Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said next‑generation GST reforms kick in from 22 September, framing the rollout as a “GST savings festival” for households and businesses.
• Under the revised structure, most items move to two primary slabs of 5% and 18%, with nearly all goods previously at 12% shifting to 5% and most from 28% to 18%, according to the PM’s address.
• The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, after earlier denials by the Delhi High Court and with Delhi Police opposing release.
• Following an Allahabad High Court order, Uttar Pradesh directed removal of caste identifiers from FIRs, arrest memos and other police records, banned caste‑based rallies, and noted limited exceptions where the law requires caste details.
• VHP leaders in Nagpur called for Garba pandals to restrict entry to Hindus with prescribed rituals including tilak and raksha‑sutra, a reported demand that has drawn public pushback, while a BJP leader in Gorakhpur alleged his decades‑old shop was unlawfully bulldozed in a land dispute.