Bikes, cars and televisions have seen price drop post GST rate cut, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Two-wheelers, four-wheelers, and consumer durable items such as televisions are among the 54 daily-use items where manufacturers have passed on the benefit of GST cuts, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday (October 16, 2025). “Since September 22 we have been getting information from zonal items on all items, of which we have been monitoring 54 items where we wanted to ensure that the tax benefit is reaching the consumer. Not even in one item has the tax benefit not been passed to the consumer,” the FM said at a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav.
Every inch of Pakistan territory within BrahMos range, Operation Sindoor was only a trailer: Rajnath Singh
Every inch of Pakistan’s territory lies within range of BrahMos, and what happened during Operation Sindoor was just a trailer, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lucknow on Saturday (October 18, 2025), in a stern warning to Pakistan. The Union Minister, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles manufactured at the BrahMos Aerospace unit in Lucknow’s Sarojini Nagar.
