has mandated that the trail of all messages from senders to recipients must be traceable from November 1, 2024. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and others, said that while the telecom service providers are working jointly with the Trai and the other stakeholders on this aspect, the OTT (over-the-top) communication services, without the requisite security and regulatory checks, is a growing concern in this regard.

BJP has set a target of making one crore members in Rajasthan, the party's membership campaign state convenor Arun Chaturvedi said on Sunday. He said that the target of making one crore members has been set at all 51,000 booths in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start the party's membership campaign on Monday from the BJP's central office in New Delhi. On September 3, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and state president Madan Rathore will start the campaign in the state. Chaturvedi said that under the BJP's membership campaign, anyone can become a member by giving a missed call through the Namo app, website or scanning a QR code. This time, along with online, members will also be made through offline mode.

Kamala Harris' running-mate and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is reportedly facing opposition within his family. Minnesota Governor's brother Jeff Walz has opposed his brother's ideology. Jeff Walz has claimed that he was «100 per cent opposed to all his ideology», as per a report on New York Post. 60-year-old Jeff Walz is also pondering over backing Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, as per the report on New York Post.

Congress screening committee on Sunday said that the party was currently doing its preparations for all 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. The committee headed by its chairman Girish Chodankar arrived at Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Saturday to review preparations for the assembly elections due later this year. The party has invited applications from all those who want to contest upcoming assembly polls, he said. «We are getting an exciting response. Fifty to 100 applications are being received from each assembly segment. Currently, the party is doing its preparations for all 81 assembly seats in the state,» he said while addressing media persons here.

Apple finally confirmed the launch date for its flagship iPhone 16 series, setting the event for September 9 this year, one day earlier than the September 10 date predicted by many reports. Apart from the four iPhone 16 variants, Apple is likely to launch AirPods 4 in two new versions, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch Series 10 and iPad Mini 7.A new leak by tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo revealed that OnePlus has advanced the timeline for its OnePlus 13 press conference to end of October or November.

Pawan Khera said on Sunday that the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district has broken the hearts of people in the country who draw inspiration from the legendary warrior king. Addressing a press conference here, Khera accused Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of spreading fake narratives over the incident. «The Mughals did not succeed in breaking Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. But this corrupt government has done what Mughals could never do,» he said. Hitting out at Fadnavis for claiming that late prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had shown Shivaji Maharaj in a «poor light» in his book 'The Discovery of India', Khera said the BJP leader should stop spreading fake narratives.

Giriraj Singh on Sunday attacked Congress, the National Conference, and the Peoples Democratic Party for exploiting the people of Jammu and Kashmir. «The Prime Minister said that he will conduct the elections. So, he is doing that. The announcement of the elections has been done democratically...The nepotist parties and leaders like Congress, Farooq Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti have exploited the people of J-K,» Giriraj Singh told reporters on Sunday. «PM Narendra Modi established democracy by conducting elections of panchayats, and now Vidhan Sabha elections are going to be held,» he added.

Russia will make changes to its nuclear doctrine in response to the West's actions over the conflict in Ukraine, the TASS state news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday. Ryabkov did not say what the changes would entail. Russia's existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says it may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the state.

voters registering in the electoral rolls, Maharashtra now has around 9.5 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise in the upcoming state assembly elections, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI published the final electoral rolls on August 30. The state has 9,53,74,302 voters, including 4,93,33,996 men, 4,60,34,362 women and 5,944 transgender voters, according to the electoral rolls. As per the data shared by the ECI, 16,98,368 new voters were registered in the electoral rolls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal on Sunday accused the BJP government in Haryana of doing nothing in 10 years and urged the people to vote for AAP to build «a new Haryana». Assembly polls in Haryana will take place on October 5 and the results declared on October 8. Addressing a gathering in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri, Sunita Kejriwal asked the people if they witnessed any improvement in school education and government health facilities during the BJP's 10-year tenure. «Are you getting round-the-clock free electricity?» she asked.

Labor Day 2024 on Monday, September 2, will witness many workers having the day off, most big consumer-facing businesses are open and even offering promotional sales to lure customers. Here’s what is open and closed this year on Labor Day 2024:

Hyderabad will remain closed on Monday amid a forecast of heavy rainfall in Telangana, officials said on Sunday. The Hyderabad district collector announced the closure as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of students. «Due to the forecast of heavy rains in Hyderabad District, all primary and secondary schools, under all managements (government, aided, and Private), are hereby declared a holiday on Monday, 02-09-2024, as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the children,» the District Collector said in a post on X.

Tata Motors on Sunday reported an 8 per cent rise in total wholesales at 71,693 units in August as compared with 78,010 units in the same month last year. The total domestic sales stood at 70,006 units last month as against 76,261 units in the year-ago period, a dip of 8 per cent, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged the Election Commission has changed the date of counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls at the behest of the BJP. «They (ECI) do what suits the BJP. When I contested the (Lok Sabha) elections, they unnecessarily changed the date (of polling). Everything is done as per the wishes of the BJP and its proxy parties,» she told reporters here. Mufti was talking to mediapersons after several second rung politicians joined the PDP at the party office here. The Election Commission on Saturday announced a change in the day of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir from October 4 to October 8.

Anoop Dhanak, Ram Kumar Gautam and Jogi Ram Sihag, who quit the party recently, joined the BJP on Sunday giving the ruling party in Haryana a boost ahead of the October 5 Assembly bypoll. The three leaders along with Ambala Mayor Shakti Rani Sharma were welcomed into the BJP fold by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, the party's state unit chief Mohan Lal Badoli and its Haryana affairs co-incharge Biplab Kumar Deb at a rally in Jind. Sharma is the wife of Haryana Janchetna Party chief and former Union Minister Venod Sharma. Her son and Independent Rajya Sabha member Kartikeya Sharma was also present at the Jind event. Dhanak, Gautam and Sihag were Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) MLAs when they abandoned the party.

RJD MP Manoj Jha on Sunday defended his party leader Tejashwi Yadav's "Chinese replica of Yogi Adityanath" remark for Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Jha said that the remark was against the dog-whistle politics of the BJP. «What Tejashwi Yadav said is something that people say daily. When we say that something is „Chinese maal“, it means it is not durable,» Jha told ANI «He said it in the context of dog-whistle politics, the politics of polarisation. As far as the dignity of words is concerned, where do you place 'bhains', 'mangalsutra' and 'mujra'?» he added.

BJP in-charge for Jharkhand assembly polls Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said people were joining hands with his party to save the «ruined» tribal-dominated eastern state. The Hemant Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand has ruined the state and there is anarchy everywhere, Chouhan told PTI.

Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday reported a 4 per cent year-on-year decline in total sales in August at 1,81,782 units. The company had dispatched 1,89,082 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Total domestic passenger vehicle wholesales were at 1,43,075 units last month as compared with 1,56,114 units in the year-ago month, a dip of 8 per cent, it added. Sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, declined to 10,648 units last month as against 12,209 units a year ago.