Two days after Chief Justice of India N V Ramana retired, National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday alleged he "very conveniently kicked into the long grass" the petitions against the nullification of Article 370, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Abdullah shared a news report on Twitter about CJI Ramana's comments in April this year that the Supreme Court would hear the petitions after the summer vacation, and said, "And then he retired without ever constituting the bench. He very conveniently kicked it into the long grass."

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) will hold its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) via video conferencing today at 2 pm on Monday, August 29. The AGM will see some key announcements, including the group's 5G rollout timeline and launch of its JioPhone 5G. The future roadmap of some key businesses, such as retail, telecom and new energy, is also expected at the AGM.

At last year's AGM, Ambani had launched the JioPhone Next, its first smartphone.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the central government believes that this is not the right time to make digital payments chargeable.

Speaking at an event, Sitharaman said, "We see digital payment as the public good. People should be able to access it freely so that the digitisation of the Indian economy becomes attractive. Also through digitisation, we achieve a level of transparency which is so required."

With Maruti Suzuki proving to be a successful Indo-Japan collaboration, company Chairman RC Bhargava feels if the two countries work with full partnership and trust in the manufacturing sector, they would be the best in the world.

Also, the growing partnership between India and Japan is going to be a huge positive factor for the growth of Indian manufacturing, he told PTI in an interview.

Gold prices increased by Rs 160 per 10 gram in Saturday's early trade with the yellow metal (24-carat) trading at Rs 51,980. The price of silver, meanwhile, remained unchanged at Rs 55,400 per kilogram.

Ten gram of 22-carat gold is trading at Rs 47,650 on Saturday after an increase of Rs 150.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the iconic foot-over bridge between Ellis Bridge and Sardar Bridge built near Sabarmati Riverfront on Saturday.

As India celebrated its 75 years of Independence last week, Ahmedabad's famous tourist hotspot Sabarmati Riverfront also completed a decade.

Senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from primary membership of the Congress after serving the party for 52 years has added an important third dimension to the forthcoming assembly elections in J&K.

While the election commission has already set the electoral ball rolling in the Union Territory by revision of electoral rolls and their final publication before December, sources have denied the possibility of these being held in 2022.

Bharatiya Janata Party's former MLC Ramchander Rao on Friday hailed Telangana High Court's decision for allowing party's national president JP Nadda's rally in Warangal on Saturday.

"There is a family rule in Telangana and undemocratic rule in Telangana and that's why, they want to stop the yatra of Bandi Sanjay. Which they did but High Court intervened and justice was given to us,"Nadda said.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has asked Byju’s to explain why it hasn’t filed its audited financials for the year ending March 2021, according to a Bloomberg report.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs sent a letter to Byju’s parent company asking them to explain the seventeen-month delay in filing audited accounts.

With an eye on the Indian diaspora, jewellery major Titan has outlined a store expansion plan. The company will add 20-30 Tanishq stores over the next two to three years in the Middle East and North America, C K Venkataraman, MD, Titan, said during the launch of a campaign on Thursday.

Titan expects its sales to be higher by 15-20 per cent this festive season compared to last year, Venkataraman said during the launch of its initiative "Titan Shaurya".

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